Potterbabe Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 Ive been firing a Geil 16F kiln on natural gas and will be moving this kiln and continuing to fire it on propane. I have the propane conversion kit and will install it after the move. i have a cone 10 glaze firing program established with this kiln on natural gas will there be any variation on propane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 I would expect a little variation in your settings, but it shouldn't be anything major. Just make sure you get a big enough propane tank. Kelly in AK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kielb Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 14 minutes ago, Potterbabe said: i have a cone 10 glaze firing program established with this kiln on natural gas will there be any variation on propane? I agree with Neil, however reduction and your visuals likely will change a bit. That nice blue flame is not something you will see so much with propane. Propane literally has double the btu output per cubic foot used, but proper orifices will compensate for this. You should be firing on temperature and rate so manually controlling will compensate for slight faster or slower. For reduction, your visuals will change a bit but not something you will not grow accustom to. neilestrick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly in AK Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) As Neil said, get a big enough tank to start with. “Almost big enough” will freeze at the worst possible time. http://wardburner.com/tanksize.html Edited August 9, 2023 by Kelly in AK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdstone Posted November 13, 2023 Report Share Posted November 13, 2023 On 8/6/2023 at 1:33 PM, Potterbabe said: Ive been firing a Geil 16F kiln on natural gas and will be moving this kiln and continuing to fire it on propane. I have the propane conversion kit and will install it after the move. i have a cone 10 glaze firing program established with this kiln on natural gas will there be any variation on propane? Hi, we have a raku kiln that is set up for natural gas that we want to convert to propane. Can you share what the conversion kit is that you have and where it came from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kielb Posted November 14, 2023 Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 6 hours ago, mrdstone said: Hi, we have a raku kiln that is set up for natural gas that we want to convert to propane. Can you share what the conversion kit is that you have and where it came from? His conversion kit is for the Geil make and model he is firing. Yours will need to be for your make and model. I suggest calling the manufacture or posting your make and model kiln here for feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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