Not getting hot legs either? A lot of the builds I did fired up fine when dry and then when I filled the tank I would end up getting a hot top leg. I got sick of dealing with it, switched to cotton and micro coils to turn my genny into a dripper with a tank. Instead of dripping you just give it a tilt.
same thing happens with my AGT. i set it up fine, no hot legs, not hot spots, no shorts. then i juice it, vape it, and before long, im getting a gnarly short/dry taste. i know that i likely dont have enough mesh in there to keep up with my draws. but that doesnt explain why my coil shorts. or maybe it does, IDK. this is with 500 mesh. i used less then 6cm of mesh. i think next time i'll try to cram 60+mm of mesh in there for a solid wick. that oughta get me going. if not, im trying cotton, cotton + mesh, and ss rope + mesh. theres got to be a winner somewhere in those combos.
I am leaning more towards a wicking issue. I rebuilt the coil several times last night, and I know the third build had no shorts or hot legs, it was rock solid on 1.8 ohms, and I could do a 10 second vape with nothing turning red, it just burns everything. I am going to try rolling a new wick when the 325 gets here without the paperclip in it. If not I have seen a lot of guys to a ss mesh wick with the top wrapped in silica or cotton between the coil and the mesh, and was thinking of trying that. I hate to say, this my be my last genesis style if they are all this difficult to get working correctly. I by far prefer a bottom coil so I don't have to tilt. Anyways, will come back with updates as I rebuild with the new material.
all gennies are NOT this hard to build. in fact, this is one of the only gennies ive had this type of problem with. ive been having the same problems as you, while my DuD and CHobra have been fine. AGA-T2 was easy to set up too, relatively speaking.
im going to try insulating the coil with CVS brand rolled cotton. if that doesnt work, im going either all cotton, or ss rope like below:
I too have struggled mightily with AGT. Here's what I settled on: SS rope wick with a 500 mesh single-layer wrap at the top only; 3/4 wrap of 29g kanthal coming out to ~1.0 Ohm. No matter what I had tried in the past, the AGT could never seem wick as fast as I vape, thus yielding a burnt taste on every 2nd or 3rd hit. The above setup is better than any other so far, but I still need to tip the juice towards the wick hole to keep it going. I do leave the fill hole open and it never leaks, likely because my juices are just thick enough to hold their surface tension at the opening. The AGT is such a small unit that I'm not sure any wick can really keep up with my personal vaping style, however I did find that, for me, 0.8 -1.1 Ohms worked best -- which may seem counterintuitive given the whole wicking speed issure. However, I think perhaps a slower cooler cool (ie higher Ohms) causes gunk build up and wick-choking.
which size ss rope fits the AGT? i was thinking 1/16"..
also, you might be surprised at what *wont* come out of the fill hole. ive filled gennies up with water while cleaning and even water wont drip out of the fill hole when inverted (assuming thats the only hole left open).
