I hear you Vaya. I was fortunate enough to be there when Raidy introduced the original Genesis to us all. Bless his soul!!
Haha wow, definitely the biggest impact ECF has, and will have, on my vaping life. What an incredible series of posts, those.... Have them all archived in case they were ever pruned for any horrible reason!!!
Trying to dig back in the canals of my mind... but didn't he obtain the original mesh from model train parts? I wonder what # mesh it was... I'm fairly certain he never specified. Not that we knew to inquire about such a thing back in those days... mesh was mesh was mesh
@GrowthCurve regarding 32 gauge kanthal genny builds....
32 was definitely like THE standard for earlier genesis builds. I remember using it... I think I still have a roll of it somewhere! I believe it has a resistance of 1.11ohms/inch. Therefore, I would typically never use more than a 4/3 wrap of 32g on my genesis builds, which would frequently yield something to the effect of 1.2-1.4ohms. My recollection on the exact resistance produced by this type of build is a little hazy... but you get the general idea.
The biggest issue with 32g and mechs was that you had to pulse the coil with the brief speed of a hummingbird's wings, at least at the outset, or else that coil was going to POP.
I like to think of any given wire as a highway, and the electricity running through it as the vehicle traffic. The thinner the road, the less traffic can pass through it at once without causing a traffic jam (and thus destruction of the coil). But 32g could really yield some incredible flavor, because it would restrict the temperature fluctuation on the wick and in the chamber moreso than the free range granted by thicker coils.
If you're interested in using 32g for the benefits I've described, but are having trouble with hot spots and popped coils, something I've found helpful is to use two strands of 32g and create a finely twisted coil using a drill to twist the strands of wire together. This creates a coil that is more similar to 29 or 30g in heat production...
....for the most part, though, I feel like I'm pretty done with 32g. My 100% sweet spot is 29g kanthal or 0.4mm SSV Ti wire, but the former is less common in the States and the latter is more expensive than I can afford right now, so I rock 28g or 30g builds. My absolute favorite right now is a dual parallel 30g 5/4 wrap on a Nextasis <3
Kathy Hoppe of Bedazzled is a great person and an awesome friend. I've told her so many times how grateful I am for her site... think how many people it has helped who have an older atomizer for which there is no remaining customer service to be found!