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[Poppa D]

I've had the pleasure of owning an iAtty, Ody's, and an Ithaka, I've had some experience with build up on the coil. tobacco flavors w/menthol are my favorites. I've rebuilt them as often as once a day, dry burned them, just changed the wick and reused the coil. So building coils has become a minor problem to make time for.
I have noticed the larger the wick is in the coil area itself, not in the channels, the better the wicking, it stands up to dry burning better, and lasts longer.
With my Ody 1 ohm, 28 or 30 game R wire has been my preferred coil on approximately 6 mm of wick. The Ithaka is still to new and I haven't experimented enough with it to respond yet on my favorite most efficient coil and wick.
From my experience I would suggest more wick in the coil region, and less or none in the wire channels. Due to the loose positive wires on the Ithaka be careful not using any wick in the channels. However having no wick in the channels works very, very well.
I use 2 18350's when I dry burn a coil. By just powering up the coil for short periods and taking my time cleaning the coil and wick once a day, they both seem to clean up nicely and continue to perform.

 

[anavidfan]

Like I posted before I do have that problem, it just the nature of the juice. Did you use this same juice on your other atomizers? Were you using the same resistance? If you are now using higher resistance maybe the juice is not burning off as much.

I use Odys and its similar and I get that same thing happening when I use my Tobaccos and its typical when using sweet/ dark juices.

 

[justinred]

From my experience I would suggest more wick in the coil region, and less or none in the wire channels. Due to the loose positive wires on the Ithaka be careful not using any wick in the channels. However having no wick in the channels works very, very well.

What do you mean by "no wick in the channels"?

 

[Blix]

My Ithaka have arrived at my post office, this will be a loooong day at work!

Now is it only me that thinks of the "Shikaka" scene in Ace Ventura everytime I say Ithaka out loud?

 

[anavidfan]

LOL, Ace Ventura. You are very immature, a good trait in a man

 

[Blix]

LOL, Ace Ventura. You are very immature, a good trait in a man

Hehe, I refuse to grow up! As long as my son thinks I'm silly I'm doing something right.

 

[fright88]

ok, here is where it gets confusing for me... I build a perfect coil and it vapes excellent only for 24 hours, snd then it loses its performance in terms of vapor production, flavor, and it also starts gurgling...

so i disassemble my ithaka to find a lot of gunk on the wick and coil area. this might have nothing to do with ithaka, but i would appreciate anyone's support here. I make my own DIY juice. it is RY4 from wizardlabs. 70/30 mixed with the ry4 flavor concentare. can anyone give me an explanation of what is happening here? do you know any better alternatives to that ry4 flavor concentrate?

thanks

My expierence is caramel gunks up wicks as do a lot of other dark juices. My favorite juice (Caramel Waffle from Tasty Vapor) will gunk up a coil in under a day. I have vaped various other caramels ad ry4's and they all funked up my stuff quickly. This was the main reason I started using rebuildable because I was tired of having to replace cartos every day.

Just for an example I have been vaping GG rebuildables since the first run of iAtty. Untill reciently I vaped almost only caramel juices and untill reciently I was rebuilding every 1-2 days and dry burning every night I didn't rebuild. Reciently I started vaping some Monster juice I made and I can get 2 weeks + out of a coil.

 

[fright88]

So I'm having a hard time vaping with out getting a dry hit. I have the mouthpiece opened up all the way and I'm using 70 30 pg vg juice. I have a dual wick .8 ohm single coil. I almost think that pressure is building up inside preventing the juice from wicking or something. I'm not sure what is going on. Any help would be great.

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A couple things to try.
1 Remove a strand or 2 of wick from the channels. If the channels are filled to tightly it won't wick all that well
2 Tighten your draw.
3 This is something I noticed reciently. When you put the wick into the top of the ceramic and then bend the ends down into the channels don't force the wick all the way tightly into the top and make a tight bend down the channels. What I have noticed is if that bend is to tight it doesn't wick well. Kinda reminds me of a kinked hose. Instead try set it in the top wichout forcing it all the way down. and try to make the down bends a but looser.

 

[imeothanasis]

Thanks a lot houmles

o-ring on basic feeding is not nessesary, I just put it there to make the threding smoother when basic feeding screws all the way down to the base of Ithaka

 

[dwcraig1]

About the slots in the bottom of the ceramic that can either be exposed or covered, which way should I put the nut?
I have them open .

 

[imeothanasis]

close them and see if its better for you dw. There is no right or wrong position. I make the options and you use them the way you like it

 

[grabeard]

It will also destroy Kir Fanis also.

I just wonder how a e-liquid that melts or cracks all kinds of plastic tanks , can be good for you to vape. What does it do to your lungs and blood vessels ? It does not seem like a good idea to me to vape a e-liquid like that. But , I don't know anything about them kind of juices , I'm a tobacco guy , like cigarettes , pipe , cigars , chew , snuff , ect.... And I never had any problems with Kir Fanis plastic tanks , or Imeo's.

 

[dwcraig1]

Hey I wear dentures, what will that stuff do to them? I respect any liquid that attacks plastic

 

[glauserjg]

Hey I wear dentures, what will that stuff do to them? I respect any liquid that attacks plastic

can someone please post a pic of what this is referring to? Will covering the slots prevent gurgling?

 

[grabeard]

Now that is a GOOD question. I don't have them so I will defer to others.

Hey I wear dentures, what will that stuff do to them? I respect any liquid that attacks plastic

 

[Vapor2112]

Hrm...
The interesting part becomes what would the condensed vapor do, if anything to plastics, etc...
Not sure that's ever been tested in any way.

Hey I wear dentures, what will that stuff do to them? I respect any liquid that attacks plastic

 

[grabeard]

Pluid from MM.

can someone please post a pic of what this is referring to? Will covering the slots prevent gurgling?

 

[glauserjg]

Pluid from MM.

I meant a pic of the ceraminc slots and the nut posistion I am not sure as to what people are referring to.

 

[Blix]

Got my Ithaka in my hands, and what a beautifully engineered pice of work! Now to figure out how to set up this thing....

 

[dwcraig1]

can someone please post a pic of what this is referring to? Will covering the slots prevent gurgling?

Having them open as far as I know lets any liquid that is in the bottom of the ceramic drain down below and get wicked back up to the coil.
So open would be the anti-gurgle position