Yes, a cermaic heating element (block or tile) would be far more solid to take the stress of expansion unlike a very fine wire.
Didnt realise at the time that there is of course the famous Porsche 901, a subconscious link there i guess, too much time spent watching Top Gear on Dave.
If some of the unused liquid is in the reservoir and not only outide the atomiser proper and into the barrel, I wonder why it doesn't get used when the main metal wick dries out?
A power-assisted nozzle/injector would avoid all the issues of leaking juice that occur in the present open-juice system. I think the early patents mentioned this, in the form of a piezo tansducer, as a way to create the mist for the coil but although it would not be expensive and easily small enough, there were i guess problems getting it to work reliably. Possibly because the viscosity of the juice can vary widely whereas the piezo needs to be 'tuned' to the liquid it is to vibrate into mist i imagine.
But some small adjustment in the casing layout that helps keep the juice in place might be possible with the existing scheme. But that would need to be done by the manufacturers. Still, next time i take one apart I will look for any possibilities in this regard.
Didnt realise at the time that there is of course the famous Porsche 901, a subconscious link there i guess, too much time spent watching Top Gear on Dave.
If some of the unused liquid is in the reservoir and not only outide the atomiser proper and into the barrel, I wonder why it doesn't get used when the main metal wick dries out?
A power-assisted nozzle/injector would avoid all the issues of leaking juice that occur in the present open-juice system. I think the early patents mentioned this, in the form of a piezo tansducer, as a way to create the mist for the coil but although it would not be expensive and easily small enough, there were i guess problems getting it to work reliably. Possibly because the viscosity of the juice can vary widely whereas the piezo needs to be 'tuned' to the liquid it is to vibrate into mist i imagine.
But some small adjustment in the casing layout that helps keep the juice in place might be possible with the existing scheme. But that would need to be done by the manufacturers. Still, next time i take one apart I will look for any possibilities in this regard.
