Recently purchased a big dripper clone at my local vape shop and it leaks pretty badly. I believe that it is leaking because of the loose fit of the o-rings at the base. The tank itself leaks slowly and steadily onto the deck, and with the loose fitting o-rings the deck leaks out onto the top of my mod. I either have to keep hitting it, or keep wiping it so my battery doesn't get wet. Any good places to buy these odd sized rings?
Big Dripper RDTA leak question
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Fasttech has them, all different sizes... but be prepared to wait. They're in China and their mail has been slooooow lately.
BTW, have you returned it to the vape shop or had them take a look at it? It shouldn't leak. I have 2 of them and neither of them leaks (so far, *knocks wood*). I usually use 50/50 or 30/70 pg/vg in them. Haven't had any trouble yet.
Mine has red o rings around the base which seem very small and allow the top to wiggle and turn easily. Went to the shop, got replacement o rings which are too big. May have to order or put something under the rings to tighten up the fit. Good to know that some of them do not have this problem. Love the way it hits.
Little backyard engineering fixed the problem. I put one layer of electrical tape in the o-ring groove, put the o-ring back on and voila works great. Leaking is no longer a problem. Still big FAM of the hits. Mine is wound to a .22, what do you all coil yours at?
Purple efest battery. Rated at 35 amps. I hear that that is not accurate though. When I picked up my big dripper it came in a kit with pre made nichrome coils, I have these coils currently installed. Will be building kanthal ones as soon as I get back from a trip I am taking. No problems with the nichrome other than the size, it was hard to fit them in the deck.
Just a FYI for you. Your Efest 35A batteries are only 20A continuous. I suggest you get a 30A CDR battery if you are going to build that low. You have no headroom for error or headroom for the measuring discrepancies in your reader/meter.
This link is from Baditude (our resident battery/safety expert): Purple Efest Batteries not as Advertised
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