Arizer Solo

Stu

Maconheiro
Staff member
Very interesting. Where and how did you measure it? I can see the center of a domed screen doing this, perhaps? What was the idle temperature?

I sure don't think the cup is at 240C (200+40), that would raise hob between hits you'd think.

I wonder where I put the T/C rig......

TIA
I ran the probe through the GonG end of a Solo wpa and placed the tip of the probe in the middle of the load. I removed the screen for easy placement and filled the chamber with herb like normal. In the video, the temps are off by about 30°C as I had a second thermocouple connected and had the device measuring the difference between the two so the temp shown in the video is off by the ambient temp in the room (about 30C).

Adjusting for the room temperature differential, I measured one draw go from about 150°C (level 4 iirc) pre-draw increase the temp to about 190°C during the draw. In another test (level 6 maybe? I forget) it went from 163° up to 203°C.

On a side note, I performed the test expecting the temps to drop during the hit as my theory at the time was that there was not any convection occurring in the Solo during a hit. The results surprised me and changed my mind about any convection going on in the Solo.

The test was simple to perform and anyone can do it with an inexpensive thermometer/thermocouple. This is the unit I got for about $20.

:peace:
 

OF

Well-Known Member
Adjusting for the room temperature differential, I measured one draw go from about 150°C (level 4 iirc) pre-draw increase the temp to about 190°C during the draw. In another test (level 6 maybe? I forget) it went from 163° up to 203°C.

Ah, so! Thanks for the additional information. In addition to the confusion with the offset I think you're fighting an instrumentation problem. That is, I think your T/C leads are sinking heat away. Step 4 should have been 195C to start, right? I think it was at the walls, but the leads were drawing heat out like leaving a spoon in your coffee does. This is a common issue with such schemes, Thermodynamics can goof you up if there's heat flow (like up the wires). The metal stripped the heat from the bud locally faster than it could be replaced. Ironically, the hit brought up more heat by convection, but still not 'up to the mark'.

IIRC I could watch the temperature 'hunt' with my rig. That is it would swing up and down several degrees as the heater cycled on and off around temperatures at least reasonable WRT the specifications......however I don't recall the same 9 degrees F per step?

Thanks again.

OF
 

Hashtag46&2

Trichome Technician
Good Evening Solo Club!

At 3pm MST, my new Solo arrived at my door.

Got to give @VaporNation another huge thank you.

I placed the order late Saturday night, so I know they didn't even see the order until Monday morning at the earliest. Packaged perfectly with lots of care.

I went through their product prices and realized I got over 60$ in freebies and shipped in 2 days, (even got free stem caps) lifetime warranty on any defect related to the Heating Element , all for 150.09$

I decided to wait until tomorrow to begin my Solo journey, as I usually am in bed by 10pm.

8 hours on the first initial charge right?

I gotta say. .. I'm so stoked to not only have a Solo, but very honored to be a part of this thread!!

I'm loving the camaraderie in here (FC in general) but it seems especially amazing in this particular thread.

Can't wait to throw my favorite strains in this tiny, sexy, sleek beast (loving the size, and it just feels *right* in my hands)

I went back 1000 posts, and started reading, Gotta find all those golden tips that will make the journey better.

Never used a conduction Vape before... Can I load my hash the same as ushe?
Hash samich? .... My Hash is very melty, does the flower provide a sufficient substrate given I don't overload the Hash?

Thanks again guys n gals!!

Can't wait till tomorrow :rockon:
 

Stu

Maconheiro
Staff member
That is, I think your T/C leads are sinking heat away. Step 4 should have been 195C to start, right? I think it was at the walls, but the leads were drawing heat out like leaving a spoon in your coffee does.
Not the case here at all. I'm guessing that you haven't watched the video? The t/c was inserted before heating up the Solo. Everything (Solo, t/c, herb, glass, metal chamber) was at room temperature. They all heated up together, so there was no transfer of heat energy happening due to the t/c leads. Even if I had put the t/c into an already heated chamber, the amount of heat that the leads could transfer is minuscule and irrelevant to the temperature readings. The t/c is designed to provide readings while in contact with the object being measured. If t/c leads skew the readings of every object being measured, it wouldn't be a very useful tool. No goofy thermodynamics going on here.

