stupid question.

[IrishUpstart]

How the hell does ss mesh wick?? I mean...I get cotton and silica and wool.... but I can't wrap my head around ss mesh. What sorcery is at work there??

 

[mrcoolbp]

Same deal actually. It's called capillary action: Capillary action - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[dhughey]

I don't really know how to answer this, but just know that it does. And it does it well. The genesis rbas are entirely dependent on your ability to roll a wick and build a coil. I honestly believe that an rsst is just as good as an ac9. You just have to know how to build it. If you roll it right, it will wick. Something about capillaries and holes and 400 and 500 and whatnot and this and that is all i know. I don't get technical, i roll it, it works, the end. If you have any questions on how to roll it up PM me and I'll be glad to help, but on the actual mechanics that make the juice suck into the wick, I don't know, maybe there is a physics major out there that can help.

 

[IrishUpstart]

Fascinating! I thought for sure gnomes or warlocks were involved.

 

[IrishUpstart]

@dh.

I appreciate the offer to help. I'm just about to get into (re)building, but am going to start with RDAs first. I don't believe I will be using mesh until I graduate to RBAs, but I will surely give a holla when I do. Thank you.

 

[dhughey]

Of course, any help you need rba or rda you just post it and i guarantee you will get help.. none of us learned on our own. I'm just trying to pay it forward.

 

[Aoi~]

You can even build the RDA with SS mesh for practice. If you can get the hotspots out of SS mesh in an RDA, you can build it in a tank easy.

 

[REOfanatic]

ss mesh is a godsend from the big man up stairs if it wasnt for capilary action sponges would not exsist its not really a matter of absorbency but rather being able to manipulate a liquid or semi liquid's direction of flow or movement. so when you put a rock in a glass of water the water sits higher up because the rock consumes space right? well with a genny style ss wick the liquid is moved to the wick inside all the tiny crevices and cracks then when you tilt it like a pro the liquid goes through an insane rollercoaster of tunnels of ss and then the coil wrapped around the mesh heats up that liquid

solid doomtree avatar btw