For maximum wicking efficiency in an RTA

[monstermash]

Here's a random theory that I've just come up with;

For maximum wicking efficiency in an RTA the inner diameter of the coil should be no bigger than that of its juice channels.

Seems to work for me in practice but in your opinion is that true enough or complete bollocks?

 

[Ment]

There are few rules in vaping, we are creating the standards as we go, so any idea you have, try it.

If it works, tell the world!

 

[Danny K]

I find 2.5mm just seems to work in everything .



Simples

 

[monstermash]

I find 2.5mm just seems to work in everything .



Simples

I've found my KF4's to be temperamental with a 2.5mm coil. I've yet to test my theory on one. I will be though...

I was just wicking the Orchid 6 (1st time) thinking how similar it is to the Goblin but not trusting it to perform as well with as large a coil given the Orchid's diddy 1.5mm juice channels so I wrapped c.1.5mm coils and it's performing excellently.

+1 for not true though thanks for your input.

 

[monstermash]

I've been mulling over my 'theory' and I'm expecting Tubbyengineer to point out, at some point, how it fails to take into account VG ratio, pressure differentials and all manner of other things. Come on Tubs old chap let me have it square on the jaw, I can take it! (I think)

 

[Tubbyengineer]

I've been mulling over my 'theory' and I'm expecting @Tubbyengineer to point out, at some point, how it fails to take into account VG ratio, pressure differentials and all manner of other things. Come on Tubs old chap let me have it square on the jaw, I can take it! (I think)

TBH, wicking is part science, part arcane art and part luck. It is indeed also dependent on juice viscosity, composition, and all those other dozen or so little things, but the main thing to remember is that your wick must have enough space between the individual fibres fo the juice to travel so too tightly packed cotton is bad.

From experience with my Heron the inner diameter of the coil should be about the same or slightly smaller than the juice channel (Or hole in the herons case) - this means that if you have enough wick to fill the coil without packing it too tightly then you'll have enough wick for the juice channel too...

 

[monstermash]

TBH, wicking is part science, part arcane art and part luck. It is indeed also dependent on juice viscosity, composition, and all those other dozen or so little things, but the main thing to remember is that your wick must have enough space between the individual fibres fo the juice to travel so too tightly packed cotton is bad.

From experience with my Heron the inner diameter of the coil should be about the same or slightly smaller than the juice channel (Or hole in the herons case) - this means that if you have enough wick to fill the coil without packing it too tightly then you'll have enough wick for the juice channel too...

Arcane; adj, known or understood by very few, mysterious, secret, obscure, esoteric. (had to look the fcuker up)

Ok thanks for your thoughts, taking all of the main things to remember into account I would still suppose that with, say a 1.5mm juice channel, an (extreme example) 3.5mm coil would not perform (wicked perfectly) against an equivalent 1.5mm coil (wicked perfectly). Part of me thinks this is intuitively obvious and part of me thinks it might be horseshit. And that it might be a rule of thumb with tolerances rather than a set in stone benchmark.

Anyway I'll play with it as a working theory especially with the KF4's I have, (2 juice holes each end of wick so double the ID of a single hole oi reckon) as the kf-4 CAN BE a trecherous and temperamental little missy and I've spent many hours with many different coil and wick configs so I should be able to assess it's horseshit factor.

I think it was DaveX ? ....said he thought the orchid v6 he had was 'utter utter bollocks' which both made me laugh and feel gutted as one was halfway from China to me. Now it's arrived and I've bunged in 2 juice hole size matching coils I have to say I'm pretty darned impressed with it. Still I've only done half a tank through it there's plenty of time to arrive at the same conclusion myself yet.

 

[Mawsley]

It went in the bin

 

[Tubbyengineer]

Arcane; adj, known or understood by very few, mysterious, secret, obscure, esoteric. (had to look the fcuker up)

Ok thanks for your thoughts, taking all of the main things to remember into account I would still suppose that with, say a 1.5mm juice channel, an (extreme example) 3.5mm coil would not perform (wicked perfectly) against an equivalent 1.5mm coil (wicked perfectly). Part of me thinks this is intuitively obvious and part of me thinks it might be horseshit. And that it might be a rule of thumb with tolerances rather than a set in stone benchmark.

Anyway I'll play with it as a working theory especially with the KF4's I have, (2 juice holes each end of wick so double the ID of a single hole oi reckon) as the kf-4 CAN BE a trecherous and temperamental little missy and I've spent many hours with many different coil and wick configs so I should be able to assess it's horseshit factor.

I think it was @DaveX ? ....said he thought the orchid v6 he had was 'utter utter bollocks' which both made me laugh and feel gutted as one was halfway from China to me. Now it's arrived and I've bunged in 2 juice hole size matching coils I have to say I'm pretty darned impressed with it. Still I've only done half a tank through it there's plenty of time to arrive at the same conclusion myself yet.

DaveX is a contrary bugger , First he loves it, then a week later it's utter bollocks - frankly he's got the staying power of an Ephemeroptera when it comes to his opinions on a device...

 

[Mawsley]

I'm a postmodernist living in a Nietzsche wonderland - everything is wonderful.