fc-2000 porous ceramic wick

[Hello World]

It's making more sense to me that this is likely the 'why its better'. I was thinking back to trying some 100+mm solid 500 SS mesh wicks at the same Ωs as thinner ones. And to get a comparable vape on the fat wicks I had to significantly increase the power to the coil. Seems reasonable the same thing is happening with the different ceramic diameters.

I'm running 220mm mesh on a 4mm wide SS 500 wick 30ga Kanthal and nothing less than a mechanical will do it justice.

Looking at my AGA-T+ here, I'm thinking you could drill out a new wick hole below the silica post, and use that post as a second ground connection. Then you would have two 3/32 wicks on the same side of the atty for proper wicking as you tilt. What do you guys think?

The fragility of the 3/32 is enough to stop me from looking over that way. That can get costly.

The 1/8 CF-2000s I'm running are beyond fantastic in every respect.

So how often are you guys cleaning/re-wrapping your wicks?

No re-wrapping. I just run .2ml PG through every other tankful and that cleans it all up. My juice is PG-heavy and use less than 1% flavoring, so little needs cleaning up. Once I have a workable installation, last thing in the world I do is mess with it. I don't dryburn.

 

[FrogHat]

The 1/8 CF-2000s I'm running are beyond fantastic in every respect.


Once I have a workable installation, last thing in the world I do is mess with it.

Could not agree more!!

 

[Elias]

I dont know guys but I always use to do a long dry burn to my stainless once a week and also now I did it once to the ceramic and never remove the wicks, they always performed well, better on ceramic.

 

[DSmooch]

Un FDP exemplaire est denué de tout savoir vivre; demonstration magistrale. Va traduire ça crapeau écervelé...

 

[turspedie]

Didn't expect this to work, but I'm rocking some crazy clouds of vapor with a 9/10 wrap of .8mm ribbon on a 3/32 wick at .7 ohms, lol. Wicking isn't bad at all. I can describe the vapor as very warm, mellow, and tasty. No throat hit though. .5 mm is probably much better for a 3/32 wick. Notice I had to flip the last turn of the coil over the wick so it could descend onto the positive post, for which I'm using a Vivi washer.

 

[Lhartman89]

So I was over at a friends house and was swapping caps between my AGA-T+'s as I drilled out one of the air holes and knocked the one with the 3/32 FC2000 over and it broke....... This sucks.

 

[Elias]

So I was over at a friends house and was swapping caps between my AGA-T+'s as I drilled out one of the air holes and knocked the one with the 3/32 FC2000 over and it broke....... This sucks.

We mourn your loss, you are not the first and not the last to loose one due to knocking over....

moments silence please

 

[Elias]

I have a friend who works with me and I just found out he doesnt use nicotine in his juice, I thought ..., I cant vape without it, or is it just me?

 

[vapdivrr]

I have a friend who works with me and I just found out he doesnt use nicotine in his juice, I thought ..., I cant vape without it, or is it just me?

actually i havent tried vaping no nic juice, did you try it and noticed a big difference?

 

[vapdivrr]

Didn't expect this to work, but I'm rocking some crazy clouds of vapor with a 9/10 wrap of .8mm ribbon on a 3/32 wick at .7 ohms, lol. Wicking isn't bad at all. I can describe the vapor as very warm, mellow, and tasty. No throat hit though. .5 mm is probably much better for a 3/32 wick. Notice I had to flip the last turn of the coil over the wick so it could descend onto the positive post, for which I'm using a Vivi washer.

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wow that is amazing, is wrapping the ribbon alot harder then wrapping round on a 3/32 wick? you had to hot wrap, no?

 

[vapdivrr]

oh! yes its a nice trick... glad it helped

i remember this one.

 

[vapdivrr]

So how often are you guys cleaning/re-wrapping your wicks? When mine starts popping or turning my juice dark I found that gunk has built up on one of the wraps and just dry burn. I know some have reported dry burning just bakes the juice into the wick and decreases its performance. Dry burning seems to work when in a pinch or at work.

