Ego-T Cheaper way to lift the cap around the wick?

[rook2pawn]

I need to perform a wick replacement (probably use some old ce2-fibers) but i dont have a dentists tool, nor do i have anything specialized that could pull out the cap in the ego-t atty.

Anyone have any cheaper suggestions on how to lift the cap out of there? I dont have anything metallic that's shaped like an L nor do i have any tools other than a screwdriver.

 

[Desdenova]

Hey Rook,
The easiest way to take out the needle plate on the Ego-T atty is a flat screwdriver. Just put flat end against one of the flat area's of the needle plate, and give it a good snug pry. It should pop right out for you. As far as a wick goes, i ordered a atomizer rebuild kit from Nhaler, its comes with a bunch of silica wick and nickwires. Cost me 7.50 and 3 for shipping. There is a good vid on youtube about dis assembling, cleaning and putting back together by Vicky at Cignot. Youtube search... How i clean my ego-t atty....it will be by Cignotinc. Good luck and feel free to pm if you have any other questions.

 

[rook2pawn]

Hey Rook,
The easiest way to take out the needle plate on the Ego-T atty is a flat screwdriver. Just put flat end against one of the flat area's of the needle plate, and give it a good snug pry. It should pop right out for you. As far as a wick goes, i ordered a atomizer rebuild kit from Nhaler, its comes with a bunch of silica wick and nickwires. Cost me 7.50 and 3 for shipping. There is a good vid on youtube about dis assembling, cleaning and putting back together by Vicky at Cignot. Youtube search... How i clean my ego-t atty....it will be by Cignotinc. Good luck and feel free to pm if you have any other questions.

Yup the flat screwdriver did the trick! now the only issue is i took some threads from my ce2 and bundled em up and wrapped em in a teabag, twisted it a lot to make it small and threaded it through the plate, and cut it flush on top at the angle, and left some at the bottom to wick on the coil.. Didn't work at all. In fact when i popped it out it was all smushed on the coils and had slipped out the hole. I gave up. Im vaping on my leaky cart being careful to not draw hard.

In the meantime i looked at the ATo-Miser Xtra Wicks and Wires
and saw that wire and wick package..

If I get that package i can just use a few threads from the wick package and cut em and be in business?

I think i understand now though if im not going to use lipton tea bags to hold the fibers together, then i should try to use metal mesh coil from one of my dead attys? as in, make a very small ring-band that will be crimped together to hold the 4-5 fibers from the nhaler package?

what do you think?

 

[Desdenova]

I haven't used any of the wicks yet i purchased from Nhaler. And yes your link is what i bought. And i believe you are on the right track with the mesh coil.
Under tips and tricks....fender0942.....has a post called "The Perfect Ego-T Wick. Perfect" This is where i got the idea to order the Nhaler atomizer kit from. He also says to use the mesh wire from a old atty. If you go to this post he explains it step by step on how to do it. And, if you try this, post back and let me know your results.
I bought the wicks ahead of time antisapating that the wicks would fail way before the atty. Judging by the amount of wicks the kit gives you, i would guess you could make atleast 50 wicks, probably more. I was also thinking of trying one of the nickwires that comes with the kit, since i dont wind my own heating coils. Maybe this weekend when i clean my atty, i'll try making one that way and post back.http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/194896-perfect-ego-t-wick-perfect.html Sweet, my 1st time pasting. Thats the link. Good luck!

 

[count dragula]

I had a really bad burn taste from one of my B attys. I tried pushing the wick down and it fell out completely.

I popped out the plate, and discovered that there were only a few random (very short) threads left in the wick.
I tried re-using the metal mesh from the old wick, but gave up, as I've got big fingers.

Instead, I took a wick from an old CE2 clearo, with the wires still wrapped around it. Fed the wires through the spike tube (from beneath), and pulled the doubled over wick through the spike. I pulled it up until I had a bit still beneath the plate, and cut the top off. (The wires are still wrapped around a length of wick, so I can feed it through another atty.)

The wick is a bit loose, compared to stock wicks, and it has no wrapping, but it vapes, and no leaks at all.

But I still get a bit of a burnt taste. I wonder if part of the old wick fell down into the atty somewhere. Or if the problem is how fanned out the loose ends of the CE2 wick below the plate are.

Is the wick supposed to extend through the square hole in the plate beneath the spike plate?


I get notably different performance from three different attys. (I haven't used the 4th one yet.). They appear to be *very* sensitive to the wick size and placement. It'd be nice if there were stock eGo-T wicks available off the shelf.

I wonder if a bundle of 62.5 u bare core optical fibers, wrapped with some 36 AWG wire at the spike tube, might not make a usable wick.


Also, only one of my four type B attys sit solidly on the battery. The other three wiggle a little -- the battery connector isn't rigidly mounted to the tube. Is the loose connector "normal"? (The solidly mounted one is the atty that vapes best.) (All of this gear, except the CE2, are "eGo-T" labeled parts from MVS kits.)