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petemoss said:
Yes, the Kayfun v5 airflow is on the tight side and the v5 Mini is similar. For me, the airflow is just right for MTL and even usable for DTL vaping at the most open settting. The v3 Mini is the tightest airflow with no means of adjusting, so strictly MTL. I find the v5 airflow comparable to my Merlin with the restricted airflow screw installed.
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I posted this in the other forum also:
I have done my 3rd and final try at fixing my seepy merlin. If this don't work my merlins are ending up being shelved. I can't be bothered with a leaky atty.
It was splitting the base apart and seeing exactly how its seeping and the entire seeping issue is "pressfit", if its not machined perfectly neither oring'd its going to leak. My other attempts ended up as failures, eventually seeped overnight.
The knurled juice ring has a groove on the bottom that looks like it needs a oring, groove too deep and wide for the orings supplied. I bought a stash of orings from the auto store eons ago and they are much thicker than atty orings. I sized one up that was taller than the groove height but not big enough to sit in the groove without popping out so I put it on the post part of the assembly and pushed the JFC down and felt it force the oring into the groove and I can feel it grabbing as I'm turning the JFC.
Put the base on a socket then with another longer socket on top I tapped my merlin back together, both the AFC and JFC spin a lot less freely as before but spin nicely.
Built a .5ohm 24 gauge spaced rayon coil and wicked it like in post 3130 .Longer tails, having no wick showing inside the juice wells, having some of the rayon outside the juice well in the other open area to gather excess juice and having the JFC only open a smidgen, like I can't even get a pin into the opening. Its vaped great all day. I have never closed the AFC nor JFC while filling but now with the added oring the JFC doesn't drift as I'm opening the top to refill.
This was yesterday morning and this morning not a ioda of seepage so maybe this is the ticket but see if it holds in time.
For what its worth I didn't like the dark glass, made it hard to see the juice holes. In my researching I read that someone scratched the black off the glass with a knife blade, so took a Olfa knife blade under running water and removed all the black and now I have a clear glass insert so I don't have to order clear glass now.
I have to do the other merlin but today is a full day for me (friends wedding) and prolly not get to it till my hangover settles sometime tomorrow.
I really, really, really hope this works cause these merlins are a super great atty and a shame to have to put them on the shelf for leaking.
 
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Hope this works for you Alter. I have 2 Merlins - one is perfect, no leaking, seeping...solid. The other (black) seeps like what most people are complaining about.
 
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Alter said:
I posted this in the other forum also:
I have done my 3rd and final try at fixing my seepy merlin. If this don't work my merlins are ending up being shelved. I can't be bothered with a leaky atty.
It was splitting the base apart and seeing exactly how its seeping and the entire seeping issue is "pressfit", if its not machined perfectly neither oring'd its going to leak. My other attempts ended up as failures, eventually seeped overnight.
The knurled juice ring has a groove on the bottom that looks like it needs a oring, groove too deep and wide for the orings supplied. I bought a stash of orings from the auto store eons ago and they are much thicker than atty orings. I sized one up that was taller than the groove height but not big enough to sit in the groove without popping out so I put it on the post part of the assembly and pushed the JFC down and felt it force the oring into the groove and I can feel it grabbing as I'm turning the JFC.
Put the base on a socket then with another longer socket on top I tapped my merlin back together, both the AFC and JFC spin a lot less freely as before but spin nicely.
Built a .5ohm 24 gauge spaced rayon coil and wicked it like in post 3130 .Longer tails, having no wick showing inside the juice wells, having some of the rayon outside the juice well in the other open area to gather excess juice and having the JFC only open a smidgen, like I can't even get a pin into the opening. Its vaped great all day. I have never closed the AFC nor JFC while filling but now with the added oring the JFC doesn't drift as I'm opening the top to refill.
This was yesterday morning and this morning not a ioda of seepage so maybe this is the ticket but see if it holds in time.
For what its worth I didn't like the dark glass, made it hard to see the juice holes. In my researching I read that someone scratched the black off the glass with a knife blade, so took a Olfa knife blade under running water and removed all the black and now I have a clear glass insert so I don't have to order clear glass now.
I have to do the other merlin but today is a full day for me (friends wedding) and prolly not get to it till my hangover settles sometime tomorrow.
I really, really, really hope this works cause these merlins are a super great atty and a shame to have to put them on the shelf for leaking.
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Keep us updated I would like to fix my 2 black ones that seep.
 
