ego-t wick

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tsbrewers

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hey all, I have had the wicking and leaking issues on my ego-t. My question is, when in normal operation, does the wick touch the heating coil? or is it suspended just above the coil? I am thinking about replacing the wick and was wondering if I made it a little longer, so it might solve the leaking issue, and the wicking issue in one shot, should I make the wick touch the coil?

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Yes... The wick contacts the coil.

I have disassembly instructions on my blog, link in signature.

If you're flooding, you should also look at how you draw on it. If you're taking less than 5 seconds to get a mouthful of vapor, you're pulling on it too hard.

The wicking works by airflow, if you draw any harder than what I mentioned, you can pull too much juice inside, and cause flooding and leaks.
 

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I haven't had any problems for the first 3 weeks or so, then had an atty leak, no matter which tank i put on it. After researching, I read that this can be caused by the wick being too low in the piercing tube. If you pull it up a touch, it should help with the leaking. BUT, if you go too high, you can get dry burns and a nasty taste. so there is like a 1/16" sweet spot that it needs to be in. that is why I thought if I went with a longer wick, I could keep it a little higher, fixing the leaking, and also still touching the coils, fixing the dry burn tastes.

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I haven't had any problems for the first 3 weeks or so, then had an atty leak, no matter which tank i put on it. After researching, I read that this can be caused by the wick being too low in the piercing tube. If you pull it up a touch, it should help with the leaking. BUT, if you go too high, you can get dry burns and a nasty taste. so there is like a 1/16" sweet spot that it needs to be in. that is why I thought if I went with a longer wick, I could keep it a little higher, fixing the leaking, and also still touching the coils, fixing the dry burn tastes.

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Makes sense to me :)

Let us all know how it turns out... Would love to know how the tankomizer handles a new wick.
 
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