Closing off the airholes in the SXT EVL Alien

[omroth]

When I artificially use bluetack to almost close off the external air holes on the SXT EVL Alien I get close to the airflow I'm looking for. But bluetack isn't ideal for multiple reasons.

Anyone got any ideas? The result doesn't need to be adjustable.

 

[Deleted member 54254]

Buy the 0.8mm airpin.

 

[omroth]

I have it, and I have it installed - it's too airy unless I physically blockoff the external air intakes.

 

[Rob]

My age old "Go To" for doing this has always been to make a rolled piece of Mesh up to decrease airflow under coils. I mean REAL Mesh, bot the silly new fangled mesh used for Coils, I find a sheet of 200 gauge Mesh from @stealthvape does the job superbly. One sheet will last you a lifetime for this sort of application. The beauty of doing restrictions this way is that you can tailor it to whatever you desire and adjusting is ever so simple.

 

[zouzounaki]

aye i think that air gets in somewhere other than the air hole. i really like this attie, but the 1mm reducer is a lot looser than 1mm airflow should be. are we all using the sxk one?

 

[Rob]

Nope

 

[zouzounaki]

@Rob how is your og one then, does the airflow feel looser than you would expect? i think maybe you like more airflow than some of us, if so it might not be so apparent.

 

[Rob]

Mine's fine for my tastes, but we're all different thank Gawd

 

[Deleted member 54254]

It the top of the chimney tight? If not you can see some weeping in the device round where the tank meets the base.

 

[ChipMcvay]

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