I am curious if the leakiness continues or is transient. It seems with the current carts once a leak begins it will just get worse even if "babied". At least that has been my experience.
Ya , agree .
Once a leak occurs , it's impossible to stop . ime
For sure I'm curious about this as well, it's important. I think G is interested as well. I've got a bit more on the issue to report after last night, but let's do the good part first? The 'surging' I was seeing seems to be related to fill level. I decided to test the idea that it had only cropped up when the cart got down under .3 grams and added .37 to the .23 still left. Bringing the total fill up to .60 grams. I noted that while the tank was 'empty' (and had been for a bit) the taste changed (new strain, thinner CO2 oil) almost immediately as the surging disappeared. Production went back to 'normal' It's worth noting that at peaks the surge produced more volume of vapor than this steady state.
All seemed normal when I up it up. It was 'stone cold' when I weighed it and found I'd used about .030 grams in the last session IIRC.
This morning it had leaked even more than before, and there was oil at the ports still. Not as easy to clean as before 9more goo) but the cart was still plugged and wouldn't draw. Rather than try to fish out the flue I decided to do a field clearance drill on it and see if a bit of heat would clear it. While pulling on it firmly I hit the button for a second with no results. A second hit brought a little puff of vapor out one of the ports but still no draw. A third one second button press again brought a bit of vapor but no clear air path. But then
I watched in horror as it pumped a big fat drop of oil out the other port. Modest horror, but scary as I watched it happen and was helpless. It did it all on it's own, a few seconds after the third one second power pulse. It seems apparent to me that the flue was plugged above the heater and there was only one way out for the collected liquid when the pressure started to build in the vaporizing chamber, pumping the oil out the ports!
Having it drain down slowly over night is one thing, but watching it flow out the ports in front of your lying eyes is worse IMO.
Not having it surging last night was nice, but hopefully this leaking bit will end and end quickly. This pumping it out as you watch is not an improvement most will welcome IMO.
My plan for the future now includes refills at the .30 left point to control the surging for now. If that experience (running low) is what's led to leaking we're in big trouble as guys are going to run it down all the time. A simple refill has to fix all ills there IMO.
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not yet with PG. The oil I'm using is similar in viscosity (it will flow down to the bottom of the jar overnight on it's own), but it's still thicker and a CO2 oil (I'm told), darker and more complex than PG.....cheaper too.
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