Hi all
I just got my first genesis type rba. Thanks to a tip I was given in another thread, I bought a Kraken and it arrived yesterday.
I did a typical build (single wick): fully oxidized 400 mesh, 5 wraps of 28 gauge for about .8 ohms. It had problems, so I tried 5 wraps of 30 gauge at 1.2 ohms, but had the exact same problem:
When first built they had hot spots up top. A few minutes of pulsing and they seemed perfect - heated up quickly from the middle outwards till nice and even

After filling the tank, not so good. If I fired for more than 2 seconds, the top wrap lit up and the taste was terrible. if I kept firing, the other wraps lit up one by one until the mesh itself was glowing

Now, I know nothing about these types of attys, but it seems to me like the coil is fine but there's a wicking problem. I think the coils are glowing from the top downwards because the wick cannot keep up (this thing eats juice up so fast you can almost watch the tank draining as you fire).
If this is what's happening, what should I be doing different with my wick? Make it fatter? Thinner? Roll it on a bigger paper clip? Roll it with no paper clip? Use a different mesh?
Or maybe I'm all wrong and there's some other problem.
Any advice?
I just got my first genesis type rba. Thanks to a tip I was given in another thread, I bought a Kraken and it arrived yesterday.
I did a typical build (single wick): fully oxidized 400 mesh, 5 wraps of 28 gauge for about .8 ohms. It had problems, so I tried 5 wraps of 30 gauge at 1.2 ohms, but had the exact same problem:
When first built they had hot spots up top. A few minutes of pulsing and they seemed perfect - heated up quickly from the middle outwards till nice and even

After filling the tank, not so good. If I fired for more than 2 seconds, the top wrap lit up and the taste was terrible. if I kept firing, the other wraps lit up one by one until the mesh itself was glowing

Now, I know nothing about these types of attys, but it seems to me like the coil is fine but there's a wicking problem. I think the coils are glowing from the top downwards because the wick cannot keep up (this thing eats juice up so fast you can almost watch the tank draining as you fire).
If this is what's happening, what should I be doing different with my wick? Make it fatter? Thinner? Roll it on a bigger paper clip? Roll it with no paper clip? Use a different mesh?
Or maybe I'm all wrong and there's some other problem.
Any advice?