Wilkinson on wed 9 jul 97
Sorry, this has taken so long. I want to give a big thank you to all those
that offered suggestions regarding our Paragon and the short life of its
elements. It is running again to ^6 with the elements that were in there
but suspect it should be wired directly because the plug is still getting
too warm as far as I am concerned. The main problem was with the way the
receptacle ground was wired . The temp never rose any higher even though
it sounded like it did when I went from Med to Hi. No wonder it took so
long to fire a load and my elements didn't last. A special Thanks to Jacki
at Paragon. That is one lady that knows her stuff! And thanks again to
all you wonderful people that jumped in and tried to help. I sure learned
a lot.
Lori Wilkinson
Roswell NM
Boyd on fri 11 jul 97
------------------
For what it=92s worth column: That hot plug may be it=92s own enemy. I had
just come home from the local hardware with a new range plug, mine, plus the
wire in both directions was way too hot and needed replacing. As I waited
for present load to finish firing I was doing a visual check of the plug and
receptacle with the covers off. I did just that, got another lesson in
humility and electricity. I spotted a tiny arc at a plug in point. The
culprit was a not tight enough onnection where the male kiln prongs enter
the female receptacle. Everything is working fine now. MAKE SURE YOUR
BREAKER OR FUSE IS PULLED and use pliers to give it a little squeeze.
Humble. I had replaced that same plug at least 3 times and now I know the
reason. Dah=85.
Boyd
Iron River MI
At 08:56 AM 7/9/97 EDT, you wrote:
=3E----------------------------Original message----------------------------
=3ESorry, this has taken so long. I want to give a big thank you to all =
those
=3Ethat offered suggestions regarding our Paragon and the short life of its
=3Eelements. It is running again to =5E6 with the elements that were in =
there
=3Ebut suspect it should be wired directly because the plug is still getting
=3Etoo warm as far as I am concerned. The main problem was with the way the
=3Ereceptacle ground was wired . The temp never rose any higher even though
=3Eit sounded like it did when I went from Med to Hi. No wonder it took so
=3Elong to fire a load and my elements didn't last. A special Thanks to =
Jacki
=3Eat Paragon. That is one lady that knows her stuff=21 And thanks again =
to
=3Eall you wonderful people that jumped in and tried to help. I sure =
learned
=3Ea lot.
=3E
=3ELori Wilkinson
=3E
=3ERoswell NM
=3E
=3E
http://www.freeyellow.com/members/boyd/index.html
| |
|
