fc-2000 porous ceramic wick

[Lhartman89]

For anyone that hasn't noticed, DV is running a pre-order on the FC-2000 wicks right now. I went ahead and order 2 packs of 3 3/32 wicks. Can't wait to get my hands on the ceramics to see how much better they are. I am kind of getting sick of the SS turning my juice dark and making it taste kind of off.

 

[vapdivrr]

For anyone that hasn't noticed, DV is running a pre-order on the FC-2000 wicks right now. I went ahead and order 2 packs of 3 3/32 wicks. Can't wait to get my hands on the ceramics to see how much better they are. I am kind of getting sick of the SS turning my juice dark and making it taste kind of off.

what are you going to be using them in? aga, cobra or zap? i have one set-up in an aga-t and it rocks. you do have to be alittle careful with the 3/32, for they are small. so far i have been lucky, i have wrapped the 3/32 wick about six times for various reason and havent broken one yet. as long as you just keep it in mind that they are a little fragile you should be ok. so just read some of the posts in this thread before setting one up, for there are a few tricks you need to know.

 

[Lhartman89]

AGA-T+ and T2

 

[vapdivrr]

AGA-T+ and T2

i have a video on this very same set-up in this thread, check it out. actually there is 2 videos.

 

[turspedie]

I have finally figured it out...

Two reasons for bad tasting hits on ceramic with WTA (and other thick juices):

a) Juice gunk on wick/ coil: Your mod has been sitting for a while unused and everything has dried up/ siphoned down into the tank, leaving nothing but a horrid paste that will taste badly. Long use at low volts will also cause this after a while. How to fix: Dry burn at 6v while gently blowing air on wick, you will see the gunk spark up and dissipate. Switch voltage down to 3v and tilt mod down to feed juice into wick, repeat about 4 times for a few seconds at a time while still blowing. At this stage do not let the coil get red. You should be good to go, if it still tastes bad, you have the next problem

b) Your coil is not tight enough. With ceramic, the coil needs to be tighter than Carrot Top's facelift, which is a sad irony, given how fragile these things are. How to fix: Sand the tip of your wick to a smoother finish, and redo your coil. Elias wrote up an excellent guide on page 63 for wrapping the coil nice and tight. Avoid cheecloth, while it works to get a good vape right off the bat with no break-in period, as the cheesecloth burns away, it will leave gaps between the coil and the wick. The bad tasting hits will come from you vaping hot, kanthaly air instead of juice.

If your coil is not tight enough, you will find yourself vaping successfully only between stages A and B, you will depend on gunk filling up the dead spaces, until said gunk gets thick to the point that it ruins the flavor.

 

[FrogHat]

Can you anneal the wire by connecting it to the positive post and ground post and hit the button? May be a stupid question but field expedient?

 

[Hello World]

Can you anneal the wire by connecting it to the positive post and ground post and hit the button? May be a stupid question but field expedient?

Yes, but much faster done with a lighter.

 

[daventura]

Can't believe I just read this entire thread.

DV is out of stock already on the pre-order.
Luckily, I got in there earlier.
Ordered the 1/8 inchers.

Waiting on a retooled AGA-T2 with a 1/8 inch hole from a co-op.

Planning on sanding the wick smooth.
I have lots of sandpaper, in all kinds of grit, so I'm thinking I can get it pretty smooth with some patience and some time.

Anybody want to send a me a couple feet of 30g?

 

[Elias]

Can't believe I just read this entire thread.

DV is out of stock already on the pre-order.
Luckily, I got in there earlier.
Ordered the 1/8 inchers.

Waiting on a retooled AGA-T2 with a 1/8 inch hole from a co-op.

Planning on sanding the wick smooth.
I have lots of sandpaper, in all kinds of grit, so I'm thinking I can get it pretty smooth with some patience and some time.

Anybody want to send a me a couple feet of 30g?

Welcome to the thread, the guys in here all sharing their ideas, experiences, thoughts and were coming up with some really good results.... If your in Australia I can send you some 30 if your local.

 

[daventura]

Not local at all.

In the SF Bay Area.

I'll send you my address anyway, if you want.

 

[turspedie]

Froghat, you should be able to. But nothing beats torch, since you will be annealing the coiled wire at a temperature greater than the mod can produce, and you will avoid expansion when you heat it up with your mod.

