Another easy PT2 question

[AR15Keith]

So I have been rebuilding my PT2 heads with 3mm silica wick. They seem to have been working good until now. I rebuilt one with 2.5mm since I have a metric ton of it. WOW...sooooo much better. I have more vapor and better flavor. I thought the 2.5 would not fill the gap and flood the head. Was I doing it wrong the whole time? Was this a fluke or should it work that much better?

 

[pufZeppelin]

think your RIGHT ON THE MONEY

maybe the perfect size to fit in that gap... !

3mm works good, but 2.5mm seems best to me

 

[AR15Keith]

I think the 3mm was choking a little bit..My vivi novas work great for me at work and on the go with 2.5mm so I figured a bottom feeder would be fine at 3mm...boy was I wrong!!

 

[pufZeppelin]

I use both (2.5/3) and ea work good, but 2.5 works better in all my Kanger bcc as a supply wick... JMO

 

[ScottP]

Has anyone tried 2.0mm?

 

[AR15Keith]

I'm skeptical to try 2.0mm...it might leak wayyyyy to much. 2.5mm barely fills the gap. JMO

 

[pufZeppelin]

Has anyone tried 2.0mm?

I'm skeptical to try 2.0mm...it might leak wayyyyy to much. 2.5mm barely fills the gap. JMO

my first order was 2 /2.5 / 3 mm wick-didn't know what I wanted (along with kanthal 32)

so I just started cutting and wrapping and learning
started in the middle 2.5, worked OK (1st coil)

then just started cutting and mixing all the wick stock I had

so here is what my thoughts are (so far)

I'm NOT a believer in removing the supply (flavor) wick, I think it is necessary
I think 2 mm with kanthal wrapped around it is plenty as long as you have a good supply wick

in my experience the ideal set up for the kanger bcc is ~2.5mm inside kanthal / 2.5mm supply wick~
then due to poor manufacturing tolerances if flooding and gurgling occurs,
install a larger 3mm supply wick in to make up the difference

it has worked in the wicks that I have built and I do it to the coil/wicks I clean burn
and just replace the stock ‘supply’ wick with 2.5 or 3 mm

so this is just what I have experienced and has worked very good so far and I guess will continue
to suggest it to others until I find a better way or am corrected by someone...

Happy vaping

 

[AR15Keith]

my first order was 2 /2.5 / 3 mm wick-didn't know what I wanted (along with kanthal 32)

so I just started cutting and wrapping and learning
started in the middle 2.5, worked OK (1st coil)

then just started cutting and mixing all the wick stock I had

so here is what my thoughts are (so far)

I'm NOT a believer in removing the supply (flavor) wick, I think it is necessary
I think 2 mm with kanthal wrapped around it is plenty as long as you have a good supply wick

in my experience the ideal set up for the kanger bcc is ~2.5mm inside kanthal / 2.5mm supply wick~
then due to poor manufacturing tolerances if flooding and gurgling occurs,
install a larger 3mm supply wick in to make up the difference

it has worked in the wicks that I have built and I do it to the coil/wicks I clean burn
and just replace the stock ‘supply’ wick with 2.5 or 3 mm

so this is just what I have experienced and has worked very good so far and I guess will continue
to suggest it to others until I find a better way or am corrected by someone...

Happy vaping

You did exactly what I did with your order..lol. I took out the flavor wicks and just use a 2.5mm wick and that works best for me. The 3mm seemed to be choked after I put the gasket on. Now with the current setup I get about twice as much vapor.

 

[pufZeppelin]

yea I wonder about the wick size
I mean how do you measure that stuff

fiber glass - silica - cotton

just starting to play with cotton, have not did much yet

but all said and done 2.5mm is what that slot in the coil main body likes best

 

[crxess]

(1) 2mm for wick/coil
(1) 2mm or (2) 1mm for flavor wicks

 

[pufZeppelin]

your rockin it -just- a little bit thinner then , cool

not really a big deal when new, but I hate goofin' with (2) top wicks

what do you guys think about trimming the 'tails' off -- I want to leave them nice and long to soak/hold more fluid
but it makes things difficult and I just trim them as normal...

 

[Butters78]

Now that you mastered silica maybe one day soon you can try microcoils in the protanks and also ss mesh.