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The number on the base of my Merlin reads 0092….I'd like to know if this was one of the earliest batches that had QC problems as Im getting some seepage….strangely enough I got mine from efun just a couple of months back, after the V2 had been released….and yet mine is a V1 with the round juice holes.
 
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Cumulo Vapus said:
The number on the base of my Merlin reads 0092….I'd like to know if this was one of the earliest batches that had QC problems as Im getting some seepage….strangely enough I got mine from efun just a couple of months back, after the V2 had been released….and yet mine is a V1 with the round juice holes.
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I think it might be from the earlier batches. I just received a v2 from efuntop 2 weeks ago & it is the v2 with the elongated juice holes.
 
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Cumulo Vapus said:
The number on the base of my Merlin reads 0092….I'd like to know if this was one of the earliest batches that had QC problems as Im getting some seepage….strangely enough I got mine from efun just a couple of months back, after the V2 had been released….and yet mine is a V1 with the round juice holes.
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I ordered a SS and a black Merlin from efun 7 weeks ago and they were both V2s. The SS one leaks more than both of my V1s, but the black one has been mostly solid (only a little seepage at the base after a few days). I do not think they fixed the seeping problem at all with the new version. They are still very hit or miss.
 
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I ordered a SS and a black Merlin from efun 7 weeks ago and they were both V2s. The SS one leaks more than both of my V1s, but the black one has been mostly solid (only a little seepage at the base after a few days). I do not think they fixed the seeping problem at all with the new version. They are still very hit or miss.
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Oh no :( that's sad. I thought with the v2 they were fixed. Haven't used my SS Merlin I mentioned above, brought it for backup.
 
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The seepage Im getting isn't even a third as messy as some of the pics Ive seen in this thread….i am using a very simple 2.5 ID 30G kanthal spaced coil that reads around 1.9 ohms on 9 watts or so….I use a wad of KGD about 5mm in width, and strip the top and bottom layers before feeding it through the coil.

The wicks are trimmed to the edge where the black o-ring is….then lifted and lightly tucked all the way down i the cups….I can see them fully through the juice holes but I pat them away from the hole so there's no blockage. I also keep cotton from touching any other part of the deck or from getting near the air hole….I am using the air hole screw for mtl. I close JFC when filling or storing upside down overnight. Airflow is fully shut at all times.

I guess my options are:

1. To experiment with wicking and to keep the JFC only slightly open.

2. Try a micro coil…Ive seen my spaced coils drop a bit of juice on the air hole when I pull out the used cotton for rewicking….I don't know if they do the same when heated up….although Ive seen micro droplets flying off the coil when I test fire it with saturated cotton.

3. To disassemble the deck and muck around inside….which is risky for me since Im not very good with complex maneuvers involving machine tools.

I guess my logic is that a slightly seeping merlin is better than one that is irretrievably broken by my own hands :)

What's concerning is that due to my OCD on this, I keep unscrewing the tank off the mod every 20 minutes or so….and wiping the droplets off.
Very distracting…..and it does increase the risk of dropping from my hands one day.

A shame….since the flavour on this tank beats all my kayfuns hands down.
 
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alexm said:

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ID CS     OD    Placement[/B]
5   1      7    End of Chimney Tube
8   1     10    Fill Ports
12  1     14    ?
14  1     16    Between Base and Chamber (bag)
15  1     17    Between Base and Chamber (on Merlin)
20  1.2 22.4    Top cap and Glass (3 required)

15  1     17    JFC Ring inside base
18  1.2 20.4    Between AFC / JFC inside base
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I want to replace all o-rings on my Merlin that I can physically see on mine (a V1 or 1.5).

