I've tried tossing the Herc in the freezer, I've tried using the AAF to block the air ports, but neither prevents leaks if I forget the discipline of cooling down the Herc the old fashioned way. In my experience, there is no substitute for cool down puffs.
Got vapemail! Waiting on readywick. I need to figure out how to cut/mill ceramic to replace that delrin insulator under the positive post. I also need to replace the rubber o-rings with silicone o-rings.
Going to set it up and test it with straight VG until ejmix arrives.
Warm everclear will cool quickly in contact with thick cold glass. I would use a heat gun or hair dryer to heat up your piece, if I didn't just torch it first. Me, I leave my piece in the sun, and the reclaim pools to the bottom for me to scoop out with a dab tool.
I'll load less going forward... can someone post a picture as a guide for me? I get the thickest clouds when I don't see any oil laying on top of the coils.
@Jman5280 the KISS carts can be used in two ways. Some people prime the wick by pulsing the coil to warm it, then hold a glob of concentrate to the coil/wick. They then watch the glob warm up and turn to liquid, flowing into the wick. They never get all the concentrate off the dab tool, they...
@lesvape The nominal mAh on the label measures the capacity of these cells under a very light load. What we vapers care about is the capacity and vigor of these cells under maximum continuous discharge, which sadly isn't on the label of these batteries. In the graph I posted earlier, in which...
@OB rebuild instructions at http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/the-persei-vaporizer-for-herbs-and-concentrates.4873/page-750#post-554919
@herbivore21 I can not get the pointy tip of my DMM to touch the spring-loaded positive center pin on the Hercules base, without it slipping and touching the...
I sound like a broken record, because my answer to many battery questions is "AW IMR". In the case of 18350, the new purple Efest cells look good too.
Both AW and Efest source and buy cells directly from manufacturers, sorts and grades them, then labels them for sale to distributors. Efest has...
I love hash pix and look forward to seeing yours. But, by your description, it sounds like a mechanically extracted concentrate, rather than a solvent extracted concentrates.
Pressed hash has plant matter in it that will burn when in contact with heating elements, rather than turn into vapor...
@lesvape I am paranoid about getting mismarked/counterfeit batteries, so I tend to overpay for them.
http://www.orbtronic.com/sony-18650-2600mah-vtc5-30a-high-drain-hybrid-imr-li-ion-battery
http://www.lighthound.com/AW-IMR18500-1100mAh-LiMN-rechargeable-lithium-battery_p_3004.html
@bubbha ho-tep that is how I hit the KISS cart. I don't burn concentrate layed on top of the coil. I prime the wick with melted concentrate, just like you, and vape off the oil in the wick. Nice tasty hits of vapor without smoke!