Take a look at the video and you see that the temp goes up during the draw. It's really as simple as that. I suggest that you or anyone else perform the same experiment and offer your results. I don't expect much variance from my own test as there are few variables that could skew the outcome.

:peace:
 

ataxian

PALE BLUE DOT
Never used a conduction Vape before... Can I load my hash the same as ushe?
Hash samich? .... My Hash is very melty, does the flower provide a sufficient substrate given I don't overload the Hash?

Thanks again guys n gals!!

Can't wait till tomorrow :rockon:

When I got my SOLO it was amazing to have CANNABIS taste so good!

I use cotton from a vitamin bottle (very small piece of cotton for hash or shatter)

I crank it up a bit level 6 maybe.

I use a concentrate without flowers due to the flavor.

Do what feels right to you!
 

Derrrpp

For the world is hollow and I have touched the sky
i tihnk i'm with @Stu here, i have fairly heat tolerant hands, usually have a finger on the stem next to the top while hitting, i notice it gets hottest as im doing a slow long draw and goes back down after that.
I'm thinking this is due to the hot vapor/air traveling up the stem during your draw and transferring heat energy to the stem. This is a good thing because it helps to cool the vapor before it reaches your mouth, but I don't think it's a viable indicator of the temperature in the bowl.

My instincts tell me that the Solo shouldn't have much convection going on at all. But @Stu's video seems to prove otherwise. I don't know, I'm stumped. :shrug:

One thing I think we can all agree on is the Solo's effectiveness! :nod:
 

OF

Well-Known Member
Not the case here at all. I'm guessing that you haven't watched the video? The t/c was inserted before heating up the Solo.

Yes, I watched the video, that's how I know the readings were lower than they should have been at step 4.

Heatsinking via the leads is not dependent on how it's heated/loaded but is a dynamic thing. If heat is being transferred up the leads (and it always is to some extent) that means heat is being removed from the area. The spot in contact is locally cooler. This is a known effect, the reason very fine wires are often used for accurate readings.

It's a misnomer to say 'T/Cs sense at the point of contact', in fact they sense (develop signal) in the leads to that point. The ends are welded together, there is zero signal at the tip. Each of the two leads, being different materials, develops a small voltage per degree drop back to the common point in the meter body. Often "Isothermal blocks" (where the leads are insulated electrically by shorted thermally) are used to confine this action. You'll find them mounted to furnace bodies on long runs, for instance. Lots of good information on this good stuff in the "Omega book", Omega makes a lot of this stuff. That book (which was six inches thick before being broken into volumes years back) is now on line, of course. You might start here?
http://www.omega.com/prodinfo/thermocouples.html

Heatsinking doesn't matter, of course, if you're sensing a 'firm source' like a large metal mass or flame but when available heat (in calories) is low (meaning temperatures change easily with heat load changes) that's not the case. The very act of making the measurement (putting the T/C in) perverts the very thing you're trying to measure. As Heisenberg warned us in another venue.

At idle the indicated temperature should have reached 195C give or take on step 4, the observation it didn't leads me to think this (heatsinking) is an issue. Like I said, in my tests I watched the temperature 'hunt' around the normal temperature (go up and down with cycling), to me that indicates errors from instrumentation were small (but always a factor). The video doesn't show that that I saw. Conduction should, over time, have the load at ldle at the same temperature (matching the cup)?

i tihnk i'm with @Stu here, i have fairly heat tolerant hands, usually have a finger on the stem next to the top while hitting, i notice it gets hottest as im doing a slow long draw and goes back down after that.

