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[Electronic_Nog]

So, after a few days, my AGA T2 works. Not well, but it vaporizers and fires without blowing up the first hit. Now my problem is this: I oxidize and pulse the coil before I use it, but I get nearly no vapor. I run anywhere from 3ohms to 4ohm coils on my 6V mod. Everything I've read about resistance says that should be the sweet spot for optimal vapor production, but sadly this is not the case.

I've read a few posts where people run 1.2ohms on a 6V mod, and my question is: how does this even work? By my limited knowledge, that should burn the juice, and the coil, almost instantly, considering the power is 30 watts.

I use 32ga kanthal wire and a 500x500 mesh setup, but to no avail. Do I need to pulse the coil multiple times (it seems to take ~20 seconds to fully light up when I try to hit it)? Is the entire thing supposed to light up at once? Furthermore, how is it possible to run 1.2ohms at 6V and enjoy the hit?

Sincerely, thoroughly confused.

 

[floatingtrem]

1.2 on a 6V is only 5 amps, so it's totally doable, but you'd need some good airflow and a decent battery.

The coils should NOT light up when in use, that should only happen during a dry burn.

Is your air hole lined up with the wick? When you take the top cap off, can you blow on the coils and get vapor? What mod are you using?

 

[bris1974]

3-4 ohm coil will not instantly heat up either. thats alot of resistance, will take a few seconds. sure sounds like an airflow problem.

 

[Electronic_Nog]

1.2 on a 6V is only 5 amps, so it's totally doable, but you'd need some good airflow and a decent battery.

The coils should NOT light up when in use, that should only happen during a dry burn.

Is your air hole lined up with the wick? When you take the top cap off, can you blow on the coils and get vapor? What mod are you using?

I'm using a Bolt. The air hole is lined up with the wick, I wasn't aware that the coils aren't supposed to light up when it's actually vaping, I thought they were! Does that mean I need more wraps, or tighter wraps? I get air flow, and I get vapor, just not the clouds I envisioned.

 

[floatingtrem]

Out of curiosity, what battery are you using in the Bolt to get 6v?

You might try going lower with the resistance, maybe start by trying something in the 2 ohm neighborhood. You probably would also benefit from a larger air-hole than the stock setup.

As a fellow cloud chaser, I've found lower resistance with a large air hole is the order of the day.

 

[Electronic_Nog]

I stack two RCR123A 3V batteries in it. I'm not quite sure how I'd get the air hole bigger, no access to a drill or anything.

 

[vapdivrr]

you don't enjoy a 1.2Ω coil @ 6v, the voltage is to high. in genesis devices lower resistances do work better which will allow you to use lower voltages. these devices are different then cartomizer where 6v is a better vape. a few things to get you on the right track is for one try a lower resistance, for you a 2.0 Ω coil is a good start or even slightly lower, also if you are placing an order for anything else buy some 30g kanthal. the 32g works but nowhere as good as a thicker wire. 32g wire is kind of thin imo. now the 500 mesh is great, start out with a piece about 3in by 1.5in. slightly oxidize this mesh before rolling. now fold a little flap on one of the ends(like as if your rolling a, well cig, or something like that) press this flap flat, this flap is so you don't have any freyed ends when finished. now roll the mesh towards this flap (flap up), make the wick kind of solid and before inserting this into the aga make a slight bend in the top part of the wick, about 1/2 inch from the top, bend only slightly. insert wick and have the bent part towards the positive post. this bend ultimately will reduce the distance between the wick & positive post. have a length of wire about 4 to 5 inches long. torch or heat up wire a few times to anneal it. connect to neg screw and tighten. start making wraps not to tight, not to loose. all wraps evenly spaced, and then connect to positive post. this top wrap is the key, it has to have the correct tension or you will have a hot spot. once connected you now are going to oxidize the wick by pulsing your mod. this needs to be done at low volts,so take out your 2 batterys and insert 1-single battery, also this single battery should not be fully charged. at a voltage of about 3.3v to 3.5v start to pulse the wick. at first only the top wrap will glow, stop pulsing and let cool for a second then pulse again, start and stop until eventually all coils will glow, this may take some prodding of the wires here and there. after maybe 4 minutes all your coils should all glow evenly and heat up almost all at the same time. now the wick is oxidized correctly. don't fire for to long of periods while pulsing, take your time. even after all coils are glowing let the mod rest to cool down. then try it agin, if all is still good then add some juice to the wick. fire it up and blow on wick, this should produce some vapor. fire till the juice is all gone. now that the wick is dry, fire it up again, if all coils still look good now add the juice to the tank and give it about 5 minutes to saturate. now your ready to vape. I recommend this a 30g wire @ 1.4Ω and a fresh 4.2v batt. good luck brother. you do have a mechanical mod right? if so, and it is an 18650 size, get some 18650 aw/imr batterys. if you have a vv device, disregard all I have said basically.

 

[vapdivrr]

like I said get these aw/ imr batterys I have mentioned. the stacked ones you are using are just not that good. you moved up to a rebuildable genesis device, now step up and go all the way with a good set-up and quality batterys. as a previous post had mentioned, once your set-up is made, and is done correctly, you should be able to hold the mod vertical with juice in the tank and fire the mod, the coils shouldn't glow, all you should see is vaporization. this means the wick is performing the way it should. good luck. re-read my post because I made a few changes. thanks, also in the future if you find you want more power, you can lower the resistance to 1.2Ω, anything lower then 1.2 Ω requires a thicker wire.