For all those who experience leaking Divers: I may have found a build with a little trick that seems to address this. I actually developed this from the default Grail build, which loops one side of the wick around the ceramic.
I have been running this for about a week now. I have been using ceramics that I know to be notoriously leak-prone. One ceramic even has a small chip missing at the top. I have been testing using three Divers, in a Scuba, a Phiniac Phinque and a Kir Fanis Tripolitis.
Not in the SnP yet, I shattered my last Pyrex and I'm waiting for the SS tube to arrive - I will test it here as well.
Prior to this test, my experience was:
SnP: leak, leak, leak. Had given up on Diver in my SnP.
Scuba: Zero juice on connector, barely any condensation after sitting on tissue for 2 days, as long as the tank was not filled past about 70%.
Kir Fanis Tripolitis: small dribbling overnight.
Phiniac Phinique with titanium caps (no recess for flange): Rarely ever even see condensation through multiple fills to 100%. Strange, because this is by far the most "primitive" of these tanks. It is basically a large, thick Pyrex block with titanium caps and o-rings - no fancy fill ports, no super smooth threading, just an old school tank. Everything fits and works well, but you can tell the SnP and the Scuba are made to a much higher spec. And yet, it tames the Diver with a generic coil build like no other tank.
The build: I use either 3 strands of 1mm Ekowool or 1 each of 1mm or 2mm Ekowool (the latter is pictured below). The bottom strand must be 1mm. I keep the top strands at full length to climb up the chimney for extra flavor (as discussed previously in this thread).
The bottom 1mm Ekowool strand is trimmed on both ends to about 1cm on each side. Each of these is then wound around the side of the ceramic.
Holding both of the wick ends wrapped around the ceramic, install the chimney. Some of the 1mm bottom strand will fray off as you screw the chimney on. This is fine, just unscrew and blow or wipe off the bits that have come away. It should look something like this before you start screwing the chimney on:
Results with this build:
Scuba: No leaks, barely any condensation after sitting overnight, filled multiple times to 95% capacity.
Kir Fanis Tripolitis: No leaks, barely any condensation after sitting overnight, filled multiple times to 95% capacity.
Phiniac Phinique: No leaks, barely any condensation after sitting overnight, filled multiple times to 95% capacity.
I will be trying this in my SnP as soon as the SS tube arrives.
Please note: all attys develop condensation over time on the 510 connector. My Ithakas, Spheroids, Divers, and Killer all do this, some faster than others.
I do hope others will try this out and provide feedback, especially some of the folks who seem to have chronic leaking issues.