Moving from the top down, I see just six…

1. Small o-ring where top cap meets chimney: 8X1 (1pc)
2. O-rings that seal top cap threads, and the two o-rings that hold the glass together: 20X1.2 (3 pcs)
3. Small o-ring that connects chimney to bell chamber: 5X1 (1pc)
4. O-ring where base screws into the fully assembled top section: 15X1 (1pc)

Just wondering if I am missing any.
 
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How versatile is the Merlin RTA? You can literally put anything in it. Hence the following coil for shits and giggles.

Spherical coil made with fused clapton (24g SS316L cores & 30g SS316L wrap). 0.44 ohms and yes she vapes.

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Cumulo Vapus said:
The seepage Im getting isn't even a third as messy as some of the pics Ive seen in this thread….i am using a very simple 2.5 ID 30G kanthal spaced coil that reads around 1.9 ohms on 9 watts or so….I use a wad of KGD about 5mm in width, and strip the top and bottom layers before feeding it through the coil.

The wicks are trimmed to the edge where the black o-ring is….then lifted and lightly tucked all the way down i the cups….I can see them fully through the juice holes but I pat them away from the hole so there's no blockage. I also keep cotton from touching any other part of the deck or from getting near the air hole….I am using the air hole screw for mtl. I close JFC when filling or storing upside down overnight. Airflow is fully shut at all times.

I guess my options are:

1. To experiment with wicking and to keep the JFC only slightly open.

2. Try a micro coil…Ive seen my spaced coils drop a bit of juice on the air hole when I pull out the used cotton for rewicking….I don't know if they do the same when heated up….although Ive seen micro droplets flying off the coil when I test fire it with saturated cotton.

3. To disassemble the deck and muck around inside….which is risky for me since Im not very good with complex maneuvers involving machine tools.

I guess my logic is that a slightly seeping merlin is better than one that is irretrievably broken by my own hands :)

What's concerning is that due to my OCD on this, I keep unscrewing the tank off the mod every 20 minutes or so….and wiping the droplets off.
Very distracting…..and it does increase the risk of dropping from my hands one day.

A shame….since the flavour on this tank beats all my kayfuns hands down.
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When I get a bit of seepage (rare, and I'm talking like 1/2 drop per tank) I do three things:

1. Use as much wick as possible being certain to fully fill the juice wells (not cram it in, but full).

2. Raise the coil so the top of the coil is as high as the top of the posts or just a bit higher.

3. Completely rinse and dry the base. Once there's a bit of juice in there it is going to seep for quite a while.

I usually run 3 - 3.5mm ID coils in my Merlins with juice anywhere from 70% - 20% PG.

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Just an FYI. Gearbest has the Merlin on sale for like $13.

http://m.gearbest.com/rebuildable-a...utm_medium=**********&utm_campaign=**********

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Hi everybody,
enthusiast newbie from Italia here seeking for a good advice,
I started vaping 2 weeks ago to check if I could like it with a Joyetech Ego Aio Pro C and since day one
I quitted with cigarettes as I have really enjoied vaping ... I'm still on Aio but willing to start to build and need advices.
I'm willing to get Merlin to be used in single coil build at start, but opened to eventually experiment dual coils and other setups.
To keep it nicely small and light for everyday use I'm oriented to get a Smok Quantum 80W TC Box Mod.
Do you think Smok Quantum could be a good choice in terms of power needs and battery life (using a Sony VT5A) to drive properly
the atomizer for all day use?
As the cart is still open, b4 to place the order, can you please also suggest a good wiring start to build the coils?
Any advice is highly appreciated, thanks in advance
 
