I have to ask did you boil out the hemp prior to usingit. I usually boil it for 20 minutes rinse and boil in a fresh pot of water for another 20 minutes then let it dry. This gets the manufacturing oil and waxes out of it as well as any oils picked up from transport and handling. Human hand oil tastes wrong. Lastly boiling it out increases it's capillary capacity(improves wicking).
Using all three air ports on the top of the AGA might also be an issue to draw fluid out something must be able to get in to the tank. It is possible that your wicks are swelling and blocking any air from getting in. This would make for a burnt wick/dry vape scenario.
Last, when using natural fiber you have to be patient and let the wicks get completely saturated before firing up your rig or you will surely burn the wick.
Hope this is helpful.
I boiled 2x 1hr-ish
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The same cord in my nova head works great (boiled the same)! I had to go the "genny tilt" with the working SS I had in there, then again the pictured help coil I used almost a yard of cord.... there was enough airspace for switching.
I think it was because I used too much of the ribbon wire (had problems with it on the 2nd SS coil/wick too). I don't have anything to regulate, so it get's 12-14w right off the bat when it can't handle it. It's prolly my finger oils that killed it for me. I drenched the entire wick in the suspect juice before firing. It could've gone bad
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I'm going to try the same setup but with NiCr80 wire tonight and report back after i give the tank a good wash.
I even tried a hybrid SS/cotton wick, but I'm pretty sure the cotton swelled too much and prevented the capillary action.
EDIT:
Just got home and took the tank apart, the juice went sour. Darnit. Whelp, that helps me out tremendously. My triple wick was actually working!
edit edit:
after some more experimentation, the problem seems to stem from the hemp. There's a residual flavor that I don't notice with my favorite juice so far, Blackberry cheesecake. With the lighter flavored DK tobacco it overpowers it. The larger amount of hemp makes sense as to why the residual taste was so strong. This hemp cording is a no-go for the AGA. It's fine in smaller quantities and stronger juices, but i'm going to give it another bath or two. It wicks very well in the nova head @ 1.6 Ω.
I came to these deductions because I put the original, well performing SS wick and kanthal ribbon. Went through about a half-tank because I missed the flavor. Whelp. Got about 6 nova heads to rebuild, I'm not touching this coil till I need to understand more about the wick's properties. ALL THE EXPERIMENTER!
