Wick materials. Safe vs dangerous.

[Quigsworth]

My cotton/bamboo Penny/Ody friends

Is there any real reason to leave that ring on the assembly?

I have a thicker than usual juice in my Penny right now, and its not keeping up with the bamboo wicks, even with the flow control cranked.

I recall having a similiar juice viscosity in there a few weeks back, when I had forgotten to put that ring on, and I wasn't having issues.

Without the ring, the flow control can be 'more open' right? So what purpose does it really serve if you're not using it to pin your negative connection to the wall?

Cy, If you're snagging the neg in your base threads Like I usually do then yup, lose the lock ring...I haven't gone completely naked, I've slipped a thin o ring on which gave me about a 1/16 gap with the mouth piece bottomed...only issue you may find (happened to me) is on re-fill...Ody's and Penny's have this habit of when you screw the o rings tops back on after a fill you pressurize the tanks and force juice into your center air flooding them if you don't first screw down the flow control, but meh, blow out and you're back in the saddle...

 

[Quigsworth]

The original Vivis have a silica sleeve that goes down around the legs. This sleeve gets wet from the wick that goes thru it and keeps the legs wet and cool so they don't burn the grommet. We usually discard the sleeve when we rebuild.

You know, I never brought it up cause, well, I don't know...but I alway stuck that silica sleeve back in on re-build. I did cut off that stupid hole punched part that your wick is supposed to go through at the top but it leaves you with a bit that I slide back in which you're right, I imagine it gets juiced...but I've never had an issue with scorch on the grommet...I just figured I was a little girly man light weight vaper and sit quietly in the corner and wonder wth was going on (as usual)

 

[TomCatt]

The CE9 doesn't have any silica sleeve, just bare wire, bare metal and a grommet. Haven't taken my stock head I had been using (rewicked with cotton) apart yet, so don't know about any burning; but I hadn't gotten any "off taste" from it.

 

[Bourbonman]

Girlfriend is one of my favorite flavors, keep trying to repeat it, over and over again.

Gotta switch flavors for a few days every so often, though. Girlfriend flavor goes bad about once a month.

 

[TomCatt]

have another drink, B, that was bad

 

[Cyrus Vap]

woah there's an idea. You just cram the NR wire into one of the threads on the base? I usually shove it under the wick and pray it makes a connection against the metal cut away, the good Lord has been on my side lately LOL

I hear you on the flood with refill, and as you said no biggie. I'm gonna ditch that beauty ring on the next fill.

I'm normally more precise with my DIY so I ended up thicker than usual, but lately I'm like OK some concentration of nic from 12-18, add this...yeah ....maybe that guy....yeah that looks fine...too thick....splash of water....yeah I'm done time to vape lol. So...

Cy, If you're snagging the neg in your base threads Like I usually do then yup, lose the lock ring...I haven't gone completely naked, I've slipped a thin o ring on which gave me about a 1/16 gap with the mouth piece bottomed...only issue you may find (happened to me) is on re-fill...Ody's and Penny's have this habit of when you screw the o rings tops back on after a fill you pressurize the tanks and force juice into your center air flooding them if you don't first screw down the flow control, but meh, blow out and you're back in the saddle...

 

[BJ43]

Gotta switch flavors for a few days every so often, though. Girlfriend flavor goes bad about once a month.

Lol, and, blond, brunette, redhead, flavor for variety.. and at 70 even garlic shrimp is exciting.

 

[Cyrus Vap]

LMAO

Everytime I think ECF needs a men's room I remember this thread and feel much better

 

[Bourbonman]

woah there's an idea. You just cram the NR wire into one of the threads on the base? I usually shove it under the wick and pray it makes a connection against the metal cut away, the good Lord has been on my side lately LOL

I hear you on the flood with refill, and as you said no biggie. I'm gonna ditch that beauty ring on the next fill.

I'm normally more precise with my DIY so I ended up thicker than usual, but lately I'm like OK some concentration of nic from 12-18, add this...yeah ....maybe that guy....yeah that looks fine...too thick....splash of water....yeah I'm done time to vape lol. So...

I don't even use NR on the neg side anymore, like you said, shove it under the wick and let it hit the metal in the groove. The one I did yesterday was a dual coil 32ga, 5/6 wraps, 1.3 ohms, only NR on the ceramic side. Cotton and bamboo swell up enough to hold it tight againt the metal groove.

 

[Cyrus Vap]

I'll try the quigs and the bourbon

since switching to 30 awg kanthal my coils last forever, so I'm looking for a stable set up coil wise similar to my ERA, A7 and DID/ZAP. Old wick comes out, goes to the trash/torch, new one slides in. coils never pop

I love my penny, but there is no question, it is the most annoying, inconsistent piece of 150$ crap I own lol

I've been using 30 awg .999, I'm considering trying the 28 for a little more 'snap' resistance. Any thoughts or recommendations?

 

[Cool_Breeze]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/modding-forum/334198-28-ga-1-kanthal.html

 

[tmcase]

I'll try the quigs and the bourbon

since switching to 30 awg kanthal my coils last forever, so I'm looking for a stable set up coil wise similar to my ERA, A7 and DID/ZAP. Old wick comes out, goes to the trash/torch, new one slides in. coils never pop

I love my penny, but there is no question, it is the most annoying, inconsistent piece of 150$ crap I own lol

I've been using 30 awg .999, I'm considering trying the 28 for a little more 'snap' resistance. Any thoughts or recommendations?

I'm using 30 ga silver NR also but what do you mean by "snap" resistance?

 

[MISTer E]

I first got .999 silver 30AWG, but it is flimsy & weak. I got some of this :
Pure Nickel Wire Non Resistance Wire 32 AWG 100 Ft | eBay
& am really liking it. I think they both have a place on my roll-a-coil

 

[Cyrus Vap]

snap resistance....poor choice of words

I mean, the crap breaks too easily. You wrap it around your R wire, all is well.

Manipulate it once, still OK. Manipulate it a sec....oh shyite, its broken lol

 

[blackwater]

I first got .999 silver 30AWG, but it is flimsy & weak. I got some of this :
Pure Nickel Wire Non Resistance Wire 32 AWG 100 Ft | eBay
& am really liking it. I think they both have a place on my roll-a-coil

I was looking at your pic and loved the idea and was about to make a roll like this. Then I noticed the rack gear underneath. Are you a fellow gear head?

Chris

 

[Bourbonman]

Packing up for a little vacation, I dug out the ol' Boge cartos and a carto tank to take as tertiary backups. Woo, to think I used to think they were the cat's pajamas. I mean they work fine, but I'm so spoiled by the flavor from all of the more advanced gear I have, and all the great wicks we've come up with. But they'll do in a pinch. I'm aiming for simplicity and compactness for the next week. Penny on a KGO, VMod XL with a spare atty, and a Provari with a carto tank as a last resort. 50ml of DIY cinnamon/banana nut bread (my all day vape), chargers, and I'm set.

 

[Quigsworth]

Noticed the same thing vaping on a Smok Mega the other night at a buddies...they still make a wack of vape but the taste???...have fun on your vacation Bourbon

 

[Bourbonman]

My all-day-vape has some subtle flavors I add in small amounts of, like brown sugar, caramel, english toffee, and cinnamon spice, and those are muted almost to non-existence with the carto. It still beats cigarettes, though, hands down. Last year when I took vacation I was on the patch, and jonesing for a cigarette the whole time. This year will be much much better.

/and yes, I'm a hell of a cook, too

 

[MISTer E]

I was looking at your pic and loved the idea and was about to make a roll like this. Then I noticed the rack gear underneath. Are you a fellow gear head?

Chris

Just about all of my electronics for music are rackless. I wanted a powerstrip that was made made for music (not induce a hum) & did get that one rack unit. I mostly play Acoustic(main green ax is carbon fiber) nowadays & my electrics get used when my hands hurt from OPP (old people pains). They all bE WeE little ones.

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Here is a video I made of the way I do a sloppy "western union splice". The V twist splice? ARRG! is not for me & real "western union splice" instructions do not scale down well for mE.

sloppy quick western union splice - YouTube

I embedded the video but WATCH in FULL SCREEN 720P[HD] (Small = no detail & a white haze)
The video page has this description:
32 AWG pure Nickle & 32 A1 Kanthal joined in a sloppy quick western union splice. Hard to do quickly looking through the camera display, but it held them tugs @ the end nicely

After tying one side be sure to move the pliers over the work completed. If you just tie the other side there is a gap where the pliers held them & the splice will slip.

Take your time & it can actually look like a nice mini western union splice.

 

[Zildjian]

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