Does anyone here know what the wick is made of on a 510? I'm not talking about the material that is around the bridge and the coil, I'm talking about the wick that is under the bridge.
I have read on several posts that some believe that the coil is wrapped around the wick on a 510. I have taken several apart and while that may be the case on other models it is not the case with the 510. The wick is under the bridge and has little or no contact with the coil.
I ripped the entire bridge out of one and have tried several methods of rebuiding a new bridge and wick. What i have found is that if the bowl actually fills with liquid the coil will not heat. If large parts of the wick touch the coil it will not heat. If the wick is just above the coil it vapes.
So what I did was remove the mesh from a bridge. I then tied several knots of sewing thread around the top of the bridge and trimmed the thread pieces very short so that they did not touch the coil when i replaced the bridge. I fluffed up the thread pieces, replaced the bridge, primed with two drops put a filled cart on and vaped away.
This worked great and continued to wick and vape, however I did not inhale because I am not sure of the makeup of the thread. I pulled everything apart again after 30 minutes of vaping and the thread did not burn or even discolor.
While this did not work as good as a brand new atty, it was close. I would like to try with the original wick material to see if it produces better results and because I assume safer than the thread.
As a side note about the 510's, I thought these atties were completely dead. They were stone cold. I assumed after reading many posts that the coil was burnt out. I cleaned them with hot water to remove all fluid, dried them for 30 minutes with hair dryer, ripped out the bridge and did several dry burns. At first they would not heat. I continued to dry burn and eventually they started to glow red hot after the build up burned off.
My conclusion here is that the 2 most common causes of failure in the 510's is that they either lost the wicking material due to improper cleaning methods such as running water through them, removing or displacing the wick ,or the coil has so much buid up on it that it will no longer heat.
Feel free to correct me if I am wrong on any point here, I don't claim to be the expert. I am just glad to have rebuilt a totally dead atty and would like to improve on it with the original wicking material.
Thanks in advance!
I have read on several posts that some believe that the coil is wrapped around the wick on a 510. I have taken several apart and while that may be the case on other models it is not the case with the 510. The wick is under the bridge and has little or no contact with the coil.
I ripped the entire bridge out of one and have tried several methods of rebuiding a new bridge and wick. What i have found is that if the bowl actually fills with liquid the coil will not heat. If large parts of the wick touch the coil it will not heat. If the wick is just above the coil it vapes.
So what I did was remove the mesh from a bridge. I then tied several knots of sewing thread around the top of the bridge and trimmed the thread pieces very short so that they did not touch the coil when i replaced the bridge. I fluffed up the thread pieces, replaced the bridge, primed with two drops put a filled cart on and vaped away.
This worked great and continued to wick and vape, however I did not inhale because I am not sure of the makeup of the thread. I pulled everything apart again after 30 minutes of vaping and the thread did not burn or even discolor.
While this did not work as good as a brand new atty, it was close. I would like to try with the original wick material to see if it produces better results and because I assume safer than the thread.
As a side note about the 510's, I thought these atties were completely dead. They were stone cold. I assumed after reading many posts that the coil was burnt out. I cleaned them with hot water to remove all fluid, dried them for 30 minutes with hair dryer, ripped out the bridge and did several dry burns. At first they would not heat. I continued to dry burn and eventually they started to glow red hot after the build up burned off.
My conclusion here is that the 2 most common causes of failure in the 510's is that they either lost the wicking material due to improper cleaning methods such as running water through them, removing or displacing the wick ,or the coil has so much buid up on it that it will no longer heat.
Feel free to correct me if I am wrong on any point here, I don't claim to be the expert. I am just glad to have rebuilt a totally dead atty and would like to improve on it with the original wicking material.
Thanks in advance!
