So apparently you can't make a drippable genesis...

[shortyjacobs]

Before I gear up and make my sorta genesis mod soon, (waiting on parts and time), I decided to shortcut by making a dripping genesis atty, (no resevoir/cart/tank/etc)....

A search doesn't turn up much, but unless I'm missing something, it doesn't work so well. I managed to make a decent coil, (2.8 ohms, 7 or 8 wraps) on my first try, built it into an RCA jack following the tutorials on here...it fires, but the mesh wick doesn't hold more than a drip or so of juice, so about 2 puffs or so. Also, any juice that gets between the coil and the SS needle shorts the circuit, so no heat flows. Mesh was about 15 mm x 22 mm, (rolled so it was 22 mm long).

Anyone know if I did anything wrong? Or does dripping on a genesis atty (sans tank/etc.) just not work well?

Thanks!
Keith

PS. Pics for your troubles:

 

[urquidezj]

Way too long, its not even in the floor of the atty to wick up juice, I used this mesh on one of my Rca but i cut it really small and packed silica on the floor of the atty. Worked fine.

 

[shortyjacobs]

Yeah, I didn't have any silica to pack in :-(. To be honest, I'm kind of a bit scared of it, that's why I want to make genesis'.

What's too long about it? Should the whole mesh wick be shorter? How does that help? (Honest questions, I'm trying to learn all I can about these, but there's still a lot I don't know!). Should the coils be closer together?

 

[urquidezj]

I made mine horizontal like like a normal setup. Like this but stainless cut from lenth of post to length of post. Nothing to he scared of, we where smoking before lol, just keep it wet.

 

[urquidezj]

Another option.

 

[LibertariaNate]

Very nice, urquidezj.

 

[shortyjacobs]

Another option.

So in this pic, there's no silica rope....but I don't see how that mesh would hold more than what I made?

 

[urquidezj]

That was prior to wrapping silica, was test firing. Wrap silica around posts.

 

[slimest]

shortyjacobs, 22 mm long SS wick used as heater only is too long. I think, you have to make the spiral about 5 mm long and leave about 2-3 mm of the wick under the coil and about 5-6 mm above. Also you can use a L-shaped mesh to achieve more volume capacity of the wick. Position this thick part of the wick above the heater. Instead of L-shaped mesh you just can bend about 5 millimeters of your mesh in the upper part and then roll the wick.

 

[JollyRogers]

I let my mesh just about touch the base on my A-2 (it is oxidized completely) and I can drip 5-7 drops in no problem. I just have to be careful not to over do it and block the air hole. In fact when I use it as a geni dripper, I have to make sure the air hole is in the "up" position as I vape it. I also have to vape it right away, or it will leak out the threading on the base. Otherwise, it works very well.

 

[Spitspot]

Why not use less mesh and fill it with stainless wool?

 

[shortyjacobs]

Why not use less mesh and fill it with stainless wool?

I'd love to, but I was afraid that it would short the coil out....I could oxidize the SS wool too, just like the coil, but it'd be tough to make sure it was complete, and I've hard oxidized mesh doesn't hold much juice either...

 

[BJ43]

My preferred setup for A2, not pure dripping but good.

Piece of safety pin to extend post.

Pos post extension with screw.

Also tried this, works good for horizontal setup.

 

[BJ43]

More ways that work.

For pure dripping

The inverted V is the best way to get more wraps between the posts.

Don't be afraid to experiment.

 

[shortyjacobs]

BJ, I think I understand what you're saying, but do you have any pics to demonstrate?

Just kidding WOW, lots of good ideas there. Thanks so much! I never thought of doing more than a straight wick....I really like the inverted V setups.

 

[slimest]

BJ43, nothing to add, great manual.