Well, I guess I'm doing Mr. Krinkle w/o knowing. The XC-116 didn't like bending those 90's, so I just did a straight piece across the top like those pics. The only difference with mine is I also put a single cotton yarn (really loose) in each side channels mainly to keep my (+) NR leg away from the lock-ring, and to hold the (-) wire in place a little better. It has brought to my attention that I've spent the last year with my channels choked off. I still had some good vapes, but I've entered a new dimension with the XC-116 Krinkle business.
Ever since I read DW saying some ppl don't even wick the sides at all & the Kayfun Convert has open channels, I got think'n the juice wants to get sucked up there (pressure differential as DW mentioned), and doesn't care to drain down so long as the top cap's sealed. So essentially, the more room the side channels have not filled with wick, the more the main top wick will get soaked.
I should add, in this configuration, I'm not opening JF Control as much as I used to & I'm using a dremmeled ceramic.
Naturally I was wondering about an Oxy-SS roll straight across the top also, but have never tried it. Guess someone else has and it looks good to me - will try soon. Perhaps this is how to get the House Blend into the Terminator. I only like that juice on SS wicks & I bought a ZAG just for that. Maybe I didn't have to.
I still can't believe after all this time, I'm still tweaking these Terminators. With all the parts out and about, this is like the IBM PC Clone of the 80's - Closest thing we have to an Open Source atomizer.