I can't get any of my genesis type atty's vaping nicely :( any advice ?

[Vaping Bad]

Hi my first post here

A couple of general tips for coiling genis:

Your coil should not be so tight that you can't move the wick inside it, it should not move easily and stay put when knocked (this is why the drill bit method works)

The drill bit method is probably the easiest to start with

You can twist your wick a little to remove a spark or short (these give the real metal flavour like hot legs but worse)

You don't need to burn your mesh three times

If the wick is more than 1.5 mm from either connection try using stainless steel washers to bridge the gap, or on the top (positive connection) you can wrap some of the excess resistance wire around the leg to soak up excess heat.

Stainless steal rope wicks better than mesh in my experience, but over 2.5 mm diameter takes too long to heat up.

Reduced chambers give warmer vape & more flavour

More air flow gives more vapor

If you go sub-ohm make sure you understand battery safety. Most importantly know the continuous discharge rate of your battery and never use an atty with a resistance lower than that divided by 4.2 (for good performance double that figure) and always measure the resistance of the atty for this don't trust to calculation. Never let your battery discharge below 3 V.

 

[Vaping Bad]

For the Kraken I have it running nicely with Sony 30 A battery on a mech at 0.7 ohm as follows:

dual 2.5 mm 7x7 ss rope wicks lightly torched, sits a mm or two above the bottom of the tank and as high as the top of the centre post

500 ss mesh (25 micron) cut 2 x 8mm x 1.2 -1.5 mm bits and torch once each side, wrap around the top 7-8 mm of the wicks, twist between your fingers to get nice and tight (if it loosens twist the other way)

I used a 2.5 mm screwdriver (2.6 - 2.7 would be better) to form the coils off the atty, these were 5 turns of 0.5 x 0.01 ribbon kanthal

(if not using ribbon do this on the atty, connect the coils, remove the drill bot/screw driver and test the resistance as later a drop in that will show you have a short, gently slip the wicks into the coils and test the resistance again if it has dropped more than 10 % find the short before you pulse. skip nest 4 steps)

then carfully loosened the coils a fraction and wiggled/pushed them onto the wicks (ss mesh already on the rope)

then put the wicks in the Kraken, tighten the negative first keeping the connection as close to the wick as possible

gently twist the wick to get the coils snug (not too tight) and connect to the positive

repeat for the other wick, both wicks should be firmly in place but you should be able to twist them

(when pulsing keep dripping a very little e-liquid on the insulator for the centre post to stop it melting and if the whole atty gets too hot take a break for it to cool down)
pulse with a low battery, first eliminate any bright orange spark like spots (wire is too tight and shorting) , then pulse until you get an even glow. If any bit of the coil is more orange is is a bit loose move that loop ant the ones above and below a little until you get an even glow if twisting doesn't work.

wet the wicks and fire for at least 10 seconds to check for hot spots/legs before filling.

fill tank and enjoy a lovely vape, if you are getting a metallic taste you have a hot leg or hot sport (or a clone with cheap screws or washers that you should change for stainless steel ones)

when the coil gets gunked up, empty the e-liquid and clean with a house hold steam cleaner if you have one or dry burn (don't let the insulator melt) and blow off the ash

If you want to try ss rope & micro-coils see vaping monkeys video on youtube I can't seem to post a link its title is "The Kraken and full Genesis tutorial with Vapelyfe"

 

[Vaping Bad]

Correction to last post (I just burnt out one coil dry burning and decided to re do):

the rope is 2.0 mm (not 2.5) 7x7 and used 6 turns of 0.5 x 0.01 ribbon (dual coil) = 0.71 ohm

I must have used 0.4 the last time, this is a relay good vape, better than the same wicks with 28 g (3.2 mm) micro coils it hits harder and is a denser vape.

 

[Gaz1983]

Take mess out and wrap some cotton round it

 

[Vaping Bad]

If you use cotton you can't dry burn and your coils will only last days instead of weeks, better to sleeve ss rope with ekowool it's too much faf for me and doesn't last nearly as long as ss mesh & rope although much longer than cotton on the mesh.

 

[Gaz1983]

Depends on how much you use . I use very little and really helps rewicking and it lasts me 2weeks easy . Ss rope is very good tho .