This is another wick setup I do. At low power, vapor production is down, but flavor yield is off the wall. The vape is cooler too, which is nice on a small rda. I'll do this build on a smok Mini rda.
So, same old microcoil: 1.5 mm I.D., 32-gauge Kanthal, 5 turns. Only this time, leave 2 or 3 mm leads between the posts and the coil:
Slip a 2.5 mm silica rope underneath:
Slip a small U-shaped length of 34-gauge Kanthal underneath the wick, almost against the coil, between the coil and the post - but without touching neither the coil nor the posts, obviously:
Fold the silica rope over the coil as tight as possible without damaging the coil, and twist the length of 34-gauge Kanthal to form a tie and lock it in place:
And here, seen from the side, you can see the coil's ends need to stay open. That's actually the exhaust for the vape, since the juice is vaporized from the outside in:
Wrap the tails of the wick around the posts to make a bunch. If you want more vapor, avoid stuffing it between the deck and the coil, to prevent a thermal shortcut (which is what I did in here, to hold the wick in place for the photo):
Finally, a video of the wick doing its thing. You can see clearly the vape escaping thick and fast from the coil's ends. That's at 7W:
So, same old microcoil: 1.5 mm I.D., 32-gauge Kanthal, 5 turns. Only this time, leave 2 or 3 mm leads between the posts and the coil:
Slip a 2.5 mm silica rope underneath:
Slip a small U-shaped length of 34-gauge Kanthal underneath the wick, almost against the coil, between the coil and the post - but without touching neither the coil nor the posts, obviously:
Fold the silica rope over the coil as tight as possible without damaging the coil, and twist the length of 34-gauge Kanthal to form a tie and lock it in place:
And here, seen from the side, you can see the coil's ends need to stay open. That's actually the exhaust for the vape, since the juice is vaporized from the outside in:
Wrap the tails of the wick around the posts to make a bunch. If you want more vapor, avoid stuffing it between the deck and the coil, to prevent a thermal shortcut (which is what I did in here, to hold the wick in place for the photo):
Finally, a video of the wick doing its thing. You can see clearly the vape escaping thick and fast from the coil's ends. That's at 7W:
