New Joyetech 20watt eGrip
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Like I said: I'm willing to do the work for the cost of shipping. Turn around should be about a week (due to job)
OK I modded my RBA. I cut the top off a eliquid bottle and inserted it into the air hole on the RBA. It has made it a tighter draw and quietened down the noise a fair bit. too. I may of got lucky but the bottle tip is a nice snug fit and can be pulled out with tweezers easily enough.
Photos below.
Photos below.
What I did turns airflow over to the stock system. If that's too tight a draw, then my fix isn't for you
Kyi: the tolerances in there are VERY tight. I'd be leery of making larger holes.
Take your RBA apart: what you're drilling through is the base itself, the "post" of one of the connections that your coil attaches to, and the screw that secures said post. All are really small, with LOTS of room for trashing the RBA if you make a mistake
Kyi: the tolerances in there are VERY tight. I'd be leery of making larger holes.
Take your RBA apart: what you're drilling through is the base itself, the "post" of one of the connections that your coil attaches to, and the screw that secures said post. All are really small, with LOTS of room for trashing the RBA if you make a mistake
So how many of you are stuffing your wicking down far enough in the rba to see it through all four of the juice holes?
I've only built it a couple of times but usually only get 2 or 3 of the 4 holes with cotton behind them. 2 of my holes line up with the posts and these ones are difficult to get the cotton behind, it is working fine however, no leaks or gurgles.
The original that came in it only covered 2 holes and it works fine. If it ain't broke....
Yeah those two holes are hard to block. Seems like the wick gets pulled away from the top ID of the coil by the time I get the wicking down that far. I wonder if it's really all that important to block the holes with cotton. I'll try leaving the holes open next time I wick.
I'm running into a bit of problem with the rba base. Put a 1.4 ohm build on.. It works great for a couple of tanks; then it would fire for a couple of seconds and shut off.
Anyone else running into this? Have two egrip, and they both have this problem. Ideas? thanks.
Anyone else running into this? Have two egrip, and they both have this problem. Ideas? thanks.
It's telling you to stop vaping so much!
Seriously though, if that's the only problem I have with my Egrip I'll be as pleased as punch. I had two Innokins that would add puff seconds together between vapes every so often. They would interpret a three second vape, plus a three second vape, plus a four second vape as a 10 second vape, and flash at me. Hilarious....... these APV's are too smart for their own good sometimes....
You might check to ensure your rba screws are tight. They loosen sometimes on rbas from the heating and cooling and cause all sorts of problems with apv chipsets. Also wouldn't hurt to clean the threads of your rba and mating threads in the egrip.
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How do you know they are tensioned microcoils cig? Is it expressed anywhere?
Happy New Year all.
Can someone confirm if i can use
http://www.fasttech.com/product/1841103
Pre coiled wires for the rba? I think 1.2 ohm and higher is recommended. But would the 1.0, 1.1 versions of these coils be ok? (They dont have a 1.2 ohm version of these pre coiled wires)
Thanks
http://www.fasttech.com/product/1841103
Pre coiled wires for the rba? I think 1.2 ohm and higher is recommended. But would the 1.0, 1.1 versions of these coils be ok? (They dont have a 1.2 ohm version of these pre coiled wires)
Thanks
I don't think it will fire under 1.2 ohm. I would go for the 1.5 ohm coils, the egrip comes with 1.5 ohm coils standard, and it should deliver the full 20W power with 1.5 ohm coils I would think. Joyetech also sells the standard coils which come with the rba base all ready to drop in, but they are not as economical as the FT ones. I'm not sure but I think the lower ohm coils make it difficult for the egrip to regulate down to 8W, so if you want an 8W to 10W vape, start at maybe 2 ohms and go up, someone mentioned 2.4 ohms was good for lower power, which is where I like to be. I'm running 2.2 ohms at the moment.
On the cotton and how many holes should be covered by the cotton subject, I rewicked tonight and made sure I covered the 2 holes closest to the wick, and the other 2 holes are open (the 2 holes close to the posts). It is running great with no leaking or gurgling. It is possible though that at higher wattages you might want all 4 holes covered by cotton to get maximum wicking, but that is just speculation on my part. My main point here is that 2 uncovered holes do not seem to be causing any problems.
On the cotton and how many holes should be covered by the cotton subject, I rewicked tonight and made sure I covered the 2 holes closest to the wick, and the other 2 holes are open (the 2 holes close to the posts). It is running great with no leaking or gurgling. It is possible though that at higher wattages you might want all 4 holes covered by cotton to get maximum wicking, but that is just speculation on my part. My main point here is that 2 uncovered holes do not seem to be causing any problems.
Half hung over and replaced the coil, screwed up the cotton and re-wicked.
Burnt the old coil clean, re-wicked as a back-up, and made a coil while everything was out.
So far I guess I did something right...what was it ? No gurgling, and vapeing like new LOL
How about those Ravens
Time to make Deer jerky now
Burnt the old coil clean, re-wicked as a back-up, and made a coil while everything was out.
So far I guess I did something right...what was it ? No gurgling, and vapeing like new
LOLHow about those Ravens
Time to make Deer jerky now
How do you know they are tensioned microcoils cig? Is it expressed anywhere?
Happy New Year all.
Hi Mac, good to see ya. Happy New Year.
Order you up a couple of the Joyetech Egrip RBA coils and have a close up look at them. I measured them for concentricity, symmetry and longitudinal collimation. They are as symetrically perfect as can be attained by winding with a pin vise or a cigamajig imo. How did they get there? I don't know for sure but the results are indicative of tension winding; and with automation at that. I suppose they could be winding them using compression stress techniques. No problem there either as long as the strain forces within the resulting coil find equilibrium. The proof is in the pudd'n though Mac. If they look like, measure like, fire like and vape like tensioned microcoils then they might just be....
At any rate it's refreshing to see they're listening to us here and trying to provide us with a better product.
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You too cig, Happy New Year.
Per Joyetech's marketing propaganda
"The eGrip RBA Base is meticulously engineered and crafted,
featuring the First changeable and rebuildable coil (>1.2ohm) "
It's no surprise to me that devices with proper electrical coils work.
it would appear however that they make claim to be the only ones to ever have engineered a rebuildable coil (assembly).
Apparently they don't seem to be aware just how many have done just that, LOL, and by-golly wouldn't you know it right here on ECF !
Quite an audacious and astonishing claim.
It does seem to be an interesting alternative. Well thought out though as I would expect from Joyetech. One that could no doubt serve the practical needs of a substantial group of users. It's a big marketplace. Not I would think what hobbyists interested in rebuilding would line up for except perhaps as an exercise, among many. So I'm not buying that part of their advertising. Why spend so much money I wonder to design such a one-size-fits-all solution, to capture what is likely a market niche? Do they really believe it's the device for all of us??? The universal apparatus of vaping gets closer and closer to looking too much like a pack of analogs the more they try.
Me I kinda like the device. I'm a techie. So I think I might become real familiar with it. But tell me, can you chain 20 pulls on it with your NET cig?
I'll grant you this though perfect sexy aircraft stealth vaping device for James Bond!
This'll be fun.
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