So this is odd...

[Hans Wermhat]

I am accustomed to having to clean the 510 threads on the top of my mods. My mechs, I clean out once or maybe twice a day. I just got my first reg mod (ipv4) and I'm cleaning it 3 or 4 times a day and getting a LOT more gunk out with each cleaning than I ever did on my mechs. I'm using the same tanks. Haven't rebuilt anything or changed anything. All is exactly the same, but there is an alarming amount of gunk build up. Any thoughts?

 

[funkfist]

It depends on what your top cap on your mech is made out of and the connection on the iPV4. I'm not familiar with the iPV4 but if it has brass connections and your mech has stainless that could explain why you notice. Other than that I have no idea

 

[SleeZy]

It depends on what your top cap on your mech is made out of and the connection on the iPV4. I'm not familiar with the iPV4 but if it has brass connections and your mech has stainless that could explain why you notice. Other than that I have no idea

I would say this, or brass in general. Brass requires quite alot of maintenance compared to SS.
Brass/copper is a better conductor than SS but the price you've to "pay" is needing more maintenance.
I guess for a regulated this doesn't matter as much as on a mech.

Other than this i've no clue what the issue could be... :/

 

[Hans Wermhat]

Both are SS threads with spring loaded brass pins.

 

[Mad Scientist]

I am accustomed to having to clean the 510 threads on the top of my mods. My mechs, I clean out once or maybe twice a day. I just got my first reg mod (iPV4) and I'm cleaning it 3 or 4 times a day and getting a LOT more gunk out with each cleaning than I ever did on my mechs. I'm using the same tanks. Haven't rebuilt anything or changed anything. All is exactly the same, but there is an alarming amount of gunk build up. Any thoughts?

I think whenever you thread metals together often enough, you get residue from the wearing of the metals. The protective oxide coating on the metals is mechanically removed and it looks black. Polishing metals leaves the same result with the addition of the polishing compounds. Removing it requires passivation -- like dipping it in acid. I think once you use the threads again it comes back as the metal wears very slightly every time. I attached an article that might be worth reading.

http://www.ispeboston.org/files/july_2010_tech_talk.pdf

 

[Hans Wermhat]

I think whenever you thread metals together often enough, you get residue from the wearing of the metals.

I groc that, but it's an inordinate amount of gunk to just be from the wear of screwing a tank in and then back out once. And it's slightly moist, but nothing is leaking out of my tanks. At least not to that magnitude.

 

[Mad Scientist]

I groc that, but it's an inordinate amount of gunk to just be from the wear of screwing a tank in and then back out once. And it's slightly moist, but nothing is leaking out of my tanks. At least not to that magnitude.

If it's moist and we start with the premise that it's not coming from the tank, then it has to be coming from somewhere else. I can't fathom where moist comes from other than the tank. That leads me to it has to be coming from the tank in some way. Could just be condensate from the vapor that exudes from the air holes after each puff. I don't know why that would be different in different mods. I suspect at some point the answer will come to you because now that you're focused on it, you will notice some difference that explains what's happening.

 

[Hans Wermhat]

Yeah, I'll figger it out. Was just wondering if anyone had beat me to it.

 

[kkiet]

Have to agree with coming from the tank, maybe the juice you are using.

 

[Bunnykiller]

first off... what atty is it? and is the gunk juice related? I use an RSST on my IPV4 and its as clean as the day I bought it ( about 5-6 weeks ago) havent needed to clean it yet..

 

[Bunnykiller]

I wonder if your +pin insulator isnt sealing well on your atty and juice is getting on/in your 510 connector on the mod....

 

[Hans Wermhat]

what atty is it?

All of them. Lol! I rotate them out during the day and it doesn't matter which one. I have to wipe out the 510 every time I switch.

I wonder if your +pin insulator isnt sealing well

I have one tank that leaks there. It's out of service until I can find replacement parts. But that's not it. I check all my tanks for leaks like that periodically.

 

[suprtrkr]

Condensation, maybe, if you're sure the tank isn't leaking. Beyond that, no idea.