wick and wire?

[NatK]

What kind of wick and coil do you buy if you want to rebuild?

 

[Dakota Jim]

Hi NatK - what are you rebuilding, vivi nova's, protank's genesis style rba's? are you asking about silica wick? or are thinking of stainless steel mesh?

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[Plumes.91]

hey if you gotta ask, you shouldnt be rebuilding! hit up the rba forum here on ECF and do some research. If you can get the wrong wire to work on one of your unprotected mods you can seriously do some damage to your battery or yourself. To answer your question, kanthal wire is what is used. Anything else might just be dangerous. Check out the RBA forum here for sure. Enjoy.

 

[NatK]

Hi NatK - what are you rebuilding, vivi nova's, protank's genesis style RBA's? are you asking about silica wick? or are thinking of stainless steel mesh?

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Vivi nova! Baby steps Lol

 

[Dakota Jim]

next step is get a multimeter to check ohms and shorts (available at walmart)

32 kanthal and 1mm wick (for the four strand wick)

watch this vid - I use a 3-48 machine screw (fits better in the head)

Machine screw coil wrap for Vivi Nova / Kanger T3 - YouTube

 

[SITnLO]

next step is get a multimeter to check ohms and shorts (available at walmart)

32 kanthal and 1mm wick (for the four strand wick)

watch this vid - I use a 3-48 machine screw (fits better in the head)

Machine screw coil wrap for Vivi Nova / Kanger T3 - YouTube

I like Dave's videos, easy to watch , I like the screw idea, I need to try that, he should my more.

 

[rnln]

For the clearomizer, I use 32mm kanthal wire and cotton ball. I tried hemp several times and go back to cotton ball for better wicking, better flavor and vapor.

 

[Driwash]

For the clearomizer, I use 32mm kanthal wire and cotton ball. I tried hemp several times and go back to cotton ball for better wicking, better flavor and vapor.

Can you describe how you build the cotton ball wick?

Thanks, Tom

 

[Red_Bird]

Vivi nova! Baby steps Lol

I have used braided cotton wick (need to boil this 30 minutes prior to use, let it dry) or Ekowool silica

32 gauge kanthal wire (TEMCO has the best price on this)

The Ekowool silica is sold at Stormy's Vapor Cellar and its a bit better then cotton, and much better then cotton balls.

 

[rnln]

First of all, I read a lot and tried several times, with many fails. The most important is boil them a lot. Most people said boil them 3 times, 20 mins each. I boiled them once and did it several times, fail. The last tried, I boiled them for 20 mins or so, squeezed them dried, boiled them again. Keep going for 4 times. then squeezed them dried and let them sit for several days until they were completely dried.

Roll the coil as usual, roll the cotton ball in my hands/fingers until it is tight in a tooth pick shape. When you roll it, the middle section should be bigger and tighter than both ends, automatically archived. Slide it through the coil. When sliding it through the coil, the middle section should stick tight to the coil. If not, slide it out and start the rolling again. When the wick stick tight to the coil, you can trim both ends. Install everything together.

Several first tried, taste and smell a lot of cotton. I read again and found that I should prime the wick after installed, and let it sit for several hours. I did let it sit over night. The morning, I vape it and found the diff. After couple puffs, taste/smell even better than the original silica wick. Strange thing is that now even when I have new coil/wick, I vape right away without letting it sit, but no bad taste/smell after couple puffs.

There are a lot of threads people talked about this process on this board.
Good luck.

Can you describe how you build the cotton ball wick?

Thanks, Tom

 

[Cloud Wizard]

Vivi nova! Baby steps Lol

32awg Kanthal A1 (easy to get on eBay) and I like the 3mm Silcia wicks from Clouds of Vapor.