Finally I get it (IGO-L) wowwwwwww

[Red_Bird]

The IGO-L was butter to drill.

The AGA T2? It took a few times drilling it to punch thru....did both at 1/16th....holding the atty in my left hand and drill in the right.

(feelin like the RYOBI man, lol)

 

[Datalux]

Hmmm...I got 3 of the loose cap Igos yesterday (my original was tight fitting), not sure if I want teflon tape that close to my ejuice - any concerns there?

Does anyone know what size o-rings are on the tight fitting Igos? If I can just order some or run down to the hardware store, that would be great!

Considering teflon tape is used to seal water lines, I'm personally not concerned about it. What the Chinese manufacturers use to make their o-rings would have me a bit more concerned. You can also use dental floss under the o-ring as someone pointed out and you put that stuff in your mouth.

 

[The Yeti]

Ummm...yeah, but teflon tape and dental floss usually aren't subjected to the temps you see in an atty with the resulting fumes being inhaled. Just sayin'.

I agree, Chinese o-rings could be of questionable materials/quality, but I doubt if "American Made" o-rings are significantly different in composition. Has anyone done a test of "vape-safe" o-rings? I highly doubt it.

 

[eHuman]

I have 3. The one I'm vaping now has been set up for almost 3 weeks. Once a week I will rinse under hot tap water and dry burn to clean it up. 2.5mm German silica doubled up, 28g .8Ω hits like a monster on my K100. Once my wife hit my set up, I had to recoil hers to match and ditch her kick.

 

[Rader2146]

PTFE MSDS:

Acute inhalation toxicity
The thermal decomposition vapors of fluorinated polymers may cause polymer fume fever with flu-like symptoms in humans, especially when smoking contaminated tobacco.

Repeated dose toxicity
Polytetrafluoroethylene
Oral - feed rat
No toxicologically significant effects were found.


Reading an MSDS could turn Mike Rowe into a hypochondriac so take it with a grain of salt, but it's still a better course of action to get better fitting o-rings.

 

[UncleChuck]

You could always fold the teflon a bit (I know, it's a hassle working with teflon tape) so that you are only covering the lower O-ring. The top O-ring should keep the vape chamber completely sealed off from the bottom O-ring, with the bottom O-ring only being there in order to have the cap fit firmer. There should be zero possibility of anything bad happening that way.

 

[Datalux]

Ummm...yeah, but teflon tape and dental floss usually aren't subjected to the temps you see in an atty with the resulting fumes being inhaled. Just sayin'.

I agree, Chinese o-rings could be of questionable materials/quality, but I doubt if "American Made" o-rings are significantly different in composition. Has anyone done a test of "vape-safe" o-rings? I highly doubt it.

You got me there, I wasn't thinking of heat, just your comment about close proximity to your juice. I guess the thermal ramifications could be an issue if the iGo is getting hot enough for the teflon or floss to out-gas and get into the vapor chamber. I had an issue with a drip tip a while back that out gassed horribly when used with atty's and carto's when they warmed up.

 

[nahoku]

The IGO-L was butter to drill.

The AGA T2? It took a few times drilling it to punch thru....did both at 1/16th....holding the atty in my left hand and drill in the right.

(feelin like the RYOBI man, lol)

I'm glad you got it to go!

 

[nickvegas]

I'm glad you got it to go!

I used a wine opener (cork screw) wiggled it in a bit and made the hole bigger good method I saw on youtube.

 

[Red_Bird]

Doubled over the xc 116 and wrapped a lotta phat wick with 30 gauge kanthal.

I'm a definite rda/rba noob so don't crucify me, gettin this IGO-L goin on the vamo at 2.3 ohms with 5 wraps of 30 ga..vapin at only 10 watts till i saturate this thing

 

[Red_Bird]

IGO-L so stuffed with wick I can see some thru my ginormous air hole

Taste of JOOSE is very clean.

 

[The Yeti]

That's pretty much exactly how I set it up RB. Vaping like a champ. One tip, make real sure your coil isn't up too high - you want it just off the deck - and lined up as well as possible with the air hole. If that coil is up 1mm too high, I get decreased vapor.

 

[TheBoom]

I'm glad you got it to go!

I broke my 1.5mm drill bit on my aga t ( didnt't feel like butter at all) before I got it all the way thru. The next closest is 2mm. Is that a little too much airflow?

 

[BikerBob]

PTFE MSDS:

Acute inhalation toxicity
The thermal decomposition vapors of fluorinated polymers may cause polymer fume fever with flu-like symptoms in humans, especially when smoking contaminated tobacco.

Repeated dose toxicity
Polytetrafluoroethylene
Oral - feed rat
No toxicologically significant effects were found.


Reading an MSDS could turn Mike Rowe into a hypochondriac so take it with a grain of salt, but it's still a better course of action to get better fitting o-rings.

Good point here. Just remember to not let the metal base get hot enough to melt/burn either the o-rings or the teflon, to avoid any thermal decomposition.

Some online sources claim 'Glide' brand dental floss (tape) can be used similarly to teflon tape for sealing pipe joints.

 

[Medium_Pimpin]

It's true very easy to coil I got 2 set up in 10 minutes....the wife wanted to try it now it's gone.

Lol same here !!! Ordered another

 

[Red_Bird]

Rewrapped my xc-116 with a new piece of 30 gauge kanthal with a double loop of xc 116 and a SNUG 3 wrap @ 1.1 ohms, happy as a pig in shat hittin this on my CCTS......(same piece of xc, not wastin this stuff)

frikkin clouds...IGO-L looks great on the CCTS...

 

[Red_Bird]

JUST ordered 4 more feet of the XC-116......best wick material I've yet experienced (and I have many)

(psst...its a secret....don't tell anyone)

 

[Red_Bird]

 

[The Yeti]

Rewrapped my xc-116 with a new piece of 30 gauge kanthal with a double loop of xc 116 and a SNUG 3 wrap @ 1.1 ohms, happy as a pig in shat hittin this on my CCTS......(same piece of xc, not wastin this stuff)

frikkin clouds...IGO-L looks great on the CCTS...

Glad you got it sorted RB! I told you so....

JUST ordered 4 more feet of the XC-116......best wick material I've yet experienced (and I have many)

(psst...its a secret....don't tell anyone)

Got a (secret) link??

 

[MiamiMom63]

Great. Now I'm probably going to have to play around tonight again on building coils. I'm glad I read about how high the coil should be. I think mine is too high. Great pointers here! Thanks!