So I finally treated my Gennie to a SS Mesh wick! I have been using cotton wicks for everything except Kanger coils, and had previously decided, after much study, that I didn't want to bother with SS Mesh.
Due to some recent threads/discussions on this topic, I decided that I owed it to myself, and my Genesis atties to at least give it one good try, and I am glad I did.
I didn't follow any particular method, I worked off the sum total of everything I have ever read, and all of the many "how to" youtube videos regarding building with SS Mesh. I opted to oxidize my mesh prior to rolling it, using a 1.5mm silica wick running through the center of the wick, and out of the bottom of the mesh like a tail. I did this because I didn't want any mesh touching the bottom of the tank, as I am paranoid about shorts, and wanted to do everything I could to decrease the odds, and probabilities of getting one.
... so then I went back and oxidized the rolled wick some more (rather be safe than sorry, don't laugh)
After oxidizing the rolled wick again, I dropped my wick into the hole to make sure it was a clean fit inside the wick hole. I pulled the wick out, and did a 4/5 wrap using 30 gauge A1 on the wick before reinstalling it. I installed the wick which metered out to 1.5ohms, perfect! Then I began to slowly pulse fire the coils to check for shorts, and literally within seconds all of my coils were lighting perfectly even, YEAH! ... But of course I continued to fire the coils on and off over the course of about 15 minutes, because as I previously stated, I am a little paranoid, and needed to be sure that my eyes were not playing tricks on me... but all was even and bright, with no shorts in sight.
Before officially filling, and vaping my atty, I decided to scour the internet one last time reading all that I could find about SS mesh, and shorts, just to make certain that I was looking for the right things in terms of shorts, and what to do about it if it happened ... 2 hours later, and a few more dry fires, I was finally ready to fill it up and give it a vape... Been vaping on this build for about an hour and a half, so far no burnt flavor, dry hits, or shorts.
I attached a few pics, a couple of which are a little blurry because my camera sucks .. but I finally did it!
This is blurry as hail, but you get the point
Due to some recent threads/discussions on this topic, I decided that I owed it to myself, and my Genesis atties to at least give it one good try, and I am glad I did.
I didn't follow any particular method, I worked off the sum total of everything I have ever read, and all of the many "how to" youtube videos regarding building with SS Mesh. I opted to oxidize my mesh prior to rolling it, using a 1.5mm silica wick running through the center of the wick, and out of the bottom of the mesh like a tail. I did this because I didn't want any mesh touching the bottom of the tank, as I am paranoid about shorts, and wanted to do everything I could to decrease the odds, and probabilities of getting one.
... so then I went back and oxidized the rolled wick some more (rather be safe than sorry, don't laugh)After oxidizing the rolled wick again, I dropped my wick into the hole to make sure it was a clean fit inside the wick hole. I pulled the wick out, and did a 4/5 wrap using 30 gauge A1 on the wick before reinstalling it. I installed the wick which metered out to 1.5ohms, perfect! Then I began to slowly pulse fire the coils to check for shorts, and literally within seconds all of my coils were lighting perfectly even, YEAH! ... But of course I continued to fire the coils on and off over the course of about 15 minutes, because as I previously stated, I am a little paranoid, and needed to be sure that my eyes were not playing tricks on me... but all was even and bright, with no shorts in sight.
Before officially filling, and vaping my atty, I decided to scour the internet one last time reading all that I could find about SS mesh, and shorts, just to make certain that I was looking for the right things in terms of shorts, and what to do about it if it happened ... 2 hours later, and a few more dry fires, I was finally ready to fill it up and give it a vape... Been vaping on this build for about an hour and a half, so far no burnt flavor, dry hits, or shorts.
I attached a few pics, a couple of which are a little blurry because my camera sucks
.. but I finally did it!
This is blurry as hail, but you get the point
.. A stainless steel Rocket, and I am definitely eager to see how it stacks up against a Genesis. But right now, I am very happy with the Genesis, and even more excited for my Kraken to get here.
