Help Building My first Genny Style Atty.

[Jonny5]

I just built my first genesis style on a iHybrid Pure. I used 400 mesh, 28 g kanthal, and did 3-4 wrap. The wick is in the hole, a little loose. I pulsed it dry at first and to my surprise, the coils burned perfectly. All 4 lit up evenly. I added a little juice to the wick to test. Hot spot at the top. I fiddled around and got the coils to all burn evenly again. But they burned red, even with some juice on them. After burning a little bit the juice lit up with some juice fire.

I then added juice to the tank. Terrible dry burn taste. Took off the cap and noticed dry spots again. When I was working on pulsing and getting the dry spots solved, the juice kept catching fire. Is this normal? I haven't seen this happen on videos. If not, why is this happening and what am I doing wrong?

2nd Question. When I put on the top cap, I made sure the air hole was in front of the wick/coil. When taking a hit, should the air hole side be at the bottom or the top. I assume bottom as it means you naturally tilt the device towards the wick/coil when taking a hit.

Thanks for your help.

 

[nj1001]

Before the wick gets wet test the coil like you have. If they all glow in unison then you're good, which you are. Once you add juice to the situation its not going to glow. It'll only glow once you've burnt through all available juice. By over firing it like you have been to get the coil glowing again after juice has been put on the wick it'll get glowing red with heat. Juice is flammable so it ignites. Everything you've done is normal. When trying to get your coil to glow red try not to press the button down for too ling as it can work the battery pretty hard hence pulsating being a tad better there.

Once juice is added to the coil and you're using it you're not going to be pressing the button down long enough for the coil to glow and if you are then your coil is dry & you've got wicking problems &/or you're taking 30+ second draws. Everything you've done should be okay as far as setting it all up. 3-4 wraps of 28 gauge is pretty low. Have you tested the ohms? Thats a crucial thing to have with rebuildables. (Don't want to blow your face off & help ban e-cigs.)

Top cap air hole placement:
air hole lined up to the coil = high vapor
air hole lined up away from coil = seriously harsh throat hit & no vapor.

When drawing on it it doesn't matter which direction the air hole is pointing since your sucking in and air is rushing into the hole no matter which direction the air hole is aimed or even if you're hanging upside down while you vape it for that matter. I only pay attention to the air hole on a genny to be careful not to spill any excess juice all over me if it floods.

 

[nj1001]

Also, I personally recommend using the petar K/drill bit method of wrapping a coil on a genny to ensure perfection without hotspots by using a drill bit the same size as the wick hole, wrapping the coils on that and not removing it until you've attached the wires to ensure the coil is stabilized in perfect alignment over the hole, is straight, etc. Then remove the drill bit and insert the mesh.

I stopped using gennies because I wasn't a fan of the flavor but many have the opposite opinion. There's also some cool stuff being done on them without SS mesh which I'm going to try soon and I think my personal issue with flavor should be rectified.

Here's a vid explaining how to build a genny with cotton. There are various alterations on this theme like the dragon build but you might find it interesting.

 

[Ryedan]

Hi Jonny, you've got some great advice from nj1001 already. Just wanted to add a couple of things. Here's a link to a tutorial on Geisis setup from eHuman. He goes through the whole process and it's a great reference.

I also use the drill bit method for making coils. I find I can roll the wick so it fits well enough that I can take it out for cleaning later and put it back in. I prefer that to dry burning the wick.

I also vape with the air hole close to me as you suggest. Then I know the wick is at the bottom when I tilt because the tank's getting low or the wick is not wicking right.

HTH