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Thought I'd circle back on this one- the kiln has now successfully fired to 05 on a 50 amp circuit, and that's as high as we'll push it on this electrical system. It's working great for testing local backyard and wild clays and for single-firing craft projects. Someday if we can get it onto a 60 amp we'll increase the temp range. But for now it works, and is bringing us a lot of joy! So thanks everyone who encouraged and advised! 
 

Someday, I hope we get that far! It'll be outdoors, so the kiln won't be a permanent fixture and it's very unlikely there will be both a car and a firing cycle needed on the same day. The goal is to meet the need (i.e. talk the landlord into it) of an electric car charging spot (no one has one in the town of a hundred people, but people's out-of-town friends do) that can be used to charge a car two or three times a year, and power the kiln two or three times a year. The kiln will be moved, set up, loaded, plugged in, etc. etc. for each firing cycle. Highly not ideal, I know, but its the high desert- getting a few weeks of zero chance of rain is pretty easy, and since we all rent, an indoor or hardwired kiln is not an option for the foreseeable future. This kiln is very mobile in its modular form and has been moved upstairs, downstairs, through various basements, into and out of several vehicles, etc. We're getting pretty good at it.