How long are your tails? RDA
- Thread starter Mr. Relentless
- Start date
- th_trl_thread_readers 0
- Status
I pretty much do the same as you and let the tails hit the deck. A buddy of mine loads his with cotton and tells me that he doesn't have to drip as often but the rules of displacement (the occupation by a submerged body or part of a body of a volume that would otherwise be occupied by a fluid) make me believe that isn't true. And he gets a dry hit way more often then I do 
My rayon is trimmed just long enough to touch the deck. I don't keep loads of juice laying around on my deck either, I use RDAs that have flush squonk pins, or only slight protrusion. This lets my bottle suck back the excess so leaking is pretty much non existent (as long as I don't get too zealous on the bottle).
I trim mine so they touch slightly longer than the deck, works for me.
I like mine to be a little longer than the bottom of the well, but not packed in. I give it plenty of room to expand as it absorbs the juice.
Sent from my SM-S727VL using Tapatalk
Sent from my SM-S727VL using Tapatalk
Moved you to Rebuildable Atomizer Systems : RDA from General Vaping Discussion
I keep my wicks as short as possible, so they just touch the deck.
That way it's less leaky when dripping, because there's still enough room for excess juice and the vape gets much more saturated. If the well is full of cotton though, the excess juice is forced out of the airflow while dripping much easier.
That way it's less leaky when dripping, because there's still enough room for excess juice and the vape gets much more saturated. If the well is full of cotton though, the excess juice is forced out of the airflow while dripping much easier.
My wicks just touch the deck. My reasoning is that once the wicks become too long they overcome the materials ability to wick efficiently. If you stuff the the deck then the juice at the end of the wick probably won't make it to the coil and will sit there going stale. If the wick just touches the desk then it's as short as it can be, but still able to draw up excess juice from the deck.
I'm not sure of the mechanics, but from experience I've found that too much cotton leads to leaking out of the air holes. But if I was to guess I would say that it's because I blurb juice straight in through my drip tip. Before the wick is able to absorb the juice it makes it's way out through the air holes.
I'm not sure of the mechanics, but from experience I've found that too much cotton leads to leaking out of the air holes. But if I was to guess I would say that it's because I blurb juice straight in through my drip tip. Before the wick is able to absorb the juice it makes it's way out through the air holes.
Barely touching and thinned along the way. I find that TOO much wick can make wicking harder, on occasion. Mainly, if the wick isn't thinned enough I sort of feel it may be harder to wick well, as you can get dry spots in a wick that is too thick or long, and wicking is harder. Although admittedly, I am talking more about velocity style RTAs. With a dripper, just everything is more forgiving.
(IMNHO) as always, wick the way you like, and if it's working, well, you can try an experiment or two if you start having issues, but I'm kind of doubtful that it will need to be as difficult and precise as an RTA, it's kind of one reason drippers will get recommended as a first building option (and flavor). Best of luck,
Anna
(IMNHO) as always, wick the way you like, and if it's working, well, you can try an experiment or two if you start having issues, but I'm kind of doubtful that it will need to be as difficult and precise as an RTA, it's kind of one reason drippers will get recommended as a first building option (and flavor). Best of luck,
Anna
That's also what I do, tails just touching the bottom of the well. I've seen so many reviewers use long tails and overlap them. Must me from so many builds they have to do they just don't care to cut them.
In the Gorge and Drop tails are thinned and just touch the deck. For some reason my Goon styled does better with thinned longer tails tucked under the coils. Not overlapping tho. Thinking it depends on the rda deck and af which is better and neither is wrong per se.
- Status
Similar threads
