Thanks for testing, the 28g is rigid/springy wire so I lightly torch it before wrapping.
My wrecker shipped out late (8pm) so it will be Monday before I get it. I hate when vendors do that.
Well...several things I'd like to say. Most importantly, I look forward to your experiences with it.
Sometimes I jump into a thread and people don't know where I am coming from so I wanted to illuminate.
I receive no money from any vaping product company or anything vaping related whatsoever. The only gain I receive from vaping is my own personal well being, both in harm reduction and just simply enjoying the hobby. A hobby that has supported itself through the thousands I have saved from not buying smokes and chew over the last three years. So my only vested interest is better vaping.
I like the different mods I have for different reasons, I have given away a bunch, some that were simply outdated or that I didn't like. We all have our different likes and dislikes and that's just peachy.
I don't harp on vaping, everyone has to make their own choices and I let them come to me if and when they are ready. I have equipped my adult grandchildren and nephews with vaping gear. I was very happy when they did come to me. My wife however, does not like vaping so she still smokes. But I do not and will not push it. We all have to make our own choices. And that's just peachy.
I know first hand how difficult it is to dispel myth. Once started they are nearly impossible to eradicate. And although my name isn't Don Quixote, sometimes I see him in the mirror. So I try real hard not to start any. Certainly not intentionally. I remember we did a test once and reported to the boss the findings. We repeated the test and found a complete opposite finding. When I reported that to the boss he asked how that could be. Since he had a great sense of humor I replied, it's not that we lie, it's that the truth keeps changing. He got a kick out of that and later used the phrase himself. Both findings were "facts". But together they did not illuminate "the truth". We needed more facts. The point is, one test may be worth a thousand words but I certainly don't "hang my hat on it". It takes many tests, many runs, controlling many parameters and knowing which ones you are changing under that control to discover "the truth".
I have had bad experiences with several companies on all kinds of products where others have not. It is frustrating and aggravating when you get a bad product. Bad things happen, we can't stop that. What is more important is how we deal with it. Because I know how difficult new products and development is, I expect well established companies to deal with problems correctly and while new starts may go through a learning curve, they actually have to do better out of the gate with dealing with problems. IE customer service. Nothing can damage their business more than poor customer service. I have boycotted products and companies before based on my experiences and I encourage all to make their own choices. I do not however, post or rant about them. If I am asked, I do offer opinions. But I prefer to prove through test.
The reason I post and share is to help. I have no other agenda. If other folks find different facts or even opinions then post them up. It all helps and adds to the body of knowledge.
Towards that end, the G2 is important to me and my vaping quest specifically for Kanthal. A fact is, I have other mods that do other metals just fine for my tastes. But I am happy to help test the G2 with other metals for fellow vapers.
I have been vaping the G2 with a subtank for about a day. This morning it failed to limit. And I am working on a video to upload showing that. I don't know why. Just like I don't why it did limit in the first video. What I do know and can prove is that it has done both. Successfully limited and Failed to limit.
First it vaped great all the way to the tank being nearly empty. However I had to constantly fiddle with it. If I sat it down to gather and take out the trash then picked it up to vape it would not produce any vapor. So I would raise temperature and it would vape. At that point I lowered power to 30W for some protection and went back into Kanthal temperature mode. And repeated many times. Let cool, wouldn't vape, up the temp, vaped, sat and let cool. The temperature setting kept escalating. So then I started changing the FSK percentage. And repeated that many times. Let cool, no vapor, increased FSK, vaped, sat and let cool. When the tank was nearly empty I emptied it and did a test on video. It failed to limit as the build dried up and went straight to burning without the pulsating action.
I did notice a couple of things with that subtank experience. I could change FSK curve all the way from zero to 100% and get it to vape when the tank was warmed up from vaping. As the tank warmed up from vaping, so did the taste so I started lowering the FSK or Temp setting. I could find many combinations that produced vapor at any given tank warmth.
I rebuilt the Kanger coil and vaped it and right now sitting here typing this it has cooled. I pick the tank up and it will not vape. 450F, 54%. I up the temp to 460F no vapor, up to 470F and I get vapor, take three puffs then lower to 450F and puff and the taste is fine. Then just mashed the button for 5s and it did not pulsate. No inhale just 5s fire. Let go then try to puff, inhale and fire, and no vapor production but a bad taste from residual vapor left from the 5s fire. Increase temp to 470 and it vapes, then lower it back to 450 and it vapes. Then again fire for 5s no inhale, it doesn't puslate let go then try a puff and only residual vapor from the 5s fire and a bad taste. I can repeat this ad nausea. When it does vape at 450F I can lower to 420F and it stops producing vapor.
Ok so now I let it set at 450F and let cool. Pick it back up and no vapor. This time I increase KSL 2% at a time until it produces vapor. It started producing vapor at 58%. So now I let it sit and cool. Pick it back up and no vapor. Again increase KSL by 2 and it starts producing vapor at 60%. Let it cool again. Pick it back up and now it vapes. Ok so now I'll let it cool for 20 minutes. Pick it back up and no vape. Increase KSL to 64% it vapes. Let cool, no vape, increase to 66% and it vapes. Let cool for 20 minutes. Pick up and it does vape. But not pulsating if I long fire yielding a burnt vape taste.
The factory cartridge was .5ohm though I did notice the wrecker had jumped to .61ohm when I did the second video. My rebuild is sitting at .89 ohm. Also the tank does build up a vacuum and juice flow decreases. As it sits, that gives time for juice to wick.
I would really like to understand what is going on but I cant wrap my head around it. Too many variables and not knowing how it works. I have demonstrated it does work and that it doesn't. I'm sure it is something I'm doing wrong but I don't get it yet.
Hopefully you will be able to illuminate next week when you get yours.
If Hohm Tech is reading this thread, you have an email from me already, please send me an email and a little 411.
Edit: Update - it was the center post in the subtank base causing the problem.
