Here are my current observations:
As I am in the habit of dis-assembling my equipment for cleaning each night, I decided that I would take another look at the wicking issues I was having. I had tried using the two pieces of wick, as Cetin showed in his video. I had also tried using only one wick as well as no wicks and then finally, only the #400 mesh.
I watched the video several times as I know most of the followers here did. I also watched it step by step and followed along in the process, even though it is straight forward enough.
Since I had tried the obvious combinations of wick and wire I decided to go a different route with the wick. I have on hand, awaiting the arrival of my iAtty, 100 yards of 1/16" fiberglass (FG) wick. Pretty much a lifetime supply. Now in the braided state it is obviously too big to fit into the small hole of the spike plate. But, if you carefully unbraid it, you will find that it is composed of six strands of FG. Two of those strands fit perfectly into the 12.5mm x 12.5mm #400 steel wire mesh "patch" that Cetin provides and that can also be readily sourced in the UK. I left about 2-3mm of the FG strands hanging out on both ends. The wire mesh had already been cut to the proper length, as shown in Cetin's video. I primed the coil and wick (left Cetin's wick installed, will change out soon to compare). I also primed the "tube" comprised of the strands of FG wrapped by the wire mesh. I noted immediately that the first drop of juice was sucked into the tube quicker than it had been with the other wick. I put several drops into the tube until it became saturated, (much like that carto that got just one too many drops added). Nice and wet. I then installed the tank, filled to the very top with TV Banana Nut Bread, extra flavor, 70/30 PG/VG. 8 MG nic. The coil was 2 oHm and about 2 days old under moderate use. I used it on my Provari set at 3.7v.
Another thing I did was to make sure that the tank's two flat sides were parallel (and in line with) and following along with the spike plate. Just like a foot in a shoe. One on top of the other. Not sure why I did that. Probably OCD. Fired it up and ZING, BANG, BOOM, where did all this flavor and vapor come from?? Folks, for me, YMMV, this is exactly perfect. I had the PV sitting on my nightstand all night, not a drop of juice to be found out of place. Used it all day today, refilled the tank, still hitting strong with no juice where it shouldn't be. There is the typical "sweat" of juice that always comes out of the draft holes.
Try it for yourself. I think you'll like it. The strands of FG seem to be acting as a very fine conduit for the juice while not being overly so. No more leaking!! Yeah!! Makes sense. The standard wick like that in a CE2 are strands still twisted together and that has to be causing some resistance to the flow of juice whereas the two strands of FG wick run straight through.
Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
As I am in the habit of dis-assembling my equipment for cleaning each night, I decided that I would take another look at the wicking issues I was having. I had tried using the two pieces of wick, as Cetin showed in his video. I had also tried using only one wick as well as no wicks and then finally, only the #400 mesh.
I watched the video several times as I know most of the followers here did. I also watched it step by step and followed along in the process, even though it is straight forward enough.
Since I had tried the obvious combinations of wick and wire I decided to go a different route with the wick. I have on hand, awaiting the arrival of my iAtty, 100 yards of 1/16" fiberglass (FG) wick. Pretty much a lifetime supply. Now in the braided state it is obviously too big to fit into the small hole of the spike plate. But, if you carefully unbraid it, you will find that it is composed of six strands of FG. Two of those strands fit perfectly into the 12.5mm x 12.5mm #400 steel wire mesh "patch" that Cetin provides and that can also be readily sourced in the UK. I left about 2-3mm of the FG strands hanging out on both ends. The wire mesh had already been cut to the proper length, as shown in Cetin's video. I primed the coil and wick (left Cetin's wick installed, will change out soon to compare). I also primed the "tube" comprised of the strands of FG wrapped by the wire mesh. I noted immediately that the first drop of juice was sucked into the tube quicker than it had been with the other wick. I put several drops into the tube until it became saturated, (much like that carto that got just one too many drops added). Nice and wet. I then installed the tank, filled to the very top with TV Banana Nut Bread, extra flavor, 70/30 PG/VG. 8 MG nic. The coil was 2 oHm and about 2 days old under moderate use. I used it on my Provari set at 3.7v.
Another thing I did was to make sure that the tank's two flat sides were parallel (and in line with) and following along with the spike plate. Just like a foot in a shoe. One on top of the other. Not sure why I did that. Probably OCD. Fired it up and ZING, BANG, BOOM, where did all this flavor and vapor come from?? Folks, for me, YMMV, this is exactly perfect. I had the PV sitting on my nightstand all night, not a drop of juice to be found out of place. Used it all day today, refilled the tank, still hitting strong with no juice where it shouldn't be. There is the typical "sweat" of juice that always comes out of the draft holes.
Try it for yourself. I think you'll like it. The strands of FG seem to be acting as a very fine conduit for the juice while not being overly so. No more leaking!! Yeah!! Makes sense. The standard wick like that in a CE2 are strands still twisted together and that has to be causing some resistance to the flow of juice whereas the two strands of FG wick run straight through.
Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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