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errevi said:
Hi everybody,
enthusiast newbie from Italia here seeking for a good advice,
I started vaping 2 weeks ago to check if I could like it with a Joyetech Ego Aio Pro C and since day one
I quitted with cigarettes as I have really enjoied vaping ... I'm still on Aio but willing to start to build and need advices.
I'm willing to get Merlin to be used in single coil build at start, but opened to eventually experiment dual coils and other setups.
To keep it nicely small and light for everyday use I'm oriented to get a Smok Quantum 80W TC Box Mod.
Do you think Smok Quantum could be a good choice in terms of power needs and battery life (using a Sony VT5A) to drive properly
the atomizer for all day use?
As the cart is still open, b4 to place the order, can you please also suggest a good wiring to build the coils?
Any advice is highly appreciated, thanks in advance
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The Smok Quantum would be fine for any single coil RTA. I wouldn't recommend a Merlin for your first RTA though. It's very easy to build on but it can be leaky and tricky to wick. A Kayfun would probably be a better first single coil RTA. The best wire is an individual thing but I'd start out with 26 gauge 316L stainless steel.

Always get a separate battery charger and at least one pair of batteries (and a battery case) even for a single battery mod. That way you can just swap out a fresh battery when it gets low and have one charging in a proper charger. Also, something like a Coil Master V4 is also highly recommended to help your coils come out beautiful right from day one.

I put in a few links to show you examples of what I am referring to, but you can find these or other similar ones at many shops.
 
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I would get 26, 28, 30 gauge Kanthal and try them all.

Currently using 30G Kanthal in the Merlin, Kayfuns and Hurricane and works beautifully in all.

5-6 spaced wraps with 2.5mm ID gets me in the 1.6-1.8 ohm range which is perfect for mtl.
 
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goyetus said:
I readed the 69 pages before sign in , so this is my first message in Vapingunderground....
Have anyone fixed the seep problem in merlin? Is getting me crazy......

Thanks for all.
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Welcome....:vino:

Better quality o-rings will help stop leaking (seeping) from most chinese atomizers. The o-rings they come with are garbage.
 
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goyetus said:
I readed the 69 pages before sign in , so this is my first message in Vapingunderground....
Have anyone fixed the seep problem in merlin? Is getting me crazy......

Thanks for all.
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I'm new to this thread (well, and also kinda new to the forum) but no way I could tackle 69 pages. I have 2 Merlins, both SS, one a v1.5 (round on chimney/oblong rectangular on base and a v2, and both have remained dry for me except for some rare condensation. I haven't done anything fancy with them, and I'm pretty new to RTAs from factory coils, so not like master builder or wicker. It's really too bad this tank is so hit or miss, because it is my daily reliable driver with great flavor, and a perfect restricted DL for me. I have talked to a few folks about wicking it, and for some that's worked out well, but it's clear there are here who haven't solved it through that.

My only advice is if you're new to the tank and getting leaking look carefully at your wicking (mine is down in the chamber and then pushed back from the juice hole itself) but if you've been trying to fix this for a while I guess it's a bust for you.
 
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I also just finished to read all 69 pages of this thread ... :D
I couldn't resist and ordered the Merlin instead of the Kayfun 5 right before the shipment, forgive me CorallineAlgae

Now the vape mail long waiting begins .... I will go insane for sure :xD:

please help me LOL
 
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Hey all. I'm sure it's somewhere in the thread, but what size are the grub screws? I've gone through the spares and the last 2 are getting pretty tired.
 
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Alter said:
The knurled juice ring has a groove on the bottom that looks like it needs a oring, groove too deep and wide for the orings supplied. I bought a stash of orings from the auto store eons ago and they are much thicker than atty orings. I sized one up that was taller than the groove height but not big enough to sit in the groove without popping out so I put it on the post part of the assembly and pushed the JFC down and felt it force the oring into the groove and I can feel it grabbing as I'm turning the JFC.
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Hey Alter, I just took mine apart and added an additional o-ring on the shaft of the deck piece that slots into the knurled ring….it held well. And Im getting the far better tension on the afc and jfc while turning them.

Has yours leaked since you tried this fix? I cant use mine since Im waiting on a replacement 510 screw that got stripped.

Also, how do I know if I have achieved a really tight press fit when putting it together?

Right now my inner juice flow hole sits slightly higher than the outer juice hole by a couple of mm…..does this mean I have to tap it down some more?

Anyone?
 
