Jo-Ann Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Ugh I messed up. Very early this morning I set my kiln up for a glaze fire. I think in my sleepy stupor I accidentally set my kiln sitter up with a 06 cone not cone 6. The reason I think this is because it normally takes 8 to ten hours for my kiln sitter to flick off but when I went to check on it at about 6 hours it was off. I was very confused at first but i am now rethinking my steps and realized what I've done. I can not for the life of me see the cones I set up to monitor so that won't help me What would you more experienced potters recommend I do. Leave it to cool and then set it up again tomorrow or manually reset and put it on high for the last 2 to four hours? Thanks in advance for your guidance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffCenter Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Ugh I messed up. Very early this morning I set my kiln up for a glaze fire. I think in my sleepy stupor I accidentally set my kiln sitter up with a 06 cone not cone 6. The reason I think this is because it normally takes 8 to ten hours for my kiln sitter to flick off but when I went to check on it at about 6 hours it was off. I was very confused at first but i am now rethinking my steps and realized what I've done. I can not for the life of me see the cones I set up to monitor so that won't help me What would you more experienced potters recommend I do. Leave it to cool and then set it up again tomorrow or manually reset and put it on high for the last 2 to four hours? Thanks in advance for your guidance. I don't understand how you can manually reset the kiln sitter without letting it cool so that you can put a cone 6 in it. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo-Ann Posted July 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 When I push the button down it stays down. Even if the latch isn't up. . . Now you have me wondering, Is that not supposed to happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo-Ann Posted July 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Oh and I wouldn't put a cone in it I would just go by time . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo-Ann Posted July 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 I think too much time has passed so my timing would be off . . . ill just retry after it cools thanks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 If you had the correct witness cones in the kiln I would keep the same ones in for the next firing to ^6, they have already had some heatwork like the pots have. If not I wouldn't worry about it, just put a ^6 or ^7 (which ever you usually use) in your sitter and start again. The heatwork effect of a ^06 on ^6 clay isn't going to be much. I wouldn't have gone just by time fired in the first place. Min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo-Ann Posted July 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Thank you Min, that info helps a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 I can restart mine just by pushing the button even with the cone down. Just let it cool. Open it up and see what happened. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo-Ann Posted July 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Thanks Marcia, Everything was as fine as Min said it would be. I've restarted, this time with the proper cone in the sitter. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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