I experienced the top-wrap hot leg syndrome on my new AGA T-2, like many of the folks here at ECF did. I may have figured out how to get rid of this issue.
The problem seems to stem from how the device is assembled, BEFORE installation of wick and coil.
Take the bottom piece in your hand. Center tube, screw into bottom. One time. Place pyrex tank tube ( remember white rubber seals). Top deck in right hand. Screw down together.
Insert positive post and insulator through bottom. Place device on mod and screw it into 510 connection. That rubber pos insulator is now sticking up off of deck some. No worries.
Work that pos post insulator back down. Take one thumb nut. Screw down onto pos post. Use needle nose pliers to really screw down towards deck. Screw down nut number two. There should be three or four mm of pos post threads, enough to attach pos lead and top thumb nut, with enough working room.
I did 5 wraps 3/32 screw, 32 ga Kanthal, for coil. Attach neg lead, attach pos lead.Straight up and down wick position. Do this w the screw driver still inside coil. Wraps should be perfectly spaced. Remove screw driver.
Check the ohms on device. Mine ohmed out to 2.1, nice! Light up coil to heat set it. Should glow even.
Oxidize well 30/30 mm mesh . 400 and 500 worked for this. Roll nice smooth solid wick. Wick should slide into coil with a 'bouncy' feel. Don't cram it in. Even coil wraps.This is easy to achieve on RSST, now that I figured out the pos post on the AGA T-2, my set up looks correct on this device too. Light up, even wrap glow.
Very little adjusting should be needed at this point. If you have to poke at it a bunch, take that coil out and do over. I have pix on my profile, will add lit-up-coil ones when i do this again.
If no hot legs with coil, add your juice and have a great vape. 50/50 pg vg is what I vape. Hope this helps you guys, that is why i am writing this. Peace!
The problem seems to stem from how the device is assembled, BEFORE installation of wick and coil.
Take the bottom piece in your hand. Center tube, screw into bottom. One time. Place pyrex tank tube ( remember white rubber seals). Top deck in right hand. Screw down together.
Insert positive post and insulator through bottom. Place device on mod and screw it into 510 connection. That rubber pos insulator is now sticking up off of deck some. No worries.
Work that pos post insulator back down. Take one thumb nut. Screw down onto pos post. Use needle nose pliers to really screw down towards deck. Screw down nut number two. There should be three or four mm of pos post threads, enough to attach pos lead and top thumb nut, with enough working room.
I did 5 wraps 3/32 screw, 32 ga Kanthal, for coil. Attach neg lead, attach pos lead.Straight up and down wick position. Do this w the screw driver still inside coil. Wraps should be perfectly spaced. Remove screw driver.
Check the ohms on device. Mine ohmed out to 2.1, nice! Light up coil to heat set it. Should glow even.
Oxidize well 30/30 mm mesh . 400 and 500 worked for this. Roll nice smooth solid wick. Wick should slide into coil with a 'bouncy' feel. Don't cram it in. Even coil wraps.This is easy to achieve on RSST, now that I figured out the pos post on the AGA T-2, my set up looks correct on this device too. Light up, even wrap glow.
Very little adjusting should be needed at this point. If you have to poke at it a bunch, take that coil out and do over. I have pix on my profile, will add lit-up-coil ones when i do this again.
If no hot legs with coil, add your juice and have a great vape. 50/50 pg vg is what I vape. Hope this helps you guys, that is why i am writing this. Peace!
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