Have you tried working the hot spot out? Just gently prod the top coil while pulsing your battery and it should let the rest of the coils glow. Make sure to do this with an empty tank.
push wick towards center post, that top coil is too snug against the wick.
Are you wrapping in situ or using Drill bit/ PetarK method?
What is the resistance reading on the coil in the picture?
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top hot spot was always my nemesis... always.
tips:
1. pulsing short bursts, over and over... after a good doz. bursts, gradually increase time...
2. take a screw driver head (flat) and push or indent the top wire towards the inside of wick, giving more coverage to wick
3. try the cheesecloth thread trick... it ALWAYS works for me... (natural unbleached cheesecloth; 1 strand about 10" long... wrap it around the coil where the wire (coil) will go and wrap your wire over it... use a drop of juice to "glue" the thread to the wick... porous ceramic works best but ss mesh is fine.
I used two brass washers to basically extend the center post closer to the wick(helps with the hot leg) it does sound like you may have the top coil too tight.
Here's the video that helped me the most. -----> zenesis coil basics - YouTube
Looks to me as if it's shorted to the mesh. Did you torch the mesh, apply juice and torch again?
Ok I did everything in that video and I still have that positive wire hot spot issue. At first all the coils will be glowing beautifully, then I drip a little juice on there and fire it again, boom its hot again. That AND my provari will keep shooting E1 messages at me, which means a short. Ok, now, I don't have any shorts that I can see. The wick inside the tank isn't touching the bottom or the center post, the wick outside isn't touching the positive post, none of the coils are touching, the ground is securely fastened, and I have made sure to trim all wires. The coils aren't wrapped too tight either. ...!
This thing has been doing this to me since day one, I've had it for a couple of months now. I'll give it a shot every couple of days and I'll spend a couple of hours doing it and every time I get that damned hot spot. Maybe I just have a bad AGA T2, idk. I have a different dripping atty coming in the mail, I think I'll like that one better anyways.
Don't forget that the coil will shrink a bit the first time you fire it. If you can't twist the wick inside the coil after firing it then you wrapped it too tight.Ok I did everything in that video and I still have that positive wire hot spot issue. At first all the coils will be glowing beautifully, then I drip a little juice on there and fire it again, boom its hot again. That AND my provari will keep shooting E1 messages at me, which means a short. Ok, now, I don't have any shorts that I can see. The wick inside the tank isn't touching the bottom or the center post, the wick outside isn't touching the positive post, none of the coils are touching, the ground is securely fastened, and I have made sure to trim all wires. The coils aren't wrapped too tight either. ...!
This thing has been doing this to me since day one, I've had it for a couple of months now. I'll give it a shot every couple of days and I'll spend a couple of hours doing it and every time I get that damned hot spot. Maybe I just have a bad AGA T2, idk. I have a different dripping atty coming in the mail, I think I'll like that one better anyways.