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2012-08-17, 12:28pm
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Kiln Help Please!
I started my kiln today and it was ramping up fine. I started making beads and at about 750 degrees, the temp suddenly started dropping. The coil was no longer on and it is dropping pretty steadily and quickly. I tried turning it on and off, i tried resetting the temp, and I tried restarting the program. The controller box clicks on, shows the temp and shows the correct programs but the heating coil is not heating at all.
Any guesses? I have an email in to Mike but don't know how long til he can get to me. Of course, this is the first weekend I have had to torch in months lol.
I am sure the beads that are in there are toast since the temp was dropping at about 100 degrees in 5 minutes.
Thanks in advance for any help!
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2012-08-17, 1:12pm
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Just wanted to say that Pam has already gotten back to me, and I just want to thank them for their super fast response and stellar customer service!
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2012-08-17, 1:17pm
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You are most welcome Sonja. Glad you have an element on hand to fix it right up!
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2012-08-17, 1:21pm
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Me too lol! I am going to work on this tonight so I can torch tomorrow.
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2012-08-17, 5:19pm
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Really curious, did the beads survive? You gonna try to batch anneal them? Sorry this happened right in the middle of a session, after not having torched in a while. Glad it got fixed quick.
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2012-08-17, 5:22pm
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If the beads weren't too huge they should be ok for a future batch anneal run. As long as they come out whole and are not a striking glass that can go muddy after extended time in the kiln, they should so well in a batch anneal setting.
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2012-08-17, 6:59pm
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Well, that was an adventure lol! It looks like replacing the element fixed the problem, although I will do a full test run tomorrow, its ramping up just like it should. The beads seem to be fine, fortunately, I was only up to 5 and 4 of them were ribbed spacers. I will do a batch anneal on them tomorrow but it looks good so far.The larger encased focal may crack but so far so good and its not really huge or complicated so even if it doesn't make it I am okay with that.
Once again, many thanks to Pam for the super quick help and for the encouragement on taking the kiln apart and putting it back together lol!
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2012-08-18, 11:42am
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Sonja, you did all the hard stuff  we were just moral support. Glad you are back up and going for the weekend.
Pam
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