Mark C. Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 Well it,s smack dab in the middle of x-mas production season.I fired two glaze loads before flying to Santa Barbara for my niece,s wedding. They are slow cooling for 5 days until I get back in a few days. I,m hoping for zero large earthquakes which can topple my 35cubic car kiln load as well as the small 12 cubic updraft kiln load. I,m starting to wonder about how they will look.hoping for the best. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 Prob. brilliant. Good luck re.earthquakes, is there a season for them?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzine Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 No season for earthquakes Babs. They happen, when they happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavy Fire Studios Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 Gods, I'm glad I live in Washington... Western Washington gets crazy landslides, but eastern Washington gets....uh... well, nothing. Including art sales, bwahahaha... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantay Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 I won't start the kiln if thunderstorms are forecasted. 1. people here freak about a little heavy rain and wind, 2. the power is always flickering off. Just a few minutes, but enough to cause the kiln to reboot. So if I am not paying attention and know what segment was running, I have to guess and restart the kiln. If I ever went into do a lot of production I would check into a battery back-up. -chantay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzine Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 Yeah Chantay, that's a bit of a pain. I've had that happen a few times, with my programmable classroom kiln. Usually the Spring thunderstorms, or heavy Winter snow storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavy Fire Studios Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 And, THAT is the precise reason I will nevvvvver complain about having a manual sitter! Thunderstorms don't give me half the heartburn that electronic-sat kilns would give me, hehe...It's a pain to have to fiddle with the switches, but a lot less complicated when things like power outages happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted November 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 My kilns are gas fired that are cooling. Power outage will be ok.I do have an auto start generator(natural gas) system for back up power. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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