Subtank Mini Fail ???

[Vaping_Racoon]

Damn, here's the story:

Yesterday, I got to work with my subtank standing up in my jacket's pocket, held by my hand as I
was dragging on my way.

Today, I put it in my backpack's side pocket. When I arrived at work from my walk, I found
that I had lost 3/4 of a full juice tank in my bag's pocket. It all went out through the airflow
hole... Wth?

Now can someone tell me if it's possible to carry this unit around, if yes how to?
Sorry but I'm just shocked and I don't know what to do now.. don't want to buy another
pack o' smokes..

Thanks for any help.

 

[Vaping_Racoon]

By the way I use the RBA tank.

 

[csAdams]

check to see if your coil is screwed all the way down. sometimes when unscrewing the tank to refill it can loosen the coil head.

 

[Vaping_Racoon]

I'd think it was, I screwed it tightly after rewicking this morning..

Airflow is now full of juice and I can't unscrew it without some pliers.

 

[Ou2mame]

Honestly I never had much luck with the subtank rba. My delta has never leaked out, but the subtank I ditched after a few weeks of it gurgling and leaking. I couldn't bring it anywhere. You can check the orings and see if there are any tears cussing causing a vacuum leak, but in guessing it's just the design.

 

[SUPER K]

Man, I can't get mine to leak if I try. Be sure I haven't trapped an extra oring under the RBA head. Are you over priming the tank after filling by closing the air holes and drawing on it?

 

[Vaping_Racoon]

Man, I can't get mine to leak if I try. Be sure I haven't trapped an extra oring under the RBA head. Are you over priming the tank after filling by closing the air holes and drawing on it?

I took two primer puffs with my biggest airflow hole open. No juice spitting or leaking then.
I think shaking in my bag and whatever leaking issue caused it.. I never had this problem before
except when I unscrewed it like I would a clearomizer LOL.

 

[Sina_B2H]

use thicker VG% juice, works for me.
eventually, i get leackage when i move from work to my car, cause of high difference in temperatures, might be that too.

 

[Vaping_Racoon]

I'd like to but my fave juice only comes in 50/50.. I'd like to know what to fix so I can carry it around
without worrying..

 

[Vaping_Racoon]

Anyone?

 

[Sina_B2H]

Hmm, okay, let's try to find a solution here.
beside the higher VG juice trick.
which subtank are you using? RBA portion? v1 has the juice channel on the bottom, v2 has the side juice channels
if you use the stock coils, v1 or v2? horizontal vs vertical.
eventually try out the v1 rba, if you are under the 25w mark, less leackage potential.
also try out the v1 coils, the cotton on the horizontal coil is so packed that I have to puncture it to avoid dry hits for better wicking, also only if you are under the 25watt mark.
side note, any tank will leak if you move from a cold place to a hot place, noticed that on all my tanks, summer in tunisia is pretty hot...

 

[Xamer]

I use the rba and build vetical coils. Took awhile to get the wicking right otherwise it would leak out the airflow hole. Now it's consistent and flavorful

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[Vaping_Racoon]

I use the v2 and the v2 RBA, I tried making it leak again and I think it might have been the coil as I had it screwed
to be snug, not really tight.

I tried to make it leak again, turning it on the side, upside down, up, everything and nothing leaked so far..

 

[Sina_B2H]

with the V2 rba, only thing I can think off, is your wicking/or a loose Oring, maybe it moved a bit due to a 'shock' happens if you drop the mod, a juiced wick could move a side, thus letting it overflow. just double check the wick. I also hate when tanks leaks, but no matter what happens, I won't go back to the stinkies

 

[Vaping_Racoon]

Sure I'll check it out when I get home

Still sucks I have to buy smokes because all my juice is gone..

 

[Sina_B2H]

aww, okay :'(
next time never go out without an emmergency vaping kit : 10mil of juice, some wire, cotton and your screwdriver+ one RDA, who knows glass can break eventually a secondary emergency box/mech mod and 2 18650 batteries, I use a sunglass case, fits all of that.

 

[Vaping_Racoon]

Yeah man gotta learn.. Just had my first cig of that pack.. it tastes like crap hahaha.

 

[MattyTny]

I don't have an experience with the subtank or the RBA for it, but I would suspect the leakage to due to the orings and seals not seated properly/damaged or wicking. First check all the tank parts to make sure you're getting a nice fit. After that inspect your wicking. Sometimes a wick can seem to function well then leak later on. In the updated RBA I would make sure your wicks are full in the wick chamber holes, but contained within the chamber itself. Meaning the wick is neat inside and only touches the coil and goes out the wick holes.

If it turns out the wicking is off you can post a picture and we can check it out.

 

[Vaping_Racoon]

Okay,

I can't upload anything because I'm at work.

The O rings are tight, was hard to get them out..

My wicks don't go out the juice holes (if it's what you mean ?)

I use the Rip Trippers method of compressing it in slightly to let the juice flow.
Maybe I went to hard with that so the juice flooded it?

*Edit: I saw that some space was left in the wick chamber holes on the left and right
side so I think it might be due to not enough cotton.

 

[tedigram]

I know some people are all "I use Rip Tripper's method on the new deck and it's fine" but I think it's totally unsuited for the V2 deck. The whole point of that pancake wicking method is to leave open space for the tiny juice channels on the old deck. With the new deck and it's big mid-chimney juice holes I think you for sure need to get those covered with cotton, just not suited to pancaking. Not a ton of cotton, but it needs to be laying across those holes. If you're doing a vertical coil I'm guessing you've got plenty of cotton in there already, you just gotta make sure it's over the holes.