AGA-T+ Tank help. :(

[mikkolangot]

Its not the 32. If it gets hot fast but evenly its still fine.

It sounds to me like you never got rid of hot spots to start with; you just fired it long enough that eventually everything lit up. Also, after you fired your coil, heat expansion happens and sometimes screws come loose. Check your contacts.

You should torch the wick again, the part touching the coil. Roll it tighter too so that coil doesnt pull on it too tightly.

okay I'll try it again later. my main problem always is that the hot spot is always on the top.

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

okay I'll try it again later. my main problem always is that the hot spot is always on the top.

Thats whats supposed to happen when you get hot spots. The resistance through the metal wick is smaller than through the wire, so it grounds right when it touches the wick.

All the oxidizing wick and releasing excessive tension is to increase the resistance through the wick, so that current is forced to go through the wire.

 

[mikkolangot]

Hey guys, I tried to rebuild it again. I need your help because I still don't have a trained eye to see a hot spot. I'll post some pics below for you to see if there's a faint hot spot or not. I got a 2.6 ohms reading using 32awg wire and testing a dry burn at 3.7 volts, the wires takes so long to glow anywhere below 3.7v

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

Looks good to me. Ideally, the coil should glow from the center out.

 

[mikkolangot]

I'll post a video to make sure.

 

[mikkolangot]

Here you go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbEindsGeYc

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

Nice coil. Youre good to go.

 

[mikkolangot]

Thank you so much. I can enjoy it at last.

 

[mikkolangot]

Kanj, I had this problem again. after vaping for a couple of minutes, seems like the hot spot re-appeared while firing. looks like the top wick are getting dries fast than the rest of the wick. How can I fix this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIuBoDebJjY

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

You have 2 problems.

First, your wick is not drawing juice fast enough.

Second, the top wrap is pulling on the wick too tightly.

 

[mikkolangot]

You have 2 problems.

First, your wick is not drawing juice fast enough.

Second, the top wrap is pulling on the wick too tightly.

Alright, I will try it from scratch again tomorrow. I'm already tired from it lol, This is so challenging. XD

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

With some experience, 10 mins is more than enough. I just rebuilt my AGA and it took no more than 3 mins.

 

[mikkolangot]

With some experience, 10 mins is more than enough. I just rebuilt my AGA and it took no more than 3 mins.

Wow that's fast. I'm considering to try a silica wick for the meantime, does it also involves fighting with a hotspot?

 

[edenlaa]

try use 32gauge. wrap it to 5/6 coil

 

[AlB53]

had my T2 about 2 weeks, I can get it to work great for about 8-10 hours then I get the top coil hot spot and it won't go away. I poke push, twist, I use 500 ss,30ga. 5/4 wrap at 1.3 ohms. need some help with this one!

 

[gorilla]

Just from my experience with my AGA T. I bought crapy 400 mesh. No matter how much I oxidized the mesh it kept on shorting. At times my 32 gauge would snap in half. Kung pinoy ka pare, check the mesh dealer.

 

[gorilla]

Sorry forgot to mention. Your coils look like they are well wrapped.

 

[mgmrick]

400 mesh should work alright. Leave the fill screw out it improves wicking greatly. Try connecting the top wire first and then the bottom wire. If you have a hot spot on top most times the wire is too tight on top. Try turning the wick just a hair counter clock wise. If that does not take the hot spot away lossen up the top wire.

 

[preq2003]

Cut the mesh across the threat,do not roll the wick too tight, try to oxidize the wick more than 3 times,burn with juice also more than 3 times, make sure the the wick doesnt touch the bottom of the tank, create a barrier between the wick and the metal around the wick hole maybe with a small piece thin wrap of cig paper. Another thing i did if i had a hotspots around the wrap is put a drop of liquid onto the hotspots,may have to repeat several times. I've done all that and the result is great.

 

[mikkolangot]

I was trying to rewrap again from scratch, I was already at the stage of vaping and I noticed some wicking issues, again it seems like my coil is heating faster than the wick at 4v with 1.8 ohms. I removed the top cap, observed it while firing, I was surprised that my top coil glows red and my wick was set on fire. Is my wick isn't properly oxidized?