These are a mystery to me. Just put up the vid because of the curiosity. No doubt the German version is coming though.
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These are a mystery to me. Just put up the vid because of the curiosity. No doubt the German version is coming though.
I think the cotton ball test is a good way to test both true capillary action and pure flow. From what I have seen on ceramic, there is a great deal of variability in how the pores connect. (its not just open space) Hopefully he has worked out the structure to minimize the "dead ends" that other porous ceramic products have. But it sounds like this guy is all over the parameters for optimization, which is a good thing for us.
to be honest, "open space" is just my words. when I spoke to him the terminology he was using was quite different and I didn't really understand all of it.
I just received short of a dozen of the newer FC-2000 1/8 ceramic wicks from Tankecig. One of them was cut too thick, about 3.5mm to 9/16 -- perfect.
30ga Kanthal, 4/5 wrap, 1.6ohm ... considerably more vapor when tipped. On par with my 4mm Topfin, but flavor/taste a little better. Drawback, and I may eat my words by weekend, it red-coils vertically with 1/4 tank of juice, capillary action not all that good so far.
Very fast break-in period too, about 1/2 tank on an electrically annealed hand-wrap. vaping unflavored -- the taste far better than 28ga SS with same DIY mix, nic-taste more pronounced, slightly better TH, although smoother overall vape. I may have to cut my nic down again, it's hitting me quite hard. I'm at 6mg, try 5 or 4. Mech PV was used.
These wicks seem a little better than the ones I bought from them in February.
30ga Kanthal, 4/5 wrap, 1.6ohm ... considerably more vapor when tipped. On par with my 4mm Topfin, but flavor/taste a little better. Drawback, and I may eat my words by weekend, it red-coils vertically with 1/4 tank of juice, capillary action not all that good so far.
Very fast break-in period too, about 1/2 tank on an electrically annealed hand-wrap. vaping unflavored -- the taste far better than 28ga SS with same DIY mix, nic-taste more pronounced, slightly better TH, although smoother overall vape. I may have to cut my nic down again, it's hitting me quite hard. I'm at 6mg, try 5 or 4. Mech PV was used.
These wicks seem a little better than the ones I bought from them in February.
Exactly why I hand-wrap my 30ga Kanthal wicks. There is a balance, too loose, and you are heating air, too tight, too much heat lost into the ceramic, and why the cotton method works so well. Same reason I'm not experiencing any heat-sink effect on my 4mm wicks. Coil oxidization and letting the crap build up around the coils seems to work best for me.
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interesting, this is the first time I have heard that a ceramic wick coiled to tightly might not perform as well as a slightly looser one, and when you think about it, it seems to make sense how it might relate to the heat sink issue. so who knows, will we becoming full circle?
just watched the most boring pbsaurdo video ever. but I do like the fact that zen in a way has endorsed ceramic.
Applies to 30ga which I have been wrapping. I guess optimally we want only juice on the coil, and only enough so it vaporizes to our tastes. My wiring is tight, just not that tight, and not so much that heat sink issues come into play, and whatever isn't fully against the wick will be bridged with coil crud. Because these wicks appear to be more irregular, I'm sure I could glow the coils and push them inward here and there. I might just test for that one day.
He's tied in with Provape who I would imagine will be selling the wicks. The CF-2000 Maker, Zen, Provape ... that's a lot of semi-official confidence in a product.
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that's true... also the wick he's using looks well broken in and he has a full tank. if you take an fc that is a few days old and do 8s pulls/8s rest (more of less what he's doing) on a full tank, you'll get the same results (with a good EHW).you'll see that the quality of the vapor changes about the 7-8s mark, it looks harsher as the wick dries out. Now that the fc is getting fine tuned even more, I don't think the battle will be one of efficiency, more one of prices... I think the germans will be able to make the wicks more affordable and drive the prices down which is what we want I guess.
edit: I don't think those wicks are just a 'conduit' btw, I really think they wick. Sorry if it contradicts ZEN's findings, but my vaping experience points to another empirical data...
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I just re-read my earlier post.. I must have had one of those moments.
Of course the ceramic wicks...it could just wick better. You are correct Hello World. I edited my earlier posts. ...just eating crow here...carry on.
Evoked images of a ~ZEN mini-me carrying buckets of juice up a spiral staircase inside the center of the wick ...I just re-read my earlier post.. I must have had one of those moments.
A Pilsner all around. Cheers
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Hi guys. Something that was suggested in another thread. Might prove beneficial to you all who like to keep to the smaller diameters of ceramic, but are pushing the limit with wick hole size. Should work great with what you're receiving.
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd292/scubabatdan/FlowerWick_zps4fd70cc2.jpg
Later.
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd292/scubabatdan/FlowerWick_zps4fd70cc2.jpg
Later.
Does anyone know the details of a catalytic converter, I know its porous and it certainly is high temperature, anyone in the automotive industry that has a new one that was damaged somehow that can do some tests to see if it wicks..... ?
From what I've seen inside of catalytic converters, they would not work well. The holes are too large. But this was a long time ago. Some have pellets inside of them.
when I mentioned yesterday that the newer fc-wicks that will be coming out soon will be something that is supposed to wick the best so far, this I believe is the new design. pretty sure that they will be scored along the sides
I was using my omega mod with my ac-9 yesterday, as I was driving home and listening to some music, I found myself tapping my mod on my knee in beat to the sounds. when I got home I started to realize that I wasn't getting a good vape, opened it up and the darn wick had broke. instead of putting in another 1/8 wick, I installed a 3/32 wick into the other wick hole(theres 2 wick holes,& 1-fill hole in the ac-9) which is kind of far from the neg screw, but its working great.
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