Sounds exactly like what I was doing.. will give it another shot later and see what happens.
On the subject of wicking - anyone have any trade secrets for wicking the Insider to share?
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On the subject of wicking - anyone have any trade secrets for wicking the Insider to share?
You made it look so easy. I'm dreading my next rebuild. I have a feeling I'm gonna have to find something else to buy from you so that you can rewick it for me again at some point
Haha, I joke. I'm sure with your demo, pointers and some practice I should be able to get it sorted
It's mostly intuitive but I'll be here all week if you need me
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Ok. Round 2 with the billet box starts tomorrow when the courier guy delivers 
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@Amir, any tips for the Exocet wicking?
Gonna attempt another build tonight.
The current experience isn't worth vaping on and is making me consider selling the device. I really want to get that idea off the table
Ok here goes...
2.5 ID coil with legs on top. Top of coil in line with top of post. Wick tight then pull back and forth till it loosens up and evens out. Trim the twisted bit off and the fuzzies off the other end. Fluff the shit out of the wicks without thinning it out and then shape into a bow tie. Slide the top cap on, trim the already fluffy wicks 2mm off the deck and then blow on the tails to fan em out over the juice flow holes. Make sure the 2 corners at the bottom are also covered by the wick. Insert and assemble the boro, with glass open just a tad to fill. Once full, let the assembled boro stand for a few minutes outside the mod to check for leaks.
Fire it up and start low and slow... increase the wattage accordingly. The thing with the Exocet is the chamber is really tiny so the coils need much less power than you would assume to get hot and vaping good.
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Thank you sir. I will follow you instructions and report back.
Only later though. Apparently it is rude to ignore my guests and rebuild the BB
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By the way... one tip. When you put the Exo into the Boro tank, do so with tweezers. What you don't really want is for the side of the Exo to hit the sides or back of the tank when you drop it in and smoosh the cotton tails that you just carefully blew open&fluffed.
Thin the wicks out a lot and they need to touch the deck. Perhaps just just go into the wicking channel groove (after priming the wick) so it doesn't move when you screw on the cap.
That works for me.
So... my cotton caught fire...
I'm extremely grateful that there isn't. Even self-flagellation on the forums have limitsIf there's no video, it didn't happen!
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I'll need to bring out a documentary on National Geographic. "When the vapour is actually smoke"
At least I wasn't vaping it at that particular moment. I was pulsing it to see if it runs dry.
It did.
Oh another thing - make sure your "taste adjustment" is off.Thank you sir. I will follow you instructions and report back.
Only later though. Apparently it is rude to ignore my guests and rebuild the BB
(Settings is power+down. Or power+up, I forget)
Thank you sir. I will follow you instructions and report back.
Only later though. Apparently it is rude to ignore my guests and rebuild the BB
I really don't think it is that rude... make like a show and tell
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I use my fingertips holding the the top of the chamber and the bottom step that sits on the bottom of the boro and just press into place. Sometimes it's skew but the chimney aligns it well
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Or, get new friends, who have BBs...
Then they'll understand.
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Trying something at the moment with TC and SS316L. For what it's worth.
But...
1) How do you lock the resistance in temp control mode on the BB?
2) After selecting SS, you can then specify the TCR. Any idea what that should be?
Err
Oh yes
3) Spaced or contact coils for SS with TC?
Kinda ironic that my almost-first TC build is on a BB, but yknow. For science. If the Exocet wants to be fussy, we'll force it to behave. (It's not my wicking in this case, I can chain-vape it the one moment and 5 minutes later get a random dry hit from hell. All contacts secure and dry, etc. Happens once every couple of days or so, not often but enough to irritate the shit out of me)
But...
1) How do you lock the resistance in temp control mode on the BB?
2) After selecting SS, you can then specify the TCR. Any idea what that should be?
Err
Oh yes
3) Spaced or contact coils for SS with TC?
Kinda ironic that my almost-first TC build is on a BB, but yknow. For science. If the Exocet wants to be fussy, we'll force it to behave. (It's not my wicking in this case, I can chain-vape it the one moment and 5 minutes later get a random dry hit from hell. All contacts secure and dry, etc. Happens once every couple of days or so, not often but enough to irritate the shit out of me)
The christmas special of wet wicks and dry hits!
I actually ended up doing this for most of the disassembly, cleaning and reassembly
I have at least one friend that I can convince to get a BB ... if I can get mine working properly!Or, get new friends, who have BBs...
Then they'll understand.
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Watch your volts while firing for 3 seconds or so. Does it fluctuate?
(volts, not ohms. Well, check both)
Can't fire for 3 seconds. I'll burn my house down.
Ohms just around as has been the case over the last couple of days: 0.77 to 0.8
Volts from 4.59 to 4.64?
I'm convinced the volts/ohms is due to the SS.
I've started leaving my tufts outside the Topcap a little longer, and I trim them after fluffing, that way the ends are wider, Exo posing more surface area to the juice.
(I'll leave that typo there, my fone is being a funny)
I know I promised a couple of photos when I rebuild again. And I've rebuilt since then, so, I'm sorry. I should re-wick before the weekend, then I'll post some pics.
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Thanks. I'd still like to see how your build is done even though I've cleaned my BB out and put it up for sale
I'm gonna stick to the Ammit for now. Maybe brave a BB in the future again when I'm feeling more experienced.
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