RDA Help identifying some weird RDA parts

[Gummy Bare]

So a buddy of might bought some vape gear off his roommate that quit vaping. He actually came up pretty good since the guy seemed to have some quality gear... Science Of vaping mod and tank, Royal Hunter, Etc. bunch of stuff, all pretty much original legit gear.

He was tanking it up, then tried my dripper and was blown away. So he throws a few drippers at me to clean and build for him. The things were grimy as could be. Barrels glued to the top cap, crusty stuff for days.

He gave me a Royal Hunter RDA and a Cloud Champ RDA. The hunter I've heard of, the cloud champ not so much. I had to soak the things for a while in soapy water just to get the things apart. I then pulled pieces out of the bowl one by one and brushed then with a tooth brush, even the damn screws needed brushing. I'm really good and carful\experienced with this; so I get down to the screws and pull them out one by one counting them knowing there was 4 a piece and cleaning them up insuring I don't miss or drop any down the drain.

I was pretty sure I had all the pieces, but was fishing in the soapy bowl with my fingers to insure I didn't miss a thing. To my surprise, I end up pulling out a super small\ short rod of metal. You can't even r consider it a rod as its like 3mm long or something. At first I thought it was a small left over price of kanthal... But the ends are perfectly cut and it was so thick if it was kanthal, it would have been like 16-18 gage. So I fish around some more and end up pulling out 4 of them total.

I've got no idea what they could be. I've never used either of these attys before, and didn't see then until fishing them out of the bowl. I have attached some pictures to this post to see if anyone can let me know what the hell they are and what they do in one of these two RDAs.

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[Hanha]

First thing that comes in mind is that they could be custom made for the screw holes to prevent lead cut?
Do they fit in the post holes under the screws?

Just a wild guess. Nothing else comes in my mind.

 

[Verb]

Was one of them never used? It looks like bits from a tumble-polisher.

 

[jefx]

they are wick chargers.

You put them into the ends of the wicks, at the bottom of the juice well. One on each end of each wick. They use an ionic bond to speed up the juice flow to the coil for massive super world champion behemoth cloud chasing fog breathing.

 

[manthe]

First thing that comes in mind is that they could be custom made for the screw holes to prevent lead cut?
Do they fit in the post holes under the screws?

Just a wild guess. Nothing else comes in my mind.

I think you're on the right track here - was my first thought as well

 

[manthe]

they are wick chargers.

You put them into the ends of the wicks, at the bottom of the juice well. One on each end of each wick. They use an ionic bond to speed up the juice flow to the coil for massive super world champion behemoth cloud chasing fog breathing.

Right - so that when you tilt the RDA to take a vape, they slide down and 'bridge' the pos & neg posts causing a hard short and battery venting so that the smoke from the burning and smoldering hand flesh (the one holding the mod) will naturally be added to the already massive cloud and GUARANTEE victory in the cloud comp!

 

[jefx]

Lol! You got it!

 

[DonCon]

They do go under the screws in the royal hunter rda.... I know because I lost two of them already.

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[CasketWeaver]

Those are there to protect your leads in the posts. They drop down into the posts via the top and should sit at the bottom of the posts. They were commonly found in the Patriot RDA which is how it never cut wire. Those usually don't just pop out when the device is new.

 

[Gummy Bare]

First thing that comes in mind is that they could be custom made for the screw holes to prevent lead cut?
Do they fit in the post holes under the screws?

Just a wild guess. Nothing else comes in my mind.

This was my only thought of what they could be considering the size and number of them. Only thing throwing me off was that they were to big for the cloud comp RDA posts to fit in, and seemed to skinny for the royal Hunter (like they would be wobbling around inside the post holes while trying to make a connection while screwing your leed down).


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[Gummy Bare]

Was one of them never used? It looks like bits from a tumble-polisher.

Both had builds in them, super old crusty builds.... Had to soak them just to get the caps off.


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[Gummy Bare]

They do go under the screws in the royal hunter rda.... I know because I lost two of them already.

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Why the heck did they make them so lose and small I'm wondering... I mean, they could have just made the post holes (vertical ones the screws go into) stop at the bottom of the lowest horizon post hole that the wire goes through. I might not be explaining that well, but basically like the Aeolus v2 has. The post screws come to s dead end at some point right at the lower section of the post hole. I never clip a wire on the Aeolus.... Even those it doesn't use grub screws


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[Gummy Bare]

Those are there to protect your leads in the posts. They drop down into the posts via the top and should sit at the bottom of the posts. They were commonly found in the Patriot RDA which is how it never cut wire. Those usually don't just pop out when the device is new.

Nice... Figured it was one of the only options. But also figured it was weird they fell out.

Funny, I have an original patriot and never knew it had those in there. Good info, no wonder I still use my patriot to this day even though it's hella out dated in today's vape game. I do rock the CIA halo cap with it though.


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[Gummy Bare]

Thanks for all the replies guys!!!


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[CasketWeaver]

Yeah, they're there in the patriot for sure. My old Patriot v 1.5 had them fall out once. But never seen the ones in my v2 yet. Like I said I'm pretty sure the newer the threads are in the posts is what keeps them in. Then again, maybe manufacturing has changed as well and someone came up with a way to drill a hole and leave the very bottom of the hole flat. I don't know. All I know is what those pieces are for and where you can usually find them. Another solution to not cutting wire - sand / file bottom of the screws. I use a cheap 50 cent fingernail file and filed down almost all my screws. Not cut wire yet.

 

[Gummy Bare]

Yeah, they're there in the patriot for sure. My old Patriot v 1.5 had them fall out once. But never seen the ones in my v2 yet. Like I said I'm pretty sure the newer the threads are in the posts is what keeps them in. Then again, maybe manufacturing has changed as well and someone came up with a way to drill a hole and leave the very bottom of the hole flat. I don't know. All I know is what those pieces are for and where you can usually find them. Another solution to not cutting wire - sand / file bottom of the screws. I use a cheap 50 cent fingernail file and filed down almost all my screws. Not cut wire yet.

Check out the Aeolus v2, it's got the post holes dripped and it comes to a flat end at the bottom so when your trap your leeds they make a good connection and never clip the wire. The also custom made the screws to assist with that was well. The screws aren't grub screws, but the function the same in the fact they don't have sharp edges on the bottom and don't clip you wires like normal screws do. Good atty, I was on the fence with it s bit at first, but now it's my favorite RDA. I use it everyday


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[melodiousThunk]

Huh. Never knew those clever little guillotine-defeaters were in my Patriot post holes. Sometimes an atty seems dead-set on re-living its exciting past life in the French Revolution, and if I'm feeling particularly OCD, I'll Dremel myself a set. My confusingly large (and disorganized) collection of extra atty parts and bits of metal, delrin, etc. comes in handy.

The Royal Hunter appeals to me, and I've been adding and deleting it from Cart after Cart lately ('cause I do NOT need to buy another dripper). Knowing it has wire protectors in the posts (even if they fall out) might tip the scale.

GummyB, thanks for the info on the Aeolus. That attention to detail, and the fact that the design team cares about small things that really matter to the customer, are factors that impact my buying decisions. I've been in product design since college & it's a bit depressing how many companies would much rather save a few cents and some design hours instead of creating the best product they can.

 

[SLIPPY_EEL]

My almost 30mm Asmodus had them in the post's also, as you said its a shame company's skimp in this area!