DrJill

Thank you! I'm very grateful for everyone's help figuring it out.

Thanks for the advice. The protective glasses were sitting right there and I didn't think to use them

It's brownish

I didn't see yellow white. Definitely more of a bright orange before I turned it to high. I didn't spend too much time looking (eyes!!) Would I need an electrician who knows how the controller works, someone who has a specialty in kilns, or just any electrician can figure it out? Thank you, thank you!

Thanks so much for your quick reply. It was definitely the cone melting in the kiln sitter that turned it off. And definitely cone 5. I checked and rechecked. Testing the elements makes sense. I think the whole kiln got a little shaken on its move from its former home. I'm assuming I need a technician to check the elements since I don't have a clue what I'm doing yet. This feels expensive!

Hi All, Thanks in advance for your help. I'm stymied. I purchased a used kiln and gave it a test run with a cone 5 in the kiln sitter and a cone 6 stand alone. It worked perfectly. It's an old manual kiln with a kiln sitter. 2 hours at low, 2 hours at medium, and about 2 hours at high before it switched off. Then, I added four reasonably small pieces that were glazed with 3 coats of c-11 celadon mixing clear. I used glaze from this container before without a problem (but someone else did the firing). Again, 2 hours low, 2 hours, medium, and then about 2 hours high before the kiln sitter switched the kiln off. I peeked in the peep hole and the pieces were red hot. This morning, after about a 16 hour cool down, I opened the kiln and nothing. Absolutely nothing. I could have put them in my kitchen oven and gotten the same results. I don't even know where to begin to explore the problem. Any suggestions?