Zita012345 Posted July 25, 2023 Report Share Posted July 25, 2023 Hello everybody, We just bought an electric kiln second handed and we are looking for a good cone 5 firing schedule with two segments. Unfortunaly, the controller only allows us to dial in the first segment. For the second segment, the kiln goes on full capacity to the final temperature. Could somebody help us with this as I can only find firing schedules with more segments. Thank you in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted July 25, 2023 Report Share Posted July 25, 2023 If everything completely dry, for a bisque, ware is not thick, you could set it at 100°C/hr to 600°C. A photo of controller would help others give more helpful answers. neilestrick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zita012345 Posted July 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2023 19 hours ago, Babs said: If everything completely dry, for a bisque, ware is not thick, you could set it at 100°C/hr to 600°C. A photo of controller would help others give more helpful answers. Hi, thank you for your reply. I added a picture of the controller. Do you have any idea what it could be for a glaze firing and what the final temperature should be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 If you can only put 2 ramps how about right after the kiln finishes the 2 ramps then quickly reprogram it with the following 2 ramps. Are you wanting to just get to the max temperature then shut the kiln off or do you want to do a soak/hold at the top temperature? Kiln off after that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zita012345 Posted July 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 9 hours ago, Min said: If you can only put 2 ramps how about right after the kiln finishes the 2 ramps then quickly reprogram it with the following 2 ramps. Are you wanting to just get to the max temperature then shut the kiln off or do you want to do a soak/hold at the top temperature? Kiln off after that? Thank you Min for your answer. I could do this if there is no other way, I just thought it would be easier if I can schedule beforehand the whole program ;). But it certainly is a possibility. I prefer a soak and hold at the top temperature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 I'm not comfortable suggesting a two section firing schedule but will throw one out there for a three section schedule. Please don't think it will be spot on without testing and possible altering as kilns don't all fire the same, this is just somewhere to start. You could do the first section then restart quickly without loosing much heat. Cone 5 glaze firing schedule in C with a hold 65 an hour to 120 no hold 200 an hour to 1045 no hold 42 an hour to 1177 hold for 10 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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