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I have the merlin sitting ontop a mech with a solid pin(KTS+) so there is a space between the atty and mech, there is very little too no seep. I put the merlin onto a atty stand or a hitter that has a floating pin so it sits flush and it seeps....I dunno why. It holds vacuum quite well since it can sit for days and still get a large air bubble burp out the juice hole when I open the top up, that could be part of the seeping but not sure about that either. I did put a larger oring along with a thin oring inside the AFC groove, removed the stock ring altogether and it seems to be working, my JFC holes don't line up and now the JFC doesnt drift anymore when I open up the top, scratching the black shit off the glass helps tons so I can see. The AFC doesn't move as easily either.
I haven't taken it apart yet since I put it back together, the coil is still workin good but I am going to re-tap it back together once I do take it apart to rebuild the coil. I do have to be somewhat conservative with my merlin builds since my merlin is going to be sitting on a mech most of its life, its too bad since nice low ohm claptons are great vapin in the merlin.
 
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Ok time to share some thoughts after spending my first week with my Merlin.

I received the black one and first impressions are it's stunning to look at. It truly resembles a much more expensive RTA. The threading and tightness of gaps seems to be of high quality as well.

First build is a .18 3mm id SS316L staggered fused clapton. I went to install the coil and ran into my first problem,. The top right post hold was sent with a stripped screw installed and I have no way to remove it so there goes the benefit of the velocity deck and using a right handed wrap single coil. I contacted subtank supply and offered pics but they just immediately sent out a replacement deck without requiring more info. The customer service was top notch.

I installed the coil using the two bottom post holes. Less than ideal as I strongly prefer the velocity deck but then again not too long ago that's the way we always did it. I used a normal amount of cotton and cut it to length so that it's just long enough to cover the juice flow channels. Then I lifted the cotton just above the juice flow channels but still inserted in the hole.

The vape is great. Plenty of airflow for me with the restrictor plug removed. I even closed the airflow just a touch. So far the flavor for me is 7.5/10 but I think that can get better with more tweaking of builds and wicking. Overall a great value with some QC issues.

Seeping was a real concern of mine after reading all the posts in this forum. 4 solid days and not a single drop seeped from it when I was using it with temp control. I put it on a different mod and the wattage was set much higher than my normal wattage in the 40's. I lowered the wattage as soon as I realized it continued vaping but I noticed seeping for the first time several hours later. I rewicked it Saturday morning figuring maybe the wicking went bad and it worked well all weekend using both TC and wattage modes. This morning when I left my house temps were in the 30's and the temp control went crazy on me (must be an unstable build). I had to turn the temp down 120 degrees to get a similar vape as I'm used to. Well again this high wattage and temps caused it to seep on me almost instantly so there has to be some relationship to high watts/high temp and seepage. I pulled over and took the tank off to clean and inspect it and what I'm seeing is that it's seeping where the bottom side of the tank meets the base. It's not the out of the AFC and close to the 510 pin was completely dry as well. Not sure if that helps anyone but I was lucky enough to see it happening as it was. Hopefully the replacement base fixes that issue for me.
 
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I'm a low wattage SS TC vaper. I usually set my watts around 25-28 in TC and most of my Merlins still seep juice. I have one that barely seeps at all, one that seeps a little bit more, and two that seep pretty badly. Both of the better ones are black (1 v1 & 1 v2) and both of the worse ones are stainless (no idea if that is a coincidence or not). They all worked fine for a while before they started to seep.

I still vape on them every day as my main tanks. They're so easy to build on and the airflow and flavor is better than anything else I have. I LOVE vaping on my Merlins, but it isn't worth ruining a good mod if you get a bad one. If they come out with a version that doesn't seep juice I'd be in vape heaven.
 
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Rickwhoo said:
I think that most of the leaking issues might be caused by the position of your wick??? I find 0 leaking with the wick tucked all the way in the cups and against the feed holes. Just don't pack it tight in there.
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I thought that as well before I owned one. If it were a wick issue then it would be coming out of the airflow but I am certain that mine is not coming from the airflow. It's definitely coming from the space between the bottom of the tank and the sides of the tank. Very easy to see on the black one where the silver meets the black. From the writing inward it remains dry and the side of the tank remains dry but the edge of the bottom gets wet.

