Pulse method for oxidation?

[epetrillo]

I have seen a few videos about using un-oxidized mesh wicks in a genesis. Where you basically oxidize in place by pulsing the switch rapidly until the coils glow evenly. Will this method work OK in a genesis that does not have an insulator in the wick hole?

 

[kingdal]

Tried it with a iHybrid and Bliss. Nrither have insulators. It worked fine

 

[Mr.Bungle]

The catch is the necessity of using a mech mod OR using a regulated mod and burning slooooowly through your shorts as your regulated device continually resets it's fuse and/or the battery potentially destroys itself. Food for thought.

 

[epetrillo]

So if I want to try this it would be better to use imr batteries in my mechanical mod than use protected batteries?

 

[pdib]

Just throwing this out there. When I tried pulsing in an unoxidized wick, I found that I was giving the area under the coil about 3x as much heat intensity (oxidizing) as I would have with my usual single light torching before rolling. (expecially under the first segment of coil). About 1/2-way through the process, I remember thinking that, in torching terms, I would have fired the peas out of this thing by now. Maybe I'm not very good at it. But I think a light pass with a low flame torch on what will be the outside/top of the mesh wick is subjecting it to way less heat.

 

[StaircaseWit]

Just throwing this out there. When I tried pulsing in an unoxidized wick, I found that I was giving the area under the coil about 3x as much heat intensity (oxidizing) as I would have with my usual single light torching before rolling. (expecially under the first segment of coil). About 1/2-way through the process, I remember thinking that, in torching terms, I would have fired the peas out of this thing by now. Maybe I'm not very good at it. But I think a light pass with a low flame torch on what will be the outside/top of the mesh wick is subjecting it to way less heat.

Agreed. The first time I did the pulse technique was on my AGA-T2, and it actually glowed the wick red. If you try it in a dark room you'll see the amount of heat that is imparted to the wick -- after all, you're still 'oxidizing' the coil to the wick.

That said though, it's dead-easy on the RSST, and the coil glows evenly with very few pulses -- if it doesn't, prod your coil while slowly pulsing, and turn the wick back and forth. Maybe not so much an issue in that case.

 

[pdib]

Yeah, I figured lack of an insulator wasn't helping.