Drilled out the center pin to 2.4mm at center vent and 1.7mm at the side vents. Don't want to go for more than that. Smoothed all sharp edges around vents to stop whistling. The draw has opened up significantly, much much better than Kayfun.
Did a first build and am having shorting issues and irregular ohm readings. Must be contact with chamber or between center pin and base. Gonna grind a bit more gap around positive post. And make a smaller diameter coil.
Clones! As usual, you have to finish them yourself.
And, after tonight, also have one of the mini-Erlkonigin (w/3ml tank) clones on order.
Drilled out the center pin to 2.4mm at center vent and 1.7mm at the side vents. Don't want to go for more than that. Smoothed all sharp edges around vents to stop whistling. The draw has opened up significantly, much much better than Kayfun.
Clones! As usual, you have to finish them yourself.
IBTanked was pretty fast. The time between order and delivery was within a week.
I ordered mine Nov. 14 and it was delivered to Ohio on the 17th.
Got two Minis ordered for stealth rigs. So light and small. Bye bye Kayfun nano. The replacements don't fit quite as snugly.
I have plenty of spares at this point but even with the thicker one it cracked fairly easily. Or it does if you have one with a fairly tight fit over the o-ring and you give it an absent minded squeeze while pushing it on.
Got my new Erlkonigin clone built finally.
Used this tut for a guide:
erlkonigin tut by vapdivrr
Coil is a 6-wrap of twisted 33 Kanthal on a 1.8mm screwdiver for 1.7 ohms.
Wicked with cotton - only had to adjust the wicking once, now working fine.
(thin in the channel, with fluffed-up "shoulders" before the coil.
But, I pre-shaped the cotton with my fingers and then prodded it with a screwdriver, not cut with scissors as he did)
Tried on this.. worked nice, but didn't quite like the look.
Now we're talking. The dull grey metals and black parts both match nicely.
I like it a lot, sort of between the Aqua and the Fogger so far, but much easier to deal with. No leaking or anything else bad.
You sayin' between two dual-coil attys?!
I'm looking forward to doing one of those split wicks. Mine has been sorta between leaky and gushy.
Well, it's essentially a DC since I'm using twisted wire for it.
I have never had a KF or Taifun before, so other than Genny's I have no single-coil atties to compare it to.
TBH, the Orchid w/ the KF tank is the best thing I have right now...almost three days on one tank and just used two different bottles to refil it...didn't lose a drop. I think once I build this a bit more, it might be almost as good, but different. =)
Here's my Erlk setup:
Those pics show my first wicking try, which got some random yuck hits, so I used a bit more cotton and bigger/fluffier "shoulders" the second time. Doing well thus far.
Best part is I *can* rebuild the thing without draining the tank if I want, but I just stick a needle in there and drain it. That takes seconds anyways and no full tank waiting to fall over.
Perhaps just me, but I've noticed it's gotten less noisy with use?
After an initial bit of noise on the draw, it's almost silent about 2+ seconds in. Sounds like radio static a bit, but that's about it.
Infrequently mentioned is how light Erl is, which to me is a primary attraction, along with improved air flow over KF. I'll get on top of the leaking problem. My short wicks are the culprit, me thinks.
Oh, another attraction. There are a few drip tip adapter styles, but this one is particularly nice. Let's you use a really short tip for stealth. Gonna go even shorter by cutting this one down by about half.
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