Jesse Hull at Wiseman Ceramics on tue 5 feb 08
I've seen posts dating back to 1999 on this subject, but nothing recent.
Most of the responders were just making educated and even random guesses.
So, as I had a meter connected to my electric kiln to find out how much power
it used for various firings, I figured I'd share...
The information I gathered is on my website, at the link below:
http://jessehull.com/2008/02/03/electric-kiln-actual-energy-consumption/
As my higher temperature firings involve extended holds following peak, they
may not be directly comparable to yours ...but despite the longer firing
cycle, the cost was surprisingly inexpensive.
I'm curious to know who else has done this, and what they found out.
~jesse.
http://jessehull.com/
*Enlightenment doesn't care how you get there...
neither do your pots.*
John Rodgers on tue 5 feb 08
Great info. Glad to see electric is still reasonable.
Back in the late 1980's I had the Power company come out and mount a
meter on my kilns which would sample power consumption every few
seconds