AGA T silica set up

[monty]

I have the AGA T+. I found the big chamber cooled things down too much but I've found a setup that overcomes this and works for me. It is still a work in progress so there is room for anyone to change it a bit and maybe improve. My starting point was Macafan's thread allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/14719/aga-silica-wick?page=1&scrollTo=288251

I reckoned I needed more Watts, I use silica for fruit eliquids and I prefer to vape them at low Watts. So the answer looked like dual wicks. I used the hole next to the negative post as the filler hole and the two holes on the other side for the wicks.

First I took a piece of 3mm silica folded in two. I made it long enough to leave a loop above where the coil would go.
I wrapped a small bit of mesh round the ends (that's a single piece of mesh round both ends) and inserted it in the hole which was slightly nearer the negative post. It went in very (surprisingly) easily with a push from a paperclip.

I used .25mm Kanthal and bent back and twisted one end - just enough so that the twisted part runs from the negative terminal to the wick. This is to lower the resistance for that part so that it doesn't get too hot ( you might try tripling it up and then twisting it or using no resistance wire)

The Kanthal then is attached to the negative post as normal and runs to the top of the wick. Well not quite the op as I left a loop so about level with the top of the centre post. I now coiled it down to the bottom using a pin as in the link above - as I have it now it's 4 turns in the coil.

Next I made a second wick and put it in the hole next to the first wick. I coiled this from bottom to top . And that's about it.

The juice I had in it is one I normally vape at about 6 or 6 1/2 Watts. I find it vapes best in this setup at around 9 or 10 Watts so
about 50% more power

I used 3mm silica because I only had 1mm and 3mm but the tight fit may restrict juice flow and 2mm might be best. The resistance is 4.2Ohms so 0.2mm Kanthal would give too high a resistance but thicker Kanthal would be fine, maybe better. Anyway it is not a difficult build. If you try a variation on this, post your findings.

ps the amount of wick going through the hole is proportional to the square of the diameter so if you try with 2mm perhaps best to make triple thick:-
3² = 9 doubled up is 18
2² = 4 trebled up is 12
This may wick better as the silica won't be squeezed so much going through the hole.

[Perpetua]

Popped your thread onto the Rebuildables Board Monty . . . so it doesn't get lost in the general chatter, hope you don't mind.