material for rebuildable atomizer base.

[Lance_Wallen]

I'm working on a rebuildable atty design and have some questions about base material. I was considering using anodized aluminum as my base plate and anodized aluminum screw posts for the actual nichrome wire connectors. Are there any dangers to this I should be away of? I know they use aluminum in cookware so it should be ok, and anodizing it should protect it from the juice itself (though there wont be a lot of juice on it as I'm building it around a feeder system). Just wondering if "stainless steel" is the preffered medium for that or if anyone is using aluminum.

I'm intending on using the base plate as the ground path and isolating the positive post with a nylon bushing.

Is there a non conductive option? I know you can't really use wood because it'd absorb the juice and warp with the heat eventually, some delrins would be able to handle the temperature I believe so that's an option I suppose, just fishin for other ideas.

 

[BJ43]

IMO aluminum is ok for atty, as you say aluminum is used in cook wear and kitchen foil, many atty mods like the Bulli come in either aluminum or SS. I see it as healthier than using silica or fiberglass wicks that are reported to be as bad as asbestos. Use SS mesh for your wicks.

XC-116 ? I am trying to never use silica or fiberglass, I quote: "Although fiberglass was thought to be a "safe" substitute for asbestos, researchers later found that it too was associated with the risk of lung cancer and lung disease. Fiberglass is one of a group of products known as man-made mineral fibers or man-made vitreous fibers. Hamsters forced to breathe fine-diameter fiberglass in a Swiss laboratory developed fibrotic lung conditions, tiny tumor-like growths, abnormal mesothelial cells and damaged cell nuclei only six months into a two-year study. One test animal exposed to fiberglass developed mesothelioma.

 

[mcrt]

Alu will eventually corrode,my alu Bulli A2 started getting this green-whitish crud on the inside surfaces.When i cleaned it( had to scrape it off) the surface of the alu was pitted and the crud came back real quick.Brass is not good for the same reason.
The Bulli is not anodized though,and anodizing could be a good alternative.
Stainles steel is the best material,sadly because it is a very difficult material to machine.
Some modders use ready made RCA SS connectors and aquarium/ food grade silicone or other " inert" material to cover the atty innards but i haven't tried this yet.