Precise ELA Telescoping Mod by Super-T!

[anavidfan]

Thanks guys, other than that, I cant imagine why ELA would twice get all loose? Could extreme heat cause a battery to swell or vent? Because it did continue to work. It VERY hot in an un-air conditioned car. I probably couldnt tell if ELA was hot from vaping and the ambient heat or if the battery was acting up.

All I know is the battery does look odd on the neg/flat side, like rusty near the plastic edge.

 

[rojo]

Hey, window mode looks like a good idea. Haven't done that in a while.

Also, I decided to build my kayfun with a dual coil this evening. Except I did it in a weird way I've never seen it done before. It's a dual coil built with a single unbroken strand of kanthal and silica. I wrapped a coil around the left 1/3 of a wick, bent the wick in half, then wrapped the second coil back to meet the beginning of the first. The halfway point spanning the silica bend is under one screw, the ends under the other. Then I just stuffed the wick into the vape chamber like cramming a pillow into its case.

I wish I'd gotten pics of the process, but I fully expected it to suck worse than my microcoil experiment so I didn't bother. Lo and behold, it's pretty amazing! Flavor is just as rich and saturated as my single coils, but I get the same vapor with half the draw. Plus it burns my lips a little, and it sounds a little like bacon in a skillet. I might have to use my not-shorty t-tip.

If I do it again I'll take pics.

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[COM76]

Thought i would share some pics of a Chinese clone on an American Beauty -

 

[Magic Dragon Puff]

Thanks guys, other than that, I cant imagine why ELA would twice get all loose? Could extreme heat cause a battery to swell or vent? Because it did continue to work. It VERY hot in an un-air conditioned car. I probably couldnt tell if ELA was hot from vaping and the ambient heat or if the battery was acting up.

All I know is the battery does look odd on the neg/flat side, like rusty near the plastic edge.

Sounds like a vent to me.

 

[Magic Dragon Puff]

COM76 where did you get those pics?

 

[Mrrickyyap]

Thought i would share some pics of a Chinese clone on an American Beauty -

Must be a good mod. Because they only make clones of the good ones.

 

[anavidfan]

Look pretty close, but from what I can see the bottom looks like all one piece. Probably with a reg button on bottom. It would be interesting to see how it compares. Im sure it probably only has 5 maybe 6 pieces.

 

[vaptamist]

Thought i would share some pics of a Chinese clone on an American Beauty -

I was going to post a scene from American Beauty but then watched it and realized it's not forum appropriate

 

[Boiler]

Look pretty close, but from what I can see the bottom looks like all one piece. Probably with a reg button on bottom. It would be interesting to see how it compares. Im sure it probably only has 5 maybe 6 pieces.

Chinese clone on an American Beauty, not of

 

[COM76]

Sorry guys should have been more descriptive. The ELA is the real McCoy where as the clone is the Hercules and the Terminator. They just arrived today. The finish is close but not perfect. I am happy though. They look really good together. Would have got the originals but A - I am poor, B - I wanted the brush finish and C - You can no longer buy one of them.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

[anavidfan]

Whew......... I was hoping that a clone could not look as good as that looked. I was grasping at straws trying to find a visible fault.
Congrats COM76 , finally got to Queensland , hooray, beautiful set up

 

[palmbay18650]

The project we have on the burner now is an integrated feeder for the Simplicity and ELA. No eta, but as soon as we can

Made my day that has

 

[rojo]

I was going to post a scene from American Beauty but then watched it and realized it's not forum appropriate

lol because of that movie whenever my wife and I see a plastic bag blowing across the road or litter stirred up by dirt devils we always say, "It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."

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[COM76]

lol because of that movie whenever my wife and I see a plastic bag blowing across the road or litter stirred up by dirt devils we always say, "It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."

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same here mate. Brilliant movie. Really odd at times though.

 

[snork]

Thanks guys, other than that, I cant imagine why ELA would twice get all loose? Could extreme heat cause a battery to swell or vent? Because it did continue to work. It VERY hot in an un-air conditioned car. I probably couldnt tell if ELA was hot from vaping and the ambient heat or if the battery was acting up.

All I know is the battery does look odd on the neg/flat side, like rusty near the plastic edge.

Does that battery smell weird? I'd think it would if it had vented.

I can see how an ELA might loosen up due to heat. Maybe a little sweat and juice, too. The expansion and contraction of materials of different thicknesses and forms is bound to have an effect.

 

[Nach]

A truly vented battery, should end up unusable after venting... The temperatures should melt the jacket, the pressure released should tear it open, and you would probably have quite a mess to clean up too.

I'm thinking it might be something less drastic that happened to your battery, Pris.

 

[snork]

Can a battery vent just a little bit?

 

[Nach]

I think back to when I used alkaline batteries in everything under the sun... You know when one of them might leak a little corrosive battery acid from over discharging or VERY HIGH HEAT? I'm thinking that might have happened in this case. I assume the looseness of the ELA was due to expansion and contraction of the locking mechanism inside the ring, as Pris said it inside a HOT car.

If it had truly vented though, I would expect a mess to clean up and some damage to car interior as well.

 

[redrhino]

Has anyone received shipping info and a tracking# on August 9, but the package hasn't arrived yet? Talking about the ELA.

 

[rojo]

Hey redrhino, the shipment notification means your ELA is being finished, not that it's out the door. David explained this earlier in this thread:

I apologize for that, i have Kevin Print up the Box Labels in advance, put them on the boxes and fill the small items on the orders(see example below), then i prepare and ship the ELA's, it helps to save time having them printed ahead of time, but unfortunately, stamps.com puts on the notice it has "shipped" when it should say "pending". You'll know it's on it's way when it says "accept or pickup" in the status column of tracking.

Your wait is nearing its end, though.