I wrote up some tips for beginner genesis users. It's mostly stream-of-consciousness so it may not be the most organized thing I've ever written. Anyway, I wrote it without the intention of making a thread, just to help a friend, but I thought I'd share it here on ECF. I figured that if it could help at least one other person, that would be amazing.
Advice for setting up a genny:
1.) They aren't great for volume vaping. not that you can't get a nice amount of vapor from them, but it's good to keep flavor in mind over vapor. This means keeping your hands immaculately clean when touching/rolling mesh and going for higher resistances than you're used to with most cotton atties, especially RDA's. Also, a spaced coil with 3 or 4 wraps of thinner wire almost always works better than a microcoil with more wraps of thicker wire.
2.) Know how tight the wire needs to be around the wick. keep the wire nice and tight at the top and bottom of the wick (though not so tight it looks like you wrapped a bunch of rubber bands around a fat guys stomach lol) but wrap just <i>slightly<i/> looser in the middle. Not loose enough that there is space between the wire and the wick but just enough that it is a little easier to move that section of wire up or down with your screwdriver when you are getting the hot spots out. This sort of trains the wire to naturally want to heat up in the middle of the wick, rather than the top and/or bottom of it. This is especially helpful when using ni200. Note that this is only really possible to do when wrapping directly around a wick, rather than around a rod like I discuss next.
3.) Learn little tricks to get the hot spots out. You can wrap the wire around a rod and install it like that, then pulse it without the rod or wick inside the coil, then thread the wick through. Only minimal pulsing should be required after inserting the wick. Just make sure it's tight enough in the coil that there is contact between all the parts of the coil and the wick, but not super tight. It is possible to choke the wick. Try to keep the leads as short as possible, or if you end up with a longer lead than you would like, try to form it so as much of it is touching the wick as you can manage. If you are getting a persistent hot spot, remember you don't always need to move the bit of wire much at all. Sometimes moving it out of place and back is enough. Lastly, even when you think all the hot spots are taken care of, put some juice on the wick and fire it until the juice is gone and the coil starts to glow. It should glow from the inside out even then. Hot spots at the top or bottom can become apparent even when they weren't visible while you were dry firing the coil. You need to figure out how the hot spots behave when juice is entered into the equation, as that is how it will be when you are vaping it.
Hope this helped someone. If anyone has any more advice or questions, I would love to hear them. Enjoy!
Advice for setting up a genny:
1.) They aren't great for volume vaping. not that you can't get a nice amount of vapor from them, but it's good to keep flavor in mind over vapor. This means keeping your hands immaculately clean when touching/rolling mesh and going for higher resistances than you're used to with most cotton atties, especially RDA's. Also, a spaced coil with 3 or 4 wraps of thinner wire almost always works better than a microcoil with more wraps of thicker wire.
2.) Know how tight the wire needs to be around the wick. keep the wire nice and tight at the top and bottom of the wick (though not so tight it looks like you wrapped a bunch of rubber bands around a fat guys stomach lol) but wrap just <i>slightly<i/> looser in the middle. Not loose enough that there is space between the wire and the wick but just enough that it is a little easier to move that section of wire up or down with your screwdriver when you are getting the hot spots out. This sort of trains the wire to naturally want to heat up in the middle of the wick, rather than the top and/or bottom of it. This is especially helpful when using ni200. Note that this is only really possible to do when wrapping directly around a wick, rather than around a rod like I discuss next.
3.) Learn little tricks to get the hot spots out. You can wrap the wire around a rod and install it like that, then pulse it without the rod or wick inside the coil, then thread the wick through. Only minimal pulsing should be required after inserting the wick. Just make sure it's tight enough in the coil that there is contact between all the parts of the coil and the wick, but not super tight. It is possible to choke the wick. Try to keep the leads as short as possible, or if you end up with a longer lead than you would like, try to form it so as much of it is touching the wick as you can manage. If you are getting a persistent hot spot, remember you don't always need to move the bit of wire much at all. Sometimes moving it out of place and back is enough. Lastly, even when you think all the hot spots are taken care of, put some juice on the wick and fire it until the juice is gone and the coil starts to glow. It should glow from the inside out even then. Hot spots at the top or bottom can become apparent even when they weren't visible while you were dry firing the coil. You need to figure out how the hot spots behave when juice is entered into the equation, as that is how it will be when you are vaping it.
Hope this helped someone. If anyone has any more advice or questions, I would love to hear them. Enjoy!
