Ammit MTL - how to understand this wicking?

[VAP8]

Hi all,
How to understand this wicking? Which side is wicking better? What could be the issue with the other side? I am using Halo Tribeca, Muji organic cotton.

Sometimes both sides are light and it tastes good, sometimes both sides are dark and it tastes good, sometime light will taste dry, sometimes dark will taste smokey.
Curious how your read these wicks.~

 

[AngeNZ]

I'm definitely no expert. From what I've experienced, colour differences in the wick shoulders/tails can be caused by one side wicking better than the other.

To fix it, slightly thin the side that is darker.

I insert my cotton, pull it through, then I twist each end to check how even they are. If they aren't, I slightly thin out the fatter side.

 

[VAP8]

Thanks for that, I will experiment in that direction

 

[DaveP]

Hi all,
How to understand this wicking? Which side is wicking better? What could be the issue with the other side? I am using Halo Tribeca, Muji organic cotton.
Sometimes both sides are light and it tastes good, sometimes both sides are dark and it tastes good, sometime light will taste dry, sometimes dark will taste smokey.
Curious how your read these wicks.~

From the picture it looks like both ends of the wick are saturated. It's possible that the left side
of the wick is a little shorter than the right side and isn't all the way down in the juice well. That would be the reason the two sides are different shades of the juice color. The ends of the wick need to just touch the bottom of the wells.

 

[AngeNZ]

Thanks for that, I will experiment in that direction

You are very welcome. I'll page my resident wicking expert here @ShowMeTwice

BTW It has been a long week, but your deck is a dead ringer for a Sydney terrier's face

 

[Jwaterski]

I'm thinking you got a hot leg on the right.

 

[bombastinator]

I'm thinking you got a hot leg on the right.

I concur. That “one side blackened thing has “uneven coil heating” all over it.

Both sides are wicking I think, and if you get the OP gets the coil hot enough by holding the button down both sides will draw. The problem is you’re the OP is burning one side.

 

[Marper]

And I think you don't have enough cotton, try to cut the cotton so you can bulge it a bit, as in the cotton will be above the coils a little bit and not stretched down

 

[Marper]

These are a few of my builds showing how the cotton is

 

[RuiG]

Hi all,
How to understand this wicking? Which side is wicking better? What could be the issue with the other side? I am using Halo Tribeca, Muji organic cotton. View attachment 846889 View attachment 846891
Sometimes both sides are light and it tastes good, sometimes both sides are dark and it tastes good, sometime light will taste dry, sometimes dark will taste smokey.
Curious how your read these wicks.~

I don't use mine much nowadays but two things seem not so much perfect on your build:
-Not enough cotton on the juice holes
-The darker side seems a result of a hot spot on the coil.

I used to build 2.5mm inner spaced coils and got amazing flavour from it.