Not gonna mince words with you gentlemen, LOL. The word deflection implies
pooching. It's whatever part of the wick comes in contact with the coil (not at some point removed, we can only speculate at that calculation and its method). The deflection is what it is. It's based on the turns of wire and diameter. No magic here to spacing. The efficiency IS that contact surface. More lead length and wire length not in contact with coils
is ineffeciency. Not my opinion but fact in electronics. Energy expended in the work is what we're calculating. Wire heating air is not producing
work. In this case vaporization.
Wire length spent
separating coils is not as efficient as the equivalent and additional wire length that could be deployed in a contact coil. So, the potential
contact surface for a given length of element is increased. The lead length of a clearo is a constant. Increase the overall wind length by putting more turns into an element of a given lead length and you
increase its work potential.
That ends the missive on efficiency.
We are talking about two different things. You are saying that coils wound with larger gauge wire for a given res are more efficient because a higher percentage of the overall wire length resides in the winds than the legs. Which is true. I was merely pointing out the fact that tncc's are not less effecient than tmc's in that regard. If the resistance value and wire gauge are identical between a tmc and a tncc the same percentage of wire is in the coil vs leads. It doesn't matter how many winds it has.,
Now, fellas who said vapor doesn't escape between the turns of an m.c. or t.m.c. (and it's under higher pressure so higher velocity). Can I see the proofs that it's a non-porous cylinder. My visual examinations would differ with the supposition.
If I said or indicated "all' of the vapor exited from the ends of a tmc I digress. Pretty sure I was talking more about the tmc's depositing stony pigments and it's relationship to wick longivity.
I'm not gonna say you guys aren't gettin' the results you say. But the math don't suggest it. And I am truly very interested to understand the mechanics. You see if we understand what is happening it can be reproduced. I can't reproduce the effect you guys report. So you'll have to pardon my skepticism.
Perhaps your tests with tncc's in protanks with some dirty juice will offer some evidence. I'm pretty good with math but don't see much of it shared on ecf. Observation through controlled testing seems to be something folks get along with just fine though.
I will grant you the tight spacings (micro fissures and irregularities in a very tight t.m.c.) can close up very fast. Hours, as the coil surface accumulates caramelized deposits. That would seem to confirm your hypotheses if it could be demonstrated under magnification. However, vaporization is a violent process and even with t.m.c.'s turns have a tendency to have their adhesion disrupted and separation to ensue.
If it is that violent in a tmc that would explain the gunshot like noises. It is rare that it happens in a tncc. Only after many ml's of juice and heat. I suspect it happens wherever the wick has lost contact with the coil. So guys, I don't see the scientific explanation. That's my problem with your theory cig. The basis for the inefficiency cited is flawed by omission.
I really never stated that tncc's were more efficient. In fact I stated they are less efficient and require more power to operate. Where they shine is flavor and wick longivity.
What I do see is that Nextel's hollow core delivers juice alongside the internal weave's inter-fiber channels. Heat pushes juice progressively along to channels more adjacent to the surface. Near the wick's surface channel flow is to the surface of the wick (and coils)
and towards each end of the wick. This effect of vaporization emitting from the fiber channels is more readily apparent in a vertical coil situation. Nextel itself can be incredibly conductive of heat being capable of internalizing heat of >2200 deg. F. (that's not happening here BTW, more likely in the 200-300 deg. F range and probably towards the low side (but haven't done the IR studies of a Nextel surface).
Just sayin' fellas. I love those NET's about as much as any tobacco lover could. If it's possible to do, let's see how to get there. So far the maintenance plan I suggested some time ago cig, preventing agglomeration of pigments at the coil surface by frequent washing (using Nextel), is working for me with very dense juices to as much as quadruple the time I experience with alternatives. And why I'm a big fan.
I have a love/hate relationship with nextel (specifically rxw). More on this after I have completed my. 30awg KA1 .065 dia. 8/7 1.9ohm tncc RXW tests.
Nevertheless, being the ever constant skeptic even of my own conclusions I'm undertaking another examination of spaced and multi-wire windings (for tobacco).
Best of luck to us fellas!
Cig thank you so much for that contribution of the jig. I remain as you are very interested in spacing and its effects. This is a handy little tool to working with that. Very grateful.