An entirely different issue. Your mouth also gets warmer from the hot air passing, right? However, this demonstrates just what I'm saying above. When you stop the hit, the heat in the stem is conducted away over time (like the heat is drawn out locally by the leads), cooling off. It's still being heated some, it's just cooled more so the temperature drops.

I get it lots of this is counter intuitive but sometimes that happens. The load can never be hotter than the hottest heated mass (the cup in our case). How much cooler the load is at any point is a matter of how fast heat is removed compared to how fast it's conducted/convected/radiated in. Hot air can never make the load hotter than it is, to make up for losses of heat (in calories) being conducted out or consumed in making vapor unless it's much hotter in degrees than that load. In Solo a source of air hotter than 195C is not available, the work has to be done by conduction.

If it was convection the air being added would be hotter than the target temperature to cover loses. In the TV products and ESV (and Grasshopper if it ever happens....) that is from a source over 1000F for that reason. Unlike conduction, but like radiation, the source has to be hotter.....much hotter to be practical and make useful vapor the formulas for heat transfer (in calories) depends on this 'delta' (difference) in temperatures (in degrees), the bigger it is the more heat is transferred. In Solo there is no such delta?

Like I said, probably a good idea to dig the stuff out and repeat the experiment.

FWIW I also recall hitting the T/C with no load. The temperature comes up from idle, but never reaches cup temperature? As I'd expect, again heat is also being subtracted up the leads. Did you try that? I will again if/when I redo the experiment.

Fun stuff.

I'm thinking this is due to the hot vapor/air traveling up the stem during your draw and transferring heat energy to the stem. This is a good thing because it helps to cool the vapor before it reaches your mouth, but I don't think it's a viable indicator of the temperature in the bowl.

My instincts tell me that the Solo shouldn't have much convection going on at all. But @Stu 's video seems to prove otherwise. I don't know, I'm stumped. :shrug:

One thing I think we can all agree on is the Solo's effectiveness! :nod:

Exactly so......and results matter.

OF
 
D020 came in the other day, vape water is a very vile substance if left out a day or so. Sunshine store didn't send me (or have!) the solo adapter they said they would send but sent 3x 18mm to 14mm adapters. I'll chalk it up to a miscommunication as they were very helpful in the process. Shipping was slow but packed very well, my box was entirely crushed in transit but thanks to a whopping FIVE layers of bubblewrap it made it! .
Made a nylon adapter for my strait stem that works create. Ghetto NONG!
 

Hot Dog Day 187

Well-Known Member
My second solo is ready to go as of today, let it charge overnight just to be safe, when I noticed it looked sightly different than the silver solo I had in the past...

I don't remember what it was, it was during the M1A/M1B days or whatever, when the PA function still existed, I didn't like the finish on it very much though. was happy to get a black one after that.

this new silver one has an AMAZING finish and I think it looks wonderful! so that was a nice start...

i hit it and couldnt tell if i was just used to the solo again or if it actually hit better but i could have sworn it was just nicer and easier to hit.

then i was checking out the serial number just out of curiousity and i swear this is the first serial that was imprinted in my memory immediately.

M1L11K00420

DOES THAT SAY MILK 420 OR WHAT?
i have to do a gong when i get home!!!!!


I think its my favorite solo I've ever had yet and it doesnt even do the PA (well most likely, havent tested)?

hope my vortex gets here soon...
 

TheWhisper

Well-Known Member
Good Evening Solo Club!

At 3pm MST, my new Solo arrived at my door.

Got to give @VaporNation another huge thank you.

I placed the order late Saturday night, so I know they didn't even see the order until Monday morning at the earliest. Packaged perfectly with lots of care.

I went through their product prices and realized I got over 60$ in freebies and shipped in 2 days, (even got free stem caps) lifetime warranty on any defect related to the Heating Element , all for 150.09$

I decided to wait until tomorrow to begin my Solo journey, as I usually am in bed by 10pm.

8 hours on the first initial charge right?

I gotta say. .. I'm so stoked to not only have a Solo, but very honored to be a part of this thread!!

