Drilling scar question

[gammaxgoblin]

Are these valid reasons for filling out my scar rda;
1. Gets very very hot, almost untouchable.
2. Very tight draw. I could live with the draw but it's not my preference.

There is a $4 but set that goes 1mm, 1.2mm, 1.5mm or an$18 one that goes from 0 to 60 gauge. The gauged set will give more precision, but is it necessary?

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[vapo jam]

1. no, it will get hot anyways. if the vapor itself is too hot, this would be a reason to drill it out, as more airflow cools down the vapor.
2. yes, bigger hole means looser draw.

 

[gammaxgoblin]

It gets hot at 2 ohms, 1 ohms or .8 ohms, the vapor isn't that hot though.

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[vapo jam]

yeah, drilling out the airhole won't significantly cool the rda. the whole thing is pretty much made out of metal, and you're heating up a coil that touches some of the metal, and is sitting right in the middle of the rest. even if you use a pre-built dripper (like an hh357 or a joye atty), it gets really hot pretty quickly - this isn't really anything to worry about.

 

[State O' Flux]

What wire you using? Too small a wire can get pretty hot. What wick? Not enough wick thickness or absorption can cause too high a wire heat.

 

[Thrasher]

were talking an itty bitty cyclone copy with two wicks. i think any heavy hitting is gonna heat it up no matter what you do.

 

[State O' Flux]

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were talking an itty bitty cyclone copy with two wicks. i think any heavy hitting is gonna heat it up no matter what you do.

No kiddin'? How itty bitty? Never mind... I'll look it up. (which is what I should have done in the first place... but oh no!, I can't do that, that's too much freakin' trouble, I'd rather just ask a bunch of st00pid questions about coil size and.......... )

Woo yeah... that is a crowded little d00de ain't it. No wonder it gets a mite warm. ;-)

At least it ain't a Piculisci.

 

[gammaxgoblin]

I appreciate your guys responses and acknowledge my experience on these areas doesn't match yours......but....to make an analogy. Vehicle engine compartments are subject to much heat. This is why the front of the car is designed to allow airflow through it (in addition to air cooling the liquid cooling system). Restrict that airflow and excessive heat build-up will occur.....more air flowing into and out of the atomizer should decrease the heat build up...no?

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[Thrasher]

to use your analogy even with a radiator and the open grill the engine in the car is so close to the sides of the engine compartment the hood and fenders still get hot.

while i know multi coils is the thing now, trying to stuff 2 of them in a cyclone body is slightly overkill and I dont think smok gave much design thought past how well it will sell.

If i remember correctly the scar is a bottom air feed correct? and drilling holes in the side "May" throw off the airflow. for what its worth you can try it maybe it might get better. but my thinking is moving hot air faster in such a small space will just heat everything up quicker.

in the end if you screw it up you can always pick up a YK1 from fasttech (cyclone copy ) for 5 bucks and have a new topcap

 

[gammaxgoblin]

Yeah it's only ten bucks and I rapidly grow tired of dripping every session, so I'll be looking into a genesis style soon anyway

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[gammaxgoblin]

Well you guys were correct. I drilled it to 1/16 and it still gets just as hot lol. The draw is much smoother and it performs much better with it opened up a little. The atomizer punched through tremendously easy, must be pretty thin. The cap took a little longer but still very easy.
Thanks again for the feedback. Do all disk coil rdas get really hot? If not which ones are good for staying cool?

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[Thrasher]

just a fact of the size, the scar is a very tight small atomizer any of the bigger bodied attys are better at staying cooler/ the v5 (one hole) at fasttech is a nice one so is the IGO-W, the more room inside the longer it wil stay cool

 

[JOzOrko]

Well you guys were correct. I drilled it to 1/16 and it still gets just as hot lol. The draw is much smoother and it performs much better with it opened up a little. The atomizer punched through tremendously easy, must be pretty thin. The cap took a little longer but still very easy.
Thanks again for the feedback. Do all disk coil rdas get really hot? If not which ones are good for staying cool?

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So did you just drill the existing hole or did you add another air hole in the cap?

 

[gammaxgoblin]

Drilled the exiting air hole twice ending up at 7/64 . this gives me easy draw with not to much air.

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[JOzOrko]

Nice. I'll be trying that then. Thanks!

 

[misterD]

I love this lil thing after drilling the holes. I enlarged the size of every single hole on it (top-cap, body and 2 lil pins that the coil sits on top).
I figured that if I felt it was airy I could always move the cap around and it would result on a tighter draw.