Steve...... do you think the O-ring is too big? Does it not fit properly when you put it in place? Trying to figure out why this is happening.....
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Some initial Terminator observations
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I'm really not sure. There definitely appears to be a vacuum forming in the tank. If I press the button with it up to my ear I can hear it gurgling then it slows down like liquid can't be drawn up the wick anymore. Once I crack the lid it goes back to normal then repeats. I'm not sure where the "makeup air" in the tank is supposed to come from. Again this has never been an issue for me with the Penny.
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Steve, with the tank top off, and the o-ring out screw on the collar and look in there from the tank side and see if there is enough space left for the o-ring. I'm thinking there's a better chance that the tank top wasn't machined far enough inside than for the o-ring to be too big, but we shall see I guess when you get your o-rings
For all intents and purposes it functions just like a carto tank, when you toke on it it decrease atmospheric pressure on the on the inside so since tank pressure is higher the juice goes in. If not in a vacuum all the juice above the coil would leak out, slowly because it has to travel through the wick but leak just the same.
I meant to quote post #22
Also, not really a vacuum "sealed" would be a better term
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With the o-ring out the lid screws flush as it should I believe. When I ordered my Terminator I ordered a replacement set of O-rings. Tried the replacement with the same results. I also just tried replacing the o-ring with one from a kit I have on hand. Ody spec.'s call for a 2X9 mm all I had was a 1.9 X 8.8mm. I'll see what that does. I'm not sure what else to try at this point.
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It's almost like it doesn't wick properly. I ground out the channels and used 3mm silica and doubled it under the coil just like I do in the Penny. Funny how when I crack open the top its like the pressure equalizes and it catches up. If I leave it cracked it floods.
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Is there no , well I'll call it a groove even though it is just open space, where the o-ring sits if it were to be in there?
Yeah...there is a lip if you will. With the o-ring in there is absolutely NO indication that it is fitting improperly.
Steve...... any way you can get a pic of where that O-ring sits? This is really baffling and I am wondering like dwcraig1 is about the machining. This is one of the best machined devices I've seen out of China, but there very well could be one that slipped through the cracks in QC. Thought it might help if we could see where the O-ring goes and if it looks different......
Here is an example of the shot that "we" are looking for, just you looking at it may be good enough that you don't need to photograph it
Collar is all the way screwed in, o-ring is out
Collar is all the way screwed in, o-ring is out
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Well if the o-ring fits perfectly in the tank top, OD, and fits perfectly on the stem, ID, then it sounds as if it is correct.
Now about your dry hits, you don't want the silica to fit too tightly in the side channels.
Are you wrapping your coil too tight and strangling the wick maybe? gotta ask
since the set up is the same for your Term as well as your Penny I don't know what to say.
The Term is much more forgiving than a Penny, so what ever is working good in the Penny is going to work as good or better in the Term
Now about your dry hits, you don't want the silica to fit too tightly in the side channels.
Are you wrapping your coil too tight and strangling the wick maybe? gotta ask
since the set up is the same for your Term as well as your Penny I don't know what to say.
The Term is much more forgiving than a Penny, so what ever is working good in the Penny is going to work as good or better in the Term
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I don't think so. Again I do it exactly as I do with the Penelope. In fact after I made the grooves wider I recoiled them both at the same time. Penny works fine.....Term. doesn't. The Term. was doing it with single 2mm silica and with single 2mm silica but doubled under the coil too.
Steve.....The pics are identical to what I have. I don't know what else to suggest. Have you contacted Stormy about this? She very well could have some ideas for you. Sorry I could not be of more help......
No I haven't yet. Want to see if the o-rings make a difference then I guess I'll contact them. Thanks for the help guys.
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