 

[Stringer63]

Ok folks, here's where I am with this. I've tried a few setups with the diy fish stick/fish wick (whatever you want to call it) - 32g 4/3 1.8 ohm with cotton thread wrap, 28g 4/3 1.0 ohm with cotton wrap, 30g 5/4 1.5 ohm with and without cotton wrap. I have settled in on the 30g 4/3 coil on my aga-t and aga-t+ - one with the cotton wrap and the other without. I find some difference between the two, and that I enjoy one over the other at different times. The one with the cotton wrap provides a really smooth, fluffy vape with just a little less flavor, and the one without the wrap provides a very crisp full cloudy vapor with maximum flavor. Sometimes one will hit the spot over the other, and it's really cool to have both ready to go. BTW, I'm a one flavor vaper - my diy waffle.

I haven't completely given up on the 28g 1 ohm setup, but it seemed to be too hot much of time and muted the flavor for me. Likely this is user error of some kind on my part. Maybe I'll get a 3rd aga-t to reserve for that experiment.

 

[pdib]

been there, done that on the fishtix. I'd say there's a 1 ohm limit on wicking. If you're anything like me, tho, I know you'll have to try it for yourself. enjoy

actually, the 1Ω version was ok; it was the .7 that really couldn't keep up

 

[vapdivrr]

right now i have a 3/4 wrap of 28g at .08Ω on the 1/8 wick and vaping on my mechanical mod. this is really working excellent and has become my favorite set-up up to this point. before this i was loving the 30g, 4/5wrap ,1.1Ω on the 3/32 wick, although both are awesome i prefer the 28g. one thing i dont understand stringer 63 is why you are getting a hot vape, just today i was saying to myself just how cool this set-up is running. the top cap is completely cool, just a tiny fraction warm if anything. i kind of was thinking that compared to ss mesh, that maybe the ceramic absorbs so much heat that the device actually stays cooler. when i used ss wicks i made my wicks very solid, i mean i used to cram over 4 inches of mesh into my wicks and this also seemed to keep my device cool as well. some say that when they have done 28g and low resistances they liked it but it was to hot. so i am not sure why some found it to hot while some stayed cool. i thought maybe it was the way in which the wicks were configured, but with you saying that your device is hot with the ceramic and 28g, it maybe something else. i would tend to think now it is from loose coils, for if the wick isnt absorbing the heat, then the heat transferes somewhere else. anyways 0.8 is the lowest i have tried so far and might give a 2/3 a try but .06 has always been a little to potent for me, but 0.8 seemes to be working just fine, great flavor and big clouds. maybe the size of the atomizer chamber might vary in temp, the ac-9 is pretty large so maybe it has time to cool off. havent tried 28g and sub-1 coiles yet in the aga because of the 3/32 wick. i still am debating whether to drill out to 1/8 on the aga. also stringer we are comparing different ceramics here as well, fc 2000 compared to the fishs, i still dont know if they are the same.

 

[turspedie]

Following up from my previous posts, I have found the best of both worlds when it comes to cheesecloth. I said previously to avoid cheesecloth altogether as in the end you will have a looser coil.
My latest coil is extremely tight on a new wick, but it was taking forever to break in. What I did was now that I had the perfect tight coil that should last me a very long time, I experimented with a sowing needle and juiced cheesecloth. With the needle it was super easy to thread it around the coil and bypass the contacts from behind, as I generously wrapped around the wick aiming to cover both the coils and the spaces in between them. As the already wet cheesecloth soaks juice from the wick, it sticks it self clean where it needs to be for the most part. It only took a couple of very gentle presses to dab it where I wanted it to stick.

Then I did several low volt juice burns on the wick and watched the cheesecloth melt into the wick , which is what we want to break it in. When it became gunk I dry burned and blowed any remnants away.

Voila! My new wick and coil are broken in immediately, and the tight coil was never compromised.

 

[DSmooch]

right now i have a 3/4 wrap of 28g at .08Ω on the 1/8 wick and vaping on my mechanical mod. this is really working excellent and has become my favorite set-up up to this point.

I'm afraid I'll have to agree, exact same setup here. I don't think it gets better than this...
(Unless ur in CO or WA in the next couple of months )

 

[pdib]

I'm afraid I'll have to agree, exact same setup here. I don't think it gets better than this...
(Unless ur in CO or WA in the next couple of months )

WA fishstix have no bearing on fc-2000 performance

 

[DSmooch]

WA fishstix have no bearing on fc-2000 performance

I assume a bit of WA fishtix oil could really help the breakin period

 

[pdib]

I assume a bit of WA fishtix oil could really help the breakin period

I can't remember, DSmooch, are you using air stone? After a couple days, I was definitely getting some flavors off those things, and they turned from grey to blue. eeeeech?!

 

[DSmooch]

a day or 2, and petsmart mail should be in, I'm still on the fc2000$.
is blue bad?