I'm loving the camaraderie in here (FC in general) but it seems especially amazing in this particular thread.

Can't wait to throw my favorite strains in this tiny, sexy, sleek beast (loving the size, and it just feels *right* in my hands)

I went back 1000 posts, and started reading, Gotta find all those golden tips that will make the journey better.

Never used a conduction Vape before... Can I load my hash the same as ushe?
Hash samich? .... My Hash is very melty, does the flower provide a sufficient substrate given I don't overload the Hash?

Thanks again guys n gals!!

Can't wait till tomorrow :rockon:

If you're making a sandwich with goopy wax, I suggest keeping the solo turn on its side (or inverted, when hitting) so that it doesn't drip down and clog up the air path in the body (which I haven't had happen, but it is possible).
 

Hot Dog Day 187

Well-Known Member
If you're making a sandwich with goopy wax, I suggest keeping the solo turn on its side (or inverted, when hitting) so that it doesn't drip down and clog up the air path in the body (which I haven't had happen, but it is possible).
I just use a domed screen on the bottom, fill it mostly with weed, then put the wax closest to the top of the bowl. then insert & hit the bowl hamster style.
 

Grim Chiclets

Well-Known Member
Personally I like to goop the melty stuff about 1/3 to 1/2 up from the bottom (when standing up in the solo)- my reasoning being it'll sponge into the herb as it heats up (and inevitably boils off); and that when it's upside down, I imagine the melted mixture would want to get sucked out with gravity's expert assistance and become reclaim..
Then again I think of it as very fluid at temp- and liken it almost to the physics of hot ejuice in a coarse wick
 

ataxian

PALE BLUE DOT
Sooo i loaded some stems this morning with gorgeous smelling happiness strain.
Later on in the day my wife said to me "why are you always smelling your fingers"
BUSTED... even after repeated washing the lovely smell was still there.
My wife told me to go outside sit down and vape.
I had some GSC handy so I used what I had.
Taste was acceptable.
OK i can't lie it was really awesome!

Sorry CANNABIS taste amazing!
 

zorn

Active Member
Today i recieved my new battery
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/7-4V...ireless-monitoring-batteries/32324117890.html

Is it true that the Arizer has a reverse polarity? So that i have to connect the red cable with the black whe i replace the original one?


I cant measure any voltage on the original battery, its dead.
Also i cant measure on my new battery cause its brand new...

In some videos and tutorials people just connecting the new battery the same way the original one was before (red on red, black on black), but in this forum i have read that i have to switch them....?

Please tell me how to replace it right, before i set the house on fire!

;)

thank you very much!!
 

OF

Well-Known Member
Today i recieved my new battery
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/7-4V...ireless-monitoring-batteries/32324117890.html

Is it true that the Arizer has a reverse polarity? So that i have to connect the red cable with the black whe i replace the original one?


I cant measure any voltage on the original battery, its dead.
Also i cant measure on my new battery cause its brand new...

In some videos and tutorials people just connecting the new battery the same way the original one was before (red on red, black on black), but in this forum i have read that i have to switch them....?

Please tell me how to replace it right, before i set the house on fire!

;)

thank you very much!!

I just answered this on PM........I wish that didn't happen (posting the same question twice so I get to answer it twice). The question came without the link so no photo to base an answer on. Here's what I said:

Match the colors. Their position in the connector block is 'backwards' from standard.

The battery pack you bought has a protection PCB in it? I'm concerned you read zero Volts, the protection circuit might not be 'armed', therefore might not charge????


Now I can see it has a connector, this would be very bad to plug in casually. Watch the colors.

I'm worried this pack might not be 'right' here. I tried several, similar, packs (including one from Amazon) looking for a 'drop in' but that never happened. Most packs were too long, on one occasion I was able to cut the jacket away top and bottom and 'make it work'. The leads are over long as well. One of the packs had no protection PCB.....very bad in this application, IMO a disqualifying fault.

