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AGA-T: Silica Wick Setup That's Working Really Well For Me
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I am so pleased with my AGA-T's wicked with silica that my monthly order of smok DC cartomizers is just about history. My setup is very similar to the picture in the first post of this thread but I have enlarged the fill hole to match the wick hole as well as increased the air hole size. I'm still trying to figure out what the fuss is with having the air hole line up with the wick when screwed all the way down, it seals on the o-ring before the threads start.
Sounds like you've found your sweet spot, that's awesome! For me, the air-hole likes to move around from time to time when not fully or mostly tightened. Bottom line is that I'd rather have a big juicy o-ring and a top cap with no threads. The AGA was in my budget range so I can't complain, really liking it.
Here is my AGA-T with 3.5mm silica. It has one coil of 28g nicrome @2.4 ohm. The wick comes up through the wick hole then through the coil and back down through the ground screw hole thay's right beside it. Ground for the coil is done with NR over to the ground post. It is amazing.
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I have a couple of ChIDs and an AGA set up with silica. I just run the wick vertically, the same as a ss mesh wick. Flavor is a bit muted with silica, but I think that ss wicks are a little overpowering flavorwise. Batteries last longer with silica.
The silica wicks seem to gunk up faster, but I don't get a tank of brown juice that I usually dump out, either. Need a middle ground.
The silica wicks seem to gunk up faster, but I don't get a tank of brown juice that I usually dump out, either. Need a middle ground.
Really, can this be done with mesh? I really shouldn't be doing videos but oh well.
I don't even have that post in my AGA anymore - I removed it to use a second ss wick. I don't use 2 wicks anymore, though. Now it is a fill hole.
I bored out the threads on the existing fill hole to use as a wick hole and increased both wick holes a little. I have my other AGA-T set up with mesh, it's working very good. The one with the silica in the video has a similar configuration as post # 19 above but with a much larger diameter coil as that one was strangling the wick. The video was meant more as a conversation starter than a question.
So I guess in all fairness: Really can you do this with silica?
This is my AGA-T with SS mesh:
This is my AGA-T with SS mesh:
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Really enjoying the SS mesh I picked up for my AGA-T. Even rebuilt a Vivi Nova head with it, 100% sold on stainless steel mesh... 
What do you mean when you say 'I should have flamed it'? Do you mean the silica or the coil? The silica that came with mine was crumbly and shedding needle like fibers everywhere. I was wondering if I ran it through a torch flame if that would help.
Instead I used cotton wick (mesh isn't here yet) which was awesome for 5 minutes...then burned straight in half.
It was my first time building an RBA and I got it to fire so I shall call it a success!!
Instead I used cotton wick (mesh isn't here yet) which was awesome for 5 minutes...then burned straight in half.
It was my first time building an RBA and I got it to fire so I shall call it a success!!
I was referring to the silica, I always heat the wire with i lighter.
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