Tried and tried. Can't get this genesis to work! :(

[Plumes.91]

You double it up, which makes it look like a loop. You don't actually put the post into the loop.
Once you have the excess wick made into a loop, you wind it around the center post like u normally would.
(in between 2 of the nuts) and then you screw the nuts down and your good.
The extra wire takes care of the hot spot between the center post and your coils.

 

[iLovesRedBull]

So instead of having a straight line of wire going from the wick to the post i just make a loop? Im still trying to figure this out, im not dumb i swear I just don't see how I can "double it up" or make a "loop" unless I dont do my straight line from wick to post.

 

[Plumes.91]

You have to have extra wire at the top. So use more wire than usual.
And then you need to make a loop. The top coil turns into a loop by bringing wire around back to the wick.
Then you need to take that loop, and squeeze the 2 wires together, making 1 line with the doubled up wire.
You can twist them together by the wick if you'd like.
After that you just act like its a normal end of your coils wire. Just do the rest of the shmeal.

 

[iLovesRedBull]

biggest waste of $35 i have ever spent lol. That still didn't fix it, that spot just instantly glows red everytime. It was 1.4 ohms and I had it at 3.0volts and still glowing red. Guess rba's weren't meant for me good thing the z atty pro was sold out or i would be even more ......

 

[45root]

biggest waste of $35 i have ever spent lol. That still didn't fix it, that spot just instantly glows red everytime. It was 1.4 ohms and I had it at 3.0volts and still glowing red. Guess RBA's weren't meant for me good thing the z atty pro was sold out or i would be even more ......

thats because you are not actually fixing the problem. the problem is its shorting.

 

[iLovesRedBull]

Where would it be shorting at though? Its only that spot that glows red nowhere else and I have rebuilt the coil 20 times with new pieces each time

 

[45root]

Where would it be shorting at though? Its only that spot that glows red nowhere else and I have rebuilt the coil 20 times with new pieces each time

i would just keep dry firing it until it fired evenly. you have to do it with a dry coil. it may take a while but just pulse it. if you fire it too long, it will pop. look for the glow to start in the middle of the coil. when i got that, i would keep firing it to make sure it stays that way.

 

[Plumes.91]

I'm sorry my fix didn't help you. I cant comprehend how it isn't helping.
Never had a problem once I learned the loop to the center post "trick"
Your genesis isn't different from anyone elses and we're all doing it after a little practice.
There is no excuse to not eventually get it working. It'll happen. You just need to keep working at it.
It might take a little patience but you WILL get it. You WILL. Just take all our tips into consideration.
There is nothing stopping your aga from being the best vape you've got, as long as you stay with it.

 

[45root]

I'm sorry my fix didn't help you. I cant comprehend how it isn't helping.
Never had a problem once I learned the loop to the center post "trick"
Your genesis isn't different from anyone elses and we're all doing it after a little practice.
There is no excuse to not eventually get it working. It'll happen. You just need to keep working at it.
It might take a little patience but you WILL get it. You WILL. Just take all our tips into consideration.
There is nothing stopping your aga from being the best vape you've got, as long as you stay with it.

that's key. it took a while for me. probably a month of starting and giving up.....

 

[DiNet]

Can somebody post a pic of that "loop", I still don't get it...

 

[stealthspy589]

Trying to get it to feed. Coils are glowing evenly but I can't get the damn wick to draw liquid, I have to put my finger over the vent hole and inhale for a second so the liquid is vacuumed up to the wick. Just watched that peter k method and tried it before it, all it did was keep shorting, I fiddled with it for 15 minutes and said .... it. Now I redid it my way with the rolling paper and working out the hotspots, got all the coils glowing evenly, put in the liquid, and it still won't wick fast enough. I'm using about 70/30 vg/pg with i think 325 mesh, although I've heard many times it doesn't matter what mesh you use for the most part.

This is a new coil AND wick, I'll see what happens after a half tank/full tank

 

[Starik]

Can somebody post a pic of that "loop", I still don't get it...

I think I understand what they mean:

Wrap the wick like normal. When you get to the top of the wick, before you wrap the wire around the positive post, double the wire back onto itself so that the end of the wire comes back and almost touches the wick. Press the doubled-over wire together.

So what you have is a normal, single wire going from the negative post, coiling up around the wick. But at the top if the wick the wire becomes a double wire, and the new "end" of the wire is the doubled over and creased bend.

Treat this double wire section as you would a normal single wire. Wrap it around the positive post and screw it down. The difference now is that the electrons have a two-lane road to travel on from the wick to the positive post now, so it will get half as hot

I'm going to try this next time I rebuild.

 

[Starik]

Can somebody post a pic of that "loop", I still don't get it...

I'll make an MS Paint illustration if that explanation isn't clear.

 

[45root]

Can somebody post a pic of that "loop", I still don't get it...

i saved these from another thread. i dont know how he did it so neatly but it works.

Trying to get it to feed. Coils are glowing evenly but I can't get the damn wick to draw liquid, I have to put my finger over the vent hole and inhale for a second so the liquid is vacuumed up to the wick. Just watched that peter k method and tried it before it, all it did was keep shorting, I fiddled with it for 15 minutes and said .... it. Now I redid it my way with the rolling paper and working out the hotspots, got all the coils glowing evenly, put in the liquid, and it still won't wick fast enough. I'm using about 70/30 vg/pg with i think 325 mesh, although I've heard many times it doesn't matter what mesh you use for the most part.

This is a new coil AND wick, I'll see what happens after a half tank/full tank

i have never used 325 so i have no idea about how it wicks. is your wick solid or hollow?

 

[Starik]

i saved these from another thread. i dont know how he did it so neatly but it works.
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i have never used 325 so i have no idea about how it wicks. is your wick solid or hollow?

That one looks like they did it a different way.

Like this!

 

[Starik]

That's awesome. I'm totally doing it like that from now on.

 

[DiNet]

Thanks... understood now. Basically it's twisting
Twisting Kanthal Wire For Genesis Style Devices/RBAs - YouTube

Only in this scenario twisting is done to one section.
Will try that.

 

[stealthspy589]

Nice, I might have to give that a try.