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fwd: skutt and enviro vents

updated tue 9 mar 99

 

John Stuart on mon 8 mar 99

Perhaps an unfounded fear of rapid cooling, but I turn it off.... The
motor, fan and vent seem to be fine with that method.

John


>Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 23:53:03 EST
>From: Al Sather
>Subject: Skutt and enviro vents
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>Greetings
>Another potter and I are the proud owners of new Skutt 1027 kilns with
>enviro vents. We got into an discussion as to if the vent fan should be
>shut off during the cool down period. Neither of us saw a necessity of
>running the vent, but I felt it should run to keep to motor/fan/vent
>cool,
>but she was afraid of a too rapid a cool down in the kiln.
>
>Are there any learned opinions as which to do, and why!
>
>Thank you, Al
>
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