What say you?

its weird, i vape some pretty sweet juices but my ceramic wicks dont really get gunked up to much. i have a 3/32 wick that has been going for almost 3 weeks now and it is working fine, no need to do anything to this one, and the juice is still running clear. i have 2 set-ups with 1/8 wicks, they have been in for over a week now and both seem to be pretty clean. the last set-up i had with a 1/8 wick was in for weeks and i just dry burned it once in all that time. maybe they do need a clean and i just havent noticed the deterioration, but they still work pretty darn good, so i will just leave well enough alone until i really notice a big difference

 

[vapdivrr]

Elias, look up MNKE IMR batteries, you can draw a continuous 20A vs 10A from the AW so that gives you a bit of latitude if you feel like pushing a little.

i wish they made the mnke bats in the 18490 size to fit the caravela, i was looking to buy some when i realized they only make them in the 18650 and a 2------- size. not really sure of the 2nd size, but i think its a bigger size then the 18650 one. i think i want to get an 18650 tube for the vella, for the 18490 bats suk compared to the 18650's

 

[vapdivrr]

Fish stone should be here in a few days. also ordered a dream drip atty to test a broken 3/32 in. well i wouldnt use any type of glue to mix with my liquid.

a little glue never hurt anyone. well maybe it has.

 

[vapdivrr]

wow, I even moved away from the screen! scary just looking at it. So ok, not so bad the IMR, it will melt your hand not chop it off

so did i. that was scary

 

[vapdivrr]

Didn't expect this to work, but I'm rocking some crazy clouds of vapor with a 9/10 wrap of .8mm ribbon on a 3/32 wick at .7 ohms, lol. Wicking isn't bad at all. I can describe the vapor as very warm, mellow, and tasty. No throat hit though. .5 mm is probably much better for a 3/32 wick. Notice I had to flip the last turn of the coil over the wick so it could descend onto the positive post, for which I'm using a Vivi washer.

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was this done sucessfully on your first attempt? that is an awesome looking wick i must say. i really like the performance of the smaller wicks myself. its funny to see such different results with these wicks, some dont even mess with the 3/32 wicks, while some do 10 wraps of ribbon on them, insane! great job

 

[turspedie]

wow that is amazing, is wrapping the ribbon alot harder then wrapping round on a 3/32 wick? you had to hot wrap, no?

Actually, it is so much easier and safer to do a hot wrap with ribbon than with 30g, because it's sturdy and holds its shape and tension really well, so much that you can just use tweezers for the tensioning. I took some pics of a previous wrap I did.

Started with a 5/64 drill bit to wrap it into shape:



Then slid it into a juice-oiled wick, tensioned it really hard with opposing motions and wrapping over the excess at both ends to cross them into a triangle, which I then held with tweezers:



Burned it to a nice glow....



And the end result is a tight coil pretty much fused to the wick:



Looking forward to trying this with .5mm ribbon on the 3/32 wicks.

 

[turspedie]

was this done sucessfully on your first attempt? that is an awesome looking wick i must say. i really like the performance of the smaller wicks myself. its funny to see such different results with these wicks, some dont even mess with the 3/32 wicks, while some do 10 wraps of ribbon on them, insane! great job

Thank you Vapdivrr! My first attempt is the one in the pics, it was too few wraps so that was like .5 ohms or less. The 10 fold was my second attempt and the wrapping was the easy part, it was making the positive connection which was really time consuming and wasn't as flush as it should be because it comes out too tall vs. the positive post. Should be real easy to do a .7 - 1 ohm .8 ribbon wrap with the AC9 clone and a fat DIY wick.

 

[gdeal]

Nice Job turspedie!

 

[vapdivrr]

Actually, it is so much easier and safer to do a hot wrap with ribbon than with 30g, because it's sturdy and holds its shape and tension really well, so much that you can just use tweezers for the tensioning. I took some pics of a previous wrap I did.

Started with a 5/64 drill bit to wrap it into shape:

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Then slid it into a juice-oiled wick, tensioned it really hard with opposing motions and wrapping over the excess at both ends to cross them into a triangle, which I then held with tweezers:

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Burned it to a nice glow....

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And the end result is a tight coil pretty much fused to the wick:

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Looking forward to trying this with .5mm ribbon on the 3/32 wicks.

well done. i initially thought you hot wrapped on wick. the way you did it seems pretty safe for the smaller wicks compared to just hot wrapping straight on wick. i see now that the ribbon was easier then round in this specific wrap. so the ribbon used in this example is like 28g? and the 5 mm that you want to try is like 30g? if this is true then i definatly think the 5mm would be better for the 3/32 like you said. very cool. so this is yet another method to wrap ribbon, ttdbm, turspedie's torched drill bit method