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pghman said:
I thought that as well before I owned one. If it were a wick issue then it would be coming out of the airflow but I am certain that mine is not coming from the airflow. It's definitely coming from the space between the bottom of the tank and the sides of the tank. Very easy to see on the black one where the silver meets the black. From the writing inward it remains dry and the side of the tank remains dry but the edge of the bottom gets wet.

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Bingo! That's where 99% of Merlin's users seeping comes from. I keep on hoping it's a wicking issue as I use rayon & have to trim off density from the wick tails. But every time I rewick for a few days I get 0 leaking and think I nailed the wicking this time but alas no, in the following days it will seep again from the exact spot you described. I will try again as I have 3 that seep. One doesn't & it's a black I got in a trade. All three have replacement bases sent from subtanksupply from a few months ago. I don't want to give up as it's a great vape. I even tried tapping the base with the sockets to protect the base that was posted here a while back.
 
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pghman said:
I thought that as well before I owned one. If it were a wick issue then it would be coming out of the airflow but I am certain that mine is not coming from the airflow. It's definitely coming from the space between the bottom of the tank and the sides of the tank. Very easy to see on the black one where the silver meets the black. From the writing inward it remains dry and the side of the tank remains dry but the edge of the bottom gets wet.

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Yeah it's not the wicking. It's the luck of the draw. Some bases seep, some don't. It's a shame to because the rest of the machining on tank is great but they skimped on the bases. I'm no machinist but something is fucked with the press fit on the bases.

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How is everyone wicking theirs? Are you covering the liquid feed holes 100%? Are the wicks filling the cups? I remember seeing videos where it was showing you to not cover the holes. I tried that way and it always leaked. When I filled the cups and had the wick cover the feed holes 100% I had no more seeping or leaks at all. I'm now using Ekowool in both of mine and it's working great too.
 
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It's the design of the base and JFC that causes the seeping Rick and absolutely nothing to do with wicking. You still using 100% PG? You would have to fill the cups and cover the juice holes for that thin of a juice. Do that with a 70/30 VG/PG and it wont keep up, I don't have any with the square hole in the bell so I can't comment on those.

The Merlin base has exactly the same design as the Crius Plus regarding AFC & JFC. My Crius Plus was great for a month but has since started seeping a very minor amount on occasion the same way the Merlin's do. It's the press fit design, really hard to make something leak free when you have moveable parts and just an o-ring for sealing.
 
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People are confusing leaking with seeping. If the merlin leaks liquid through the air port then its leaking and its either the wicking or the little oring is missing from the top cap. Seeping is through the space between the bottom of the tank and the sides of the tank that leave a juice ring, enough to wet all around the edge of the door of my IPV2 but the 510 has no juice on it, my merlins seeped. You can see how much it seeps by putting the atty on a stand with a paper towel overnight. Wicking isn't the problem with the merlin seeping issue, I've wicked mine several different ways and it still seeped. The only atty I have that I can't make work without leaking is my dual coil RBA for the TFV4, that RBA is a finicky nasty monster.
 
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Alter said:
People are confusing leaking with seeping. If the merlin leaks liquid through the air port then its leaking and its either the wicking or the little oring is missing from the top cap. Seeping is through the space between the bottom of the tank and the sides of the tank that leave a juice ring, enough to wet all around the edge of the door of my IPV2 but the 510 has no juice on it, my merlins seeped. You can see how much it seeps by putting the atty on a stand with a paper towel overnight. Wicking isn't the problem with the merlin seeping issue, I've wicked mine several different ways and it still seeped. The only atty I have that I can't make work without leaking is my dual coil RBA for the TFV4, that RBA is a finicky nasty monster.
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This is correct^^^^^^. Its a shame to because it's my favorite single coil tank by far. The flavor and draw are really on point.

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