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How recently? My tank was delivered two weeks ago (1/31/2013 I believe) and there were only two pairs of orings. I guess if you count the pair installed on the tank, that makes three though.
As far as flooding cartos, that sorta just comes with the territory when using tanks. As mentioned, lightly blowing the excess out will usually do the trick. In the year and a half that I've been using tanks, I've had maybe 5 cartos that flooded fairly consistently but I was able to fix them all. My first step is to lightly blow the juice out and then do a couple of hits with an extremely light pull. That works most of the time. If that doesn't do the trick, I'll try to repressurize the tank by either (a) pulling the carto down to allow air into (or out of) the tank and then slowly reseating it, or (b) holding the tank upside down while I take a hit or two. If your cartos have two holes, you can always break a toothpick off in one of them as a method of juice control... I've only had to do this once.
One thing to keep in mind is that removing/connecting some drip tips can cause flooding as well. My favorite SS drip tip does this for some reason. Every time I connect it, juice is pulled into the carto (which is evident from the bubbles). I'm actually sort of baffled by this since the drip tip has a fairly wide opening... I can't see why it would cause any fluctuation in pressure within the carto/tank.
Anyway, I personally only use the thingy when priming the carto for initial use (and for storage of course). Primer puffs can take care of any dry hits I run into after that. If you're continually running into dry hits though, you might be better off buying/punching cartos with an extra hole in it (which many people do for high VG juices).
I'm thinking of ordering at least one glass tank for the AGA-T2. I'm just wondering if anyone out there has tried IBTanked's tank for this. If so, did you get the one with the smaller inner wall or the larger and what did you think? Does the larger inner wall interfere with the wick?
Hi Steve, yes folks are using the same AGAT tube for the newer plus model. As far as wall thickness the thinner wall allows for touch more liquid capacity and room for modding a bigger wick in I believe and the thicker wall is slightly more durable. Either one will work for you if you are not drilling out the wick hole.
OCD, here is my 19mm XL with the 013 blue rings. They are a touch too big on the ID, but no leaks. I am going to order some 012s in a different color and give those a shot. I got them from Jet Gasket and Seal in Las Vegas.
Nice JR, have been talking with a manufacturer about doing some colors for us in the 2mm. Its a fair chunk of $s but seems doable so we may be getting these in the future.
These were $4.82 for a 25 count, or $.19/ea., plus free shipping. Like I mentioned, I will have way more than I need. If you want the extras, I'll mail 'em to you. Just gonna keep a few as spares.
Thanks for the feedback Jvw, I have gotten some complaint on those being too loose. We will just continue to ship with the assortment so everyone can choose what they like the best.
JR, thanks but I dont think I need them. Going to follow through with the manufacturer I have been talking with and see how things turn out on getting the 9.5 x 2 made in colors. Its not too bad once the mold cost is covered just need to buy a whole lot of them but then we go through a whole lot so thats really no trouble.
JR, thanks but I dont think I need them. Going to follow through with the manufacturer I have been talking with and see how things turn out on getting the 9.5 x 2 made in colors. Its not too bad once the mold cost is covered just need to buy a whole lot of them but then we go through a whole lot so thats really no trouble.
I have not only tried them, but I believe I was the first to order one. I measured my tank and spoke to OCD and he did not have an AGA-T to go by, so he made a custom cut glass to my specs. It fit perfectly. The original polycarbonate was around 2.4mm wall thickness, so I chose the 2.5mm walled tube. Since then OCD has offered a 1.8mm wall and I have that size also. I guess that the thinner one would hold a bit more juice, but it is probably negligible.
The only plus to the 1.8mm might be if you decided to bore out your wick hole, there would be more clearance - however, both work fine in a stock AGA-T. Only OCD could say for sure if the thicker one would be less susceptible to breakage.
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How tough a tube is certainly will be determined on part by how thick it is but honestly all of our tubes are glass and all of them will break under the right circumstances. The 1.8mm and 2.5mm are both pretty robust tubes, going below 1.8mm is where you are getting into more delicate glass but I have even seen that stuff take some tumbles I thought would do them in yet come out fine.
The main reason for the thinner tube is to allow more room for the wick for those who drill them out.
Tennovan. I will certainly be posting here when we get the colors in. I dont know about silver but we did pick out a blue gray that is quite light and if it works out may be close to what you are talking about. Mostly we went for bright colors though along with white too. Should have some samples in a couple weeks to see if they will work out on size.
The main reason for the thinner tube is to allow more room for the wick for those who drill them out.
Tennovan. I will certainly be posting here when we get the colors in. I dont know about silver but we did pick out a blue gray that is quite light and if it works out may be close to what you are talking about. Mostly we went for bright colors though along with white too. Should have some samples in a couple weeks to see if they will work out on size.
Hey OCD thanks for chatting with me on the phone today. I cant tell you how much it ment to have that conversation. You have def earned my shopping. There will def be more in the future. I was wondering though if you could get the metal caps in colors? Oh and this is the tip i was talking about. Im looking for the tanks i ordered to go well with it. As well as caps. Im open to any ideas you have as well.
The only glass tank that I have had break is the one for the Chobra. The top section of the Chobra got stuck in it a bit sideways and split the glass all the way down. All the other glass tanks are perfect and have survived a few falls.
TJ, that looks a lot like the Sapphire color the girls use. On the colored caps, the girls were doing them in the same colors and will be offering them again soon. We are also exploring anodized aluminum for the first 22mm caps we will be adding soon. Lastly we will be bringing back the Acrylic caps before too much longer. Just doing some cleanup on some big wholesale orders we have in production now then will start bringing back those caps.
BO, I have yet to break a tank myself... have been using mainly the 19mm XLs for the last six months or so with a few in rotation though I have a personal fav that gets most of the air time. That one started out with a chip in it because when I asked the Mrs to make me one with this color she dug in the scrap box to get the glass to use
I had to laugh after making well over 10K tanks I get the rejects lol.
Ten, we had to pare back the number of colors to 5 to suit the manufacturer. Minimum for a batch with them is 10K pcs so we will start with 50k and if they do well will add more colors. First run will be for the 19mm tanks, finalizing details now so it looks like 3 to 4 weeks and we will have the first ones available. Colors will be
White
Blue
Red
Green
Purple
BO, I have yet to break a tank myself... have been using mainly the 19mm XLs for the last six months or so with a few in rotation though I have a personal fav that gets most of the air time. That one started out with a chip in it because when I asked the Mrs to make me one with this color she dug in the scrap box to get the glass to use
I had to laugh after making well over 10K tanks I get the rejects lol.Ten, we had to pare back the number of colors to 5 to suit the manufacturer. Minimum for a batch with them is 10K pcs so we will start with 50k and if they do well will add more colors. First run will be for the 19mm tanks, finalizing details now so it looks like 3 to 4 weeks and we will have the first ones available. Colors will be
White
Blue
Red
Green
Purple
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