Haven't tried my thicker than 50/50 juices. I switched to a stainless mesh wick though. Not that the ceramic didn't wick well, but when I did get an occasional dry hit, it was a show stopper. A dry hit on the SS is unpleasant, but bearable.
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Thanks. I wish I knew how to make it bigger, but I'm not very savvy with image dimensions, and sizes and how to manipulate them.
I took me forever just how to figure out how to put the, one I have have on, then the same day they redesigned it.
Preloader,
Did you prime the coil end of the wick with the 100% VG? I think you might have trouble if the coil end of the wick has a lower viscosity juice then the bottom end. Just a thought.
24 hours later... I'm having trouble with the ceramic wick. Doesn't seem to wick fast enough. Maybe I chain vape too fast? I may have to switch to the ss wick too.
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Genius! It worked. AND, because 100%VG...... Massive clouds.
I lasted about a week before I switched to SS. I may go back to a ceramic just to see if it was my lack of ZAP experience that was the issue. But that being said, the learning got much more rapid with the SS mesh wick. It prevented me from giving up altogether.
Glad the "Alpha Prime" worked. Personally I think a lot of the Reviews on YouTube are using 100% VG there no way you can get as much Vapor as some of those guys without something like 100% VG.
OK I am going to have to try some SS mesh, just to keep up with the "Preloader".
I think on some other site I remember seeing grooved ceramic wicks. Anyone try those?
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Speaking of grooved.... I plan to slice a channel in my nylon wick sleeve when I rebuild again to promote juice flow.
How about Ekowool it is hollow. I saw a rebuild vid and the guy put a crochet hook down the center of the Ekowool then wound his coil and remove the metal rod. that way you end up with a wick with a hole down the center.
@ DarkGear, I am going to go look for some grooved ceramic right now. Thanks for the tip.
Finally sick of it, gave up and thought I'd rebuild and found the ceramic wick was broken right inside the top plate. New wick, new coil and this thing is GREAT now. This wick is grooved, by the way. Three spiral grooves along along the length of it. And now it wicks great. Loving it now.
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Finally sick of it, gave up and thought I'd rebuild and found the ceramic wick was broken right inside the top plate. New wick, new coil and this thing is GREAT now. This wick is grooved, by the way. Three spiral grooves along along the length of it. And now it wicks great. Loving it now.
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Sure glad you notice the break inside the head or you may have been ready to pitch it out the window.
Are you using the black porous ceramic wicks? I have not seen any with the spiral groves where did you get it? Last night when I went searching for grooved ceramics all I could find was the white with straight vertical grooves and apparently they are the older type.
Goodbye sweet thread. I don't have the ADD to stay on top of the entire forum. There were plenty of ZAP threads in the rebuildable sub as is. I stayed away from those because they became topic runaways.
Hopefully this thread will be helpful to others.
Hopefully this thread will be helpful to others.
The wick is the darker color ceramic. It has three grooves and they have a very slight spiral to them. Not even a third of a turn down the length of it. The wick that came installed in the ZAP and the replacement in the tube were the same. Came straight from provape.
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Only problem with that is that it changes the vapor/throat hit. I tried the o-ring on the shaft and I still had to screw it to the same place just to make contact. Ah well. It's really not a big problem.
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