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Egzoset

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Salutations,

Here's my 2012 series of semi-DiY experiments based on ultrasonic hudimifiers, actually built around a "Mist Maker" module. Overall it confirmed the potential benefit of cannabic vapour conditioning that includes just a tiny ajustable amount of moisturized air, solving the anoyance of coughs as a bonus. Its effectiveness felt so convincing i decided to switch to VaporGenie's pipe being well aware of clean-burning butane self-generating steam besides carbonic gas.

Independant Duplication always been a key feature in all my challenges so i chose to rely on easy/convenient hacking of pre-existing commercially available devices, in the present case some relatively affordable appliance producing cold fog through ultrasonic water cavitation. Lucky me i found one product where the round top opening diameter matched that of a soft drink bottle at 105 mm (dia.) while also equiped with a handle inside which could double as a mounting hook:

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That particular purchase didn't only prove justified, while it was in stock nearby i also managed to get food-safe (aquarium) PVC tubing to start building a mixer cavity as shown below:

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The black refurbished joint plugs came from a few previous nebulizer experiments, the rest are vaporizer accessories:

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Notice how sections of smaller PVC tubing caused repeated turbulence before the fumet was inhaled, though the critical part is that sliding section located at the bottom of a "U" shaped tube punctured with a tiny hole, so to form an ajustable mixer injection site:

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That's certainly the most clever part considering that fog condensation happened to cause formation of a droplet inside my cannabic path and it got large enough to seal the injection hole between inhalations by virtue of surface tension + gravity, yet also allowing an aproximately-dosed amount of moisturized air to enhance each puff.

Such conditioning effect cured my frequent coughs, it was devine!

This is a view of my « FogBong! » contraption held in place by a convenient combination of mounting handle and simple copper wire:

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Notice how those choices supported direct/indirect and bag strategies:

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#1/#2 accomodated an optional 2-speeds air pump. #3/#4 was used to fill a bag, or #3/#5 for direct inhalation via an anti-return water valve (rudimentary bubbler)... #6/#7 or #4/#7 determined if my bag would be involved or not. Finally, #8 delivered the ajustable mix so i could evaluate how much is too much.

Years later my customized VaporGenie pipe would fit inside a 11 cm (Large) x 9 cm (Wide) x 4 cm (Deep) leather pouch with all of its necessary accessories, this didn't but it sure was a treat in my venerable veranda flooded by sunlight and/or moonlight in Shawinigan:

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As a side-note, the anti-return vase plugged into that vaporizer's air inlet prevented/delayed the moist cannabic path to send moisture back into its oven, which would have cooled it down dramatically... No need for this much precaution when using only a disposable bag combined to some Mist Maker module in a bottle:

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Ah, and the bubbling sounds + Mist Maker light-show really added to the experience at night:

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In pure honesty those were days i dearly cherished! 🥹

Anyway, this is what's been involved, concatenated in my conceptual schematic symbol below:

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The basics are still there to serve as a reminder if one ever wants to try.

Good day, have fun!! ☮️
 
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My previous nebulizer-based experiments allowed exploration of multiple scenarios but i still wanted something even more convincing which could combine the enhanced safety of sterilization by steam with a fumet temperature ranging from ice-cold to hotter-than-warm, so this was the alternative:
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It's nothing else but a boiler using my IH Cooker, feeding a glass accessory from below its water surface so to eliminate direct contact with burning-hot steam.

That steam lost energy on its way there, we can notice condensation droplets accumulating before it even reached liquid water:
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My cannabic fumet (marked THC) arrived from the right side PVC tube, delicate aroma/taste hints were preserved because those didn't make contact with this liquid water at all: the noble vapour only filled my upper cavity where water vapour (H2O) was added on-demand (when pressures were at equilibrium), temperature of the liquid water determined comfort of the desired mix to test:
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The blue arrow indicates liquid water surface, the red one shows where the injection plunger tip added steam to that liquid water. Notice the THC tubing which ends far above (in mid-air)...

Now here's an alternative view of my setup:
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In the end my conclusion was clear, temperature wasn't the main parameter i had to control, it was moisture and this crucial detail confirmed my determination in customizing the VaporGenie pipe until i was entirely satisfied, because it's featured with portable self-moisturization resulting from clean-burning butane exactly.

Good day, have fun!! ☮️
 
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