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Trouble Getting Kiln Information


StacieBatten

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Your pictures show a good deal of information:

 

The kiln requires 45 amps; so your circuit will need a 60 amp circuit. Find a good electrician to look over the controller and do your wiring.

Max temperature looks to be 2300F -- cone 8, so your top temperature may be cone 6.

The kiln sitter is an older, Dawson manual model. Here is the manual for it: http://jenkenkilns.com/JenKenPDF/dawson-PK.pdfIt has three heating levels - low, medium, high. A starting firing schedule is two hours low, two hours medium, then high until your reach temperature. You will need to use cones to determine when you reach temperature.

 

The Jen-Ken site has a number of technical manuals; you might have to skim through them to see which might be helpful as one is not listed for the D-24 model.

 

Check with potters in your area to see if any fire a manual kiln. They can tell you a lot about how to proceed. There are also good books out there on firing an electric kiln that might be helpful.

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Just put it in a dry area with the lid open, preferably with a dehumidifier. It will take a while. Wouldn't hurt to open up the control boxes to let the wiring dry out. You could also put a small space heater inside it with the lid open to warm it up. Hopefully the water hasn't degraded the bricks.

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