The leads can be reversed in the connector. There's a spring loaded tab on the pin that can be depressed with a toothpick and the wire (with the pin) pulled out then you can put them back 'right' for Solo. I'm also worried about the unit not being 'switched on' as I said above, in which case it might not charge (I had that happen when building packs to test).

I'm also concerned that none of the packs I tried came with the thermal safety Arizer pays extra to put in their packs:
JpNbVuU.jpg


That's it, the white thing at the top between the batteries above the protection board. I was able to buy these from the vendor that sold me the PCBs and bare (tabbed) cells, Battery Station IIRC. Without this safety I can't recommend any pack. Not good karma to go around removing safety features.

If it were mine, I'd open it up before putting it in service. Seeing if it'll fit might settle the issue. Many of the cells are too long, packs with their PCB on top also.

Good luck with it.

OF
 

Quetzalcoatl

DEADY GUERRERO/DIRT COBAIN/GEORGE KUSH
In theory nothing bad should happen. I myself have never actually been able to trigger the thermal safety, and I've put her through some hard nights with more than a few heads at 7 (power adapter of course). I say 'in theory' because while nothing bad has happened to me I think the only way to actually get the batteries to break for me would be from physical trauma... unsure how aftermarket batteries would fare under heavy use. I've been into ecigs for some years now, I'm familiar with 18650's and how they can vent. It's usually not pretty, and can actually be violent. I wouldn't want that inside my Solo which would be ~6 inches from my face and throat and upper chest, and inside of an aluminum housing to boot. I don't recall you asking about batteries, there's a reason we recommend only a very specific few sources for them... hopefully didn't set you back too much.
 

OF

Well-Known Member
In theory nothing bad should happen. I myself have never actually been able to trigger the thermal safety, and I've put her through some hard nights with more than a few heads at 7 (power adapter of course).

I agree, if nothing breaks it should work fine? My thinking is that a failure of Solo (not just heavy use) exposes a run away mode that backed by fresh batteries can/did cause problems. It might, for instance, save the show if the heater control 'jams wide open'. Or other modes we don't normally see. For sure such safeties are not common, Arizer put them in for a reason? They (the safeties) add cost, never a welcome thing from a maker's POV. Not knowing the reason (and again I don't think it's battery related directly) I advise including it.

It's a fuse of sorts. Only really useful when the alternative is your house burning down......

OF
 

SSVUN~YAH

You Must Unlearn, What You Have Learned...
Guess who's back in the Arizer family!? I rekindled my old relationship with the Solo and Air, and together at last~! With the help of a few members on classifieds and @DDave awesome kit, I've transformed my two portables into an at home, homerun hitter, it's fantastic! Oh ya and my first time using the turbo gong's, let's just say, I'm a fan!

CzNHzCd.jpg
 

Hot Dog Day 187

Well-Known Member
Guess who's back in the Arizer family!? I rekindled my old relationship with the Solo and Air, and together at last~! With the help of a few members on classifieds and @DDave awesome kit, I've transformed my two portables into an at home, homerun hitter, it's fantastic! Oh ya and my first time using the turbo gong's, let's just say, I'm a fan!

CzNHzCd.jpg

welcome back to the solo fanclub... between you and me at least sounds like a decent number of vapers who moved on from the solo are coming back to appreciate what they missed in a new way :)

i certainly feel ive been getting far more medicated AND enjoying each of my solo sessions so much more than i used to when it was my only vape... then i only saw the negatives until i got medicated, now i just love it the whole way thru!
 

SSVUN~YAH

You Must Unlearn, What You Have Learned...
welcome back to the solo fanclub... between you and me at least sounds like a decent number of vapers who moved on from the solo are coming back to appreciate what they missed in a new way :)

i certainly feel ive been getting far more medicated AND enjoying each of my solo sessions so much more than i used to when it was my only vape... then i only saw the negatives until i got medicated, now i just love it the whole way thru!
Well said, my sentiments exactly!
:cheers:
 
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