It's been a few days since I've been wandered on here, been bsuy with some irritating things lately.
I thought it might be a mistake to run the material over the edge of the pot, but I wanted to see if it would make a difference in vapor production, only because it was pretty pitiful beforehand. This was one of those 30 dollars for two special, and quite frankly, if I smoked it, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it, lol. But it actually worked out pretty well. And oddly enough, the coil is staying cleaner, and the wick is not burning up yet. Keep in mind, this may be pure luck and nothing else, and I wouldn't recommend anyone else try it without knowing that the possibility of nuking an atomizer is there.
As for the pressure switch, it was really easy to adjust on these. But if you saw them, you would understand why. It is a very primitive design. It is literally two flat conductors that are soldered right to the PCB with the chip that extand down to the rear of the chamber in the battery that sits right before the atomizer. Then there is a diaphram made of some kind of thin rubber with another conductive bar attached to it. Basically, when you draw in, you create a vaccuum in this chamber, which pulls the diaphram in, shorting out the two bars leading off the PCB. Hopefully, that makes
sense to you. Not the most concise of descriptions, but that's basically it. It wasn't a big deal at all to move those bars ever so slightly upwards towards the floating one to make it a little more sensitive. And drilling out the intake hole was simple enough. I work on plastic models, model ships, and miniatures for wargaming, so I have a ton of micro drillbits and a pin vise to use them.
I really don't have high hopes for the tungsten. The stuff I'll be using is a bit too thin, but I'll make up a quicky test rig to see what happens. If it looks even remotely promising, I'll go from there and see if I can dig up thicker stuff. But I figured it would be worth a shot. It is worth noting the initial amperage at turn on. I'll be on the safe side and put the battery at a burst rate of 3 to 5C, though most lithium
batteries should be able to nearly twice that without too much worry. What does worry is that the voltage control chip may not be able to take the hit. These are a pretty basic design, and these aren't exactly high powered MOSFETs on these boards, lol. But it is worth taking into consideration.
On the other hand, if people are having luck with simple stainless, that will work just fine for me too. Especially since that's easily had anywhere, and extremely cheap. But I'm willing to try anything that even stands the slightest chance of working. Especially if things regarding the FDA really go south. I'd like to not be forced back into
tobacco again. Or at least cigarettes. I still enjoy my pipes once a week or so if I can. Besides, most of my pipes are much, much older than me, and I won't sell them, and I don't want to just leave them up on the mantle either.
