Dave on the Grand I run any were from 1.1 to 1.4 depending on what juice I am running in it. HG at 1.1 to 1.2 Rocks LOL 
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It is trial and error for what you like. What I did was to order multiple wire gauges from stormysvaporcellar and made coils like crazy with all of them. Wrote down notes, or else I wouldn't have a clue to what I had done. It is like finding the perfect all day juice and completely DIY. Your taste, throat hit and vapor production. Then off to find the gauge of choice on the internet to purchase a spool.
I'm using 4 wraps of 32 in my era on the grand and it's a perfect 1.7-1.8 ohms for me. I'm using very little wick though (~2 inches of 1.5mm silica folded in half) so I'm not using as much wire.
I have the 3mm wick so I guess just one strand w/ 4 wraps- I'll try that...I like between 1.5-2ohms w/ 3.7V
I'm trying to decide if I like the SS mesh for these its great in a genesis because its sitting in a tank full of liquid and not much chance of getting a dry hit but with the SS mesh and a ERA forget to squeeze that little bottle you'll swear your VVG is trying to kill you
That and the fact that you don't have anything sitting on the bottom of the atty to get the juice to the mesh. Guess you could put some wick in the mesh and have the tails droop on each side. But if I am going to do all that I will just stick with the wick.
it's really not to bad if you don't forget to squonk but I don't know if I can tell the difference between the two so I don't know if it's worth the extra hassle
For some reason I had an image of the A7 atty in my head when I was thinking of that.
I needed to replace the wick on my Chalice tonight, so I thought I'd give the ceramic a shot. I torched it several times until it glowed red. When I was wrapping the coil around it, I noticed it was shedding all kinds of little fibers. So it went right in the garbage. Hopefully I can use the rest to sleeve a real skinny wire someday.
Yep, a few of us tried that stuff way back with the Iatty, I have about 1/2 of a roll that needs to hit the trash.
I saw SammyT i think doing mesh and his wick is on an angle touching the bottom of the ERA
As a squonking newb (it's been years since I've used a BFer) I find myself flooding my setup often which temporarily leads to wimpy hits. There must be a setup that minimizes the flooding effect. Shorter wick maybe? I'd be curious to see exactly how the folks who have used an ERA for a while are setting up their wicks.
I was a blind skuonker, used to the gurgle feedback....I took the drip tip off and would look down in the ERA and count till I felt like there was enough juice......so far it's working well....I only flooded it once this morning as I am so accustomed to hearing the gurgle....not enough coffee yet lol I am sure within a couple of days I will have it down.
I miss the gurgle feedback I must say..although I also must say I like the ERA a lot, and most of all the price of a new coil and wick!
strprswpr Nice work, I was going to do that to mine over the weekend.
So you used the lathe and took of 1mm right? What bid did you use.
So you used the lathe and took of 1mm right? What bid did you use.
I took it apart, chucked the base on my lathe. And took off whatever was needed. I used a Boge Carto as my gauge and then took a hair more off. Your gonna need a 510 die to correct the threads. I got mine on ebay.
Nice, Do you have the link to the Die so I can get one ordered. I should have one around any way.
Would love to find a 510 Tap as well.
Would love to find a 510 Tap as well.
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