OBS Engine NANO RTA

[Mactavish]

When the wick touches the bottom of the deck, there is the possibility of too much density in the juice holes. Cotton expands when wet so you have a greater chance to choke off the juice flow when your wick goes to the bottom.

Haven't used cotton yet. Rayon to the bottom, 80% VG, NO problems.

 

[TrollDragon]

I vape max VG. I tried wicking every way from sunday, same result. Perfect. I choose to wick to the floor, works great every time.

Like I said in an earlier post there is the possibility of choking off the juice holes. Glad to hear using cotton all the way to the deck works for you.

The only thing I use is Rayon and my wicks barely go into the juice holes at all.

 

[TrollDragon]

Haven't used cotton yet. Rayon to the bottom, 80% VG, NO problems.

We both know how great Rayon is, 100x more versatile and efficient than cotton ever could be.

 

[ricks]

Like I said in an earlier post there is the possibility of choking off the juice holes. Glad to hear using cotton all the way to the deck works for you.

The only thing I use is Rayon and my wicks barely go into the juice holes at all.

Have you tried having the wick ends touch the bottom?

 

[TrollDragon]

Another question for the nano owners. What wattage are you running your builds at?

 

[pahick]

30-40. I posted earlier about it.

 

[TrollDragon]

Have you tried having the wick ends touch the bottom?

No I haven't as I don't have wicking issues. The thing with Rayon is too much tail density will actually pull juice away from the coil. I put a 4mm fused clapton in the nano the other day just for S&G, finally getting some thick dense vapor out of this thing. The tails are thinned 50% out of the coil and just barely enter the juice holes.

 

[jackmormon]

For any sort of wicking woes on ANY of the Engine tanks, go to Lighningvapes, click on Tutorials at the top, and watch the Engine tutorial. Do it his way a couple of times and then you will learn exactly how to cut the wick without going through all of the steps.

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Has worked great for me on the regular Engine, Nano, and Mini. Hoping it may help some others. Never had a dry hit and never experienced any flooding.

 

[TrollDragon]

For any sort of wicking woes on ANY of the Engine tanks, go to Lighningvapes, click on Tutorials at the top, and watch the Engine tutorial. Do it his way a couple of times and then you will learn exactly how to cut the wick without going through all of the steps.

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Has worked great for me on the regular Engine, Nano, and Mini. Hoping it may help some others. Never had a dry hit and never experienced any flooding.

Here is the video right from YouTube.

 

[Don29palms]

I've said it before and I'll say it again
Wicking is just as much of an art as building coils!

 

[dave51]

Out of curiosity I did an experiment
Usually I run a 2.5 mm ID kanthal coil at between .5 and .6 ohms even with the holes and centered to the holes at 25 to 30 watts then it just gets to hot for me great flavor and clouds air flow wide open no dry hits

So I took a 2.5mm kanthal coil at 1.05 ohms same position as usual cotton placed as usual started at 30 watts and got to 50 watts before the heat got to bad still no dry hits with air flow wide open

this tank wicks almost perfect with smaller coils with air flow completely open or almost closed and can get clouds on almost any coil
Flavor is good at all settings

someone with a low wattage mod can run this tank I started at 13 watts and went to 50

 

[Herrick]

When the wick touches the bottom of the deck, there is the possibility of too much density in the juice holes. Cotton expands when wet so you have a greater chance to choke off the juice flow when your wick goes to the bottom.

I see. I really want to try Rayon so when I do, I'm going to wick it like you said a few post up. I hear it can be difficult to learn to wick Rayon at first. Wish me luck!

 

[oldude 61]

Another question for the nano owners. What wattage are you running your builds at?

40 to 50 joules

 

[Heartsdelight]

I see. I really want to try Rayon so when I do, I'm going to wick it like you said a few post up. I hear it can be difficult to learn to wick Rayon at first. Wish me luck!

Go check out the rayon thread @JeremyR started Rayon Wick - Better Flow, Flavor, Longevity, and Nic Hit!! - Pt.2
Read page 1 for getting started

 

[Heartsdelight]

Another question for the nano owners. What wattage are you running your builds at?

Only 27 watts

 

[markfm]

Another question for the nano owners. What wattage are you running your builds at?

I run 23 - 24w. Txp 26awg kanthal, 2.5mm ID, 0.5 ohm, airflow half closed, rayon (of course [emoji5]). Very nice on the SDNA [emoji3]

 

[TrollDragon]

I see. I really want to try Rayon so when I do, I'm going to wick it like you said a few post up. I hear it can be difficult to learn to wick Rayon at first. Wish me luck!

Good Luck!
Rayon does have a learning curve to it for proper coil density and tail trimming. It is not cotton, so the same wicking methods do not apply. The link in my sig will take you to the Rayon thread and the first 6 posts will tell you everything you need to know to start using Rayon.

Great people in that thread too, always willing to help a new Rayon convert.

ETA: @Heartsdelight beat me to it.

 

[Herrick]

Thanks Heartsdelight & TrollDragon. I was browsing that thread last week and that's what made me want to check out Rayon. JeremyR really went above & beyond with all the great pictures and info on that first page.

 

[dave51]

Another question for the nano owners. What wattage are you running your builds at?

For a 2.5mm kanthal coil at .6 ohms
I start at 15 watts and go up until I get the best flavor and clouds usually 20 to 25 watts

 

[kiba]

Rayon is amazing. Get the big box of cellucotton from Sally's.

IYO....

It is actually better, the Nano could be improved by delete that back hole but top air is much more efficient on coil coverage & flavor.