Canadian Rebuildable's and stuff thread!

[Dusty_D]

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Ah ha ha.. ghetto wick time. I'm surprised that the Provari is not giving you E1 errors.

I picked up a Phoenix and an A3 just to mess around the other day and thought I'd rebuild the coil on the Phoenix. 3 attempts later, with 3mm wick and 32 gauge Kanthal, I gave up. I'm going to attempt the mesh wick and see if I can get it going any better. These rba's are tiny.. but when they work well, they put out massive clouds of vapor.

How often do you find yourself having to re-drip?

 

[recidivus]

I fill it up with ~0.5 - 1ml (1 squeeze-ish of a dropper, it's not an actual measurement), cook till it's almost dry and change flavour. I'd estimate I go through 6 fills a day, but it's not exact. It holds a good 1ml with ease. One thing to note, it's best to take the tip off and drip into the chamber, seems with a tip on most of the juice just collects along the side of the body. I've put 15 drips througha tip and still got nothing but dry hits. I was surprised by the lack of errors too, not single one yet! As I said, my DIDclone was a lot of headache, but some reason this phoenix XL has been a dream to work with. It may just be beginners luck, but I'm not complaining. Next coil will be much better, keep learning from past mistakes n all that.

 

[therealcmac]

Finally got a working wick and coil in the did clone and all I can say is....................WOW, do I ever want another Penelope LOL, that was a lot of work for the result, I can still taste all that burnt mesh in my mouth from hours of trying to get it working.....now that it is, ya the flavor is great, on par with the Penny, but i cant put it down on its side, I have to tip it constantly to get a decent amount of juice on the wick, and I don't get big clouds of vapor....I have the air hole lined up, the coils are all lighting up even.....I don't get it, what am I missing here? Will I have a better experience with a different genesis device? Just wondering.

Edit: I should note that as long as i am tipping it, it is working great....I guess my question is should I have to be keeping it at an angle while vaping? Is it not supposed to wick without holding it at an angle?

 

[recidivus]

Since I've only used the did clone, I can't say how it "should" work, I didn't have toooo much wicking trouble, had to tilt occasionally (every few puffs, like a short wick nova). The wick that worked best for me worked better after I ran a large needle down the middle and unpinched the top. The wick hole seems a bit too small to me, like it'd be tough to get a proper cotton/silica wick through without choking it.

I will be looking at getting one of the higher quality gennies next year. Or I'll build my own.

 

[Stucco Jedi]

I find the hole to small for the wick as well. I am going to drill out my did clone for the wick and see if that helps. I think I am going to get some SS here soon and see if my machinest buddy can make one for me.


NO this is not a pipe bomb!!!!!!!

 

[martinc]

If you drill the hole you will expose the brass underneath (unless its full stainless) and direct contact with brass and wick could be bad

 

[Stucco Jedi]

I have checked it now and see it is brass so I will not be doing that. Thanks for the thought. Just assumed it was stainless. Well I guess it is time to just make my own.


NO this is not a pipe bomb!!!!!!!

 

[SloHand]

Finally got a working wick and coil in the did clone and all I can say is....................WOW, do I ever want another Penelope LOL, that was a lot of work for the result, I can still taste all that burnt mesh in my mouth from hours of trying to get it working.....now that it is, ya the flavor is great, on par with the Penny, but i cant put it down on its side, I have to tip it constantly to get a decent amount of juice on the wick, and I don't get big clouds of vapor....I have the air hole lined up, the coils are all lighting up even.....I don't get it, what am I missing here? Will I have a better experience with a different genesis device? Just wondering.

Edit: I should note that as long as i am tipping it, it is working great....I guess my question is should I have to be keeping it at an angle while vaping? Is it not supposed to wick without holding it at an angle?

I find with my DID clone that leaving the fill hole open really helps with the wicking. Just don't leave your unit on it's side for too long

 

[therealcmac]

I find with my DID clone that leaving the fill hole open really helps with the wicking. Just don't leave your unit on it's side for too long

Ya already learned that lesson! I thought the damn thing was empty so i put it down, came back 5 minutes later to a nice pool of juice