Hendrix, Taylor J on mon 15 sep 03
Howdy all,
I'm sure you have been wondering what has happened in the
newbie's kiln saga.
Well this looks like the second to the last verse. Let's=20
hope it's a good one.
All that ohm figuring and voltmeter brandishing led us=20
nowhere. Let's recap. We could not figure out why the=20
elements Euclid sent to us (15.8, top/bottom; 10.1, middle=20
four) would not work for the 51 amps/240 volt kiln. I had=20
figured the numbers using 220 volts, but I did not figure=20
it would matter much when I found out that she had 240 at=20
the breaker box (thank you electrical type person). So,
we proceeded on the assumption that something else was awry.
We did our little hocus pocus with the controllers and the=20
board and found nothing wrong. "Hmm," I says to myself.
"Must be the elements. But how?"
The Magnificent Arnold was out of the office (on a quest
no doubt) and wouldn't be back until today. Arg! Sir
Tony the kiln guy (Tex Paragon owners know who I'm talking
about) thought it might be the controller after all, but
was impressed that we had done all the checks ourselves.
Okay, so a kiln that just can't seem to get it up even after
firing for over 10 hours. Sounds underpowered to me. Thermo-
couple new, elements new, wiring sound, controller checks,
relays (3) okedoke.
Teacher gets a hold of our trusty Magnificent Arnold, and=20
what do you know? Arnold pulls up the wiring diagram for=20
the internal model number 2261114. here> Special wire job. All elements in series (I think)
and should be 7.something. Big Duh!
So, Euclid (bless them) shake their head because they had
no idea about the internal model or the different wiring.
Yep, they confirm. We sent you the wrong elements. Wait,
better. Euclid will sent the correct elements for free.
Ah. So glad that it wasn't something stupid that I had done.
It was hard enough to get teacher to 'do it ourselves.' I=20
didn't want this experience to ruin it for her. If Arnold
wants to, he can tell you what he told her on the phone today
(Monday, 9/15). I think it made her feel good.
So, we were not completely up to snuff about electric kiln
stuff. We should have been able to look at the jumpers and
figured out that something was something. At least I should
have. Alls well that ends well: Arnold is sending teacher
the wiring diagram for her kiln, and Euclid is sending her
the right elements next week.
We are a little delayed in our firing for the Open Door Arts
Festival here in Waco, but we know a heck of a lot more about
electric kilns than when we first started. I think we got
a passing grade for our first class in kiln maintenance. =20
What do you y'all think?
Taylor, in Waco
Arnold Howard on tue 16 sep 03
From: Hendrix, Taylor J
We are a little delayed in our firing for the Open Door Arts
Festival here in Waco, but we know a heck of a lot more about
electric kilns than when we first started. I think we got
a passing grade for our first class in kiln maintenance.
What do you y'all think?
Taylor, in Waco
Taylor, you would definitely get an A on kiln maintenance. Working on
that kiln was probably a good learning experience. Thanks for working on
the kiln and for your kiln words.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P.
arnoldhoward@att.net
Mary White on wed 17 sep 03
Hah! Arnold has revealed at last the mysterious Teacher's real
name--Elizabeth! I always enjoy Taylor's posts, even if they are
about truck repair, but I have never been comfortable with this
Teacher thing, sounds like kindergarten.
Maybe Taylor could be influenced to refer to her by name in future,
now that we know?
Mary
>Teacher gets a hold of our trusty Magnificent Arnold, and
>what do you know? Arnold pulls up the wiring diagram for
>the internal model number 2261114. >here> Special wire job. All elements in series (I think)
>and should be 7.something. Big Duh!
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>Taylor, in Waco
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