Steam Crave RTDA leaking/dry hit fix

[Yorkyboy]

Hi all, just thought I'd share this little tip I found out last night.

If you have the Steam Crave RTDA and find it's either leaking or you're getting occasional dry hits, what I found last night whilst messing with it, if you tighten the screw on the 510 pin underneath when the tank is together, it slightly turns the deck inside, which ultimately raises is ever so slightly. This means there is a little bit more room under the deck for the juice to get to the holes (especially with thicker juice) and also makes the deck press against the chimney ensuring a good vacuum inside.

This does mean that when you take the base off to refill, the deck won't come out, but that's even better IMO as you don't mess up the cotton. If you do need to get to the deck, simply pull it out and screw it back into the base.

Since doing this, I've had no dry hits, it's wicking amazingly and there have been no leaks at all. Had the tank on it's side all night and nothing came out.

Hope that helps some people

 

[Mitey F]

If you're having problems with wicking on this guy, try just covering up your wicking holes more lightly. I vape 85% VG juice and have had no dry hits whatsoever, with absolutely no leaking. With a properly set up wick (and I've never found another tank that is this easy to wick) you should be fine.

Another note, if your cotton is getting messed up when you pull the bottom off, it's too far outside of the build deck. Any further out than this (and even this is a bit much) can get caught on the chimney. This setup will never pull when you unscrew the bottom.



Again, try a few more builds, you shouldn't have to loosen the deck, this atty works perfectly as designed.

Good luck!

 

[SUPER K]

If you're having problems with wicking on this guy, try just covering up your wicking holes more lightly. I vape 85% VG juice and have had no dry hits whatsoever, with absolutely no leaking. With a properly set up wick (and I've never found another tank that is this easy to wick) you should be fine.

Another note, if your cotton is getting messed up when you pull the bottom off, it's too far outside of the build deck. Any further out than this (and even this is a bit much) can get caught on the chimney. This setup will never pull when you unscrew the bottom.



Again, try a few more builds, you shouldn't have to loosen the deck, this atty works perfectly as designed.

Good luck!

I've used short legs and then a needle to partially expose the holes at the bottom of the deck, still getting occasional dry hits. Solution?

 

[Mitey F]

Never had a problem myself, so never had to troubleshoot to be honest. However, this atty is capillary fed, much like a genesis, as opposed to a pressure fed atty like a Kayfun. I would *think* you'd need plenty of wick covering the holes (nice and fluffy, not tightly packed) to take advantage of the capillary action.

To be honest, this is more of a guess than anything, but my juice holes are always fully covered (in fact, the whole bottom of the build deck is always completely covered, but the cotton's never densely packed). Sounds contradictory, but maybe try *more* cotton instead of less?

 

[SUPER K]

Never had a problem myself, so never had to troubleshoot to be honest. However, this atty is capillary fed, much like a genesis, as opposed to a pressure fed atty like a Kayfun. I would *think* you'd need plenty of wick covering the holes (nice and fluffy, not tightly packed) to take advantage of the capillary action.

To be honest, this is more of a guess than anything, but my juice holes are always fully covered (in fact, the whole bottom of the build deck is always completely covered, but the cotton's never densely packed). Sounds contradictory, but maybe try *more* cotton instead of less?

Never to old to quit learning, I'll try it that way. I figured the wells would fill then the wicks would pull it to the coils, but actually the wicks need to pull the liquid into the wells via the holes?

 

[SUPER K]

How long do you trim your legs after threading through the coils?

 

[Yorkyboy]

If you're having problems with wicking on this guy, try just covering up your wicking holes more lightly. I vape 85% VG juice and have had no dry hits whatsoever, with absolutely no leaking. With a properly set up wick (and I've never found another tank that is this easy to wick) you should be fine.

Another note, if your cotton is getting messed up when you pull the bottom off, it's too far outside of the build deck. Any further out than this (and even this is a bit much) can get caught on the chimney. This setup will never pull when you unscrew the bottom.



Again, try a few more builds, you shouldn't have to loosen the deck, this atty works perfectly as designed.

Good luck!

I'll keep trying. Thanks very much for the tips. [emoji1]


Vape on, live long!

 

[Mitey F]

The way I see it, if the well were filling, and *then* the wicks were picking it up, there would be nothing to stop the wells to fill all the way up, beyond the coil, and spill out of the airhole, besides a small amount of negative pressure.

I could be entirely wrong, but I think the wick is probably sucking up the juice from the well via capillary action, like I said.

Give it a go and post up if it doesn't work. These guys are working great for a lot of people, I'm sure we can get it figured.

 

[SUPER K]

The way I see it, if the well were filling, and *then* the wicks were picking it up, there would be nothing to stop the wells to fill all the way up, beyond the coil, and spill out of the airhole, besides a small amount of negative pressure.

I could be entirely wrong, but I think the wick is probably sucking up the juice from the well via capillary action, like I said.

Give it a go and post up if it doesn't work. These guys are working great for a lot of people, I'm sure we can get it figured.

I've had both of mine since release, test drove them and stashed them. Now I'm running then add daily drivers. I've only recently had problems since using them as daily rigs. I just rewicked a touch longer and folded the legs into the wells, I'll give it a day and see how she works. The 6ml still delivers more flavor than the 3ml in my opinion. Thanks for the help!

 

[Mitey F]

Strange, common vaping "facts" as well as the experience of most who have used both says the 3 should give better flavor, but whatever works for you is what's right. I've got the 3 just because I prefer a smaller size.

 

[SUPER K]

Strange, common vaping "facts" as well as the experience of most who have used both says the 3 should give better flavor, but whatever works for you is what's right. I've got the 3 just because I prefer a smaller size.

Yeah I much prefer the 3 for size and pocket carry. My experience probably doesn't match anything out there, I've only been vaping for around a year, still learning a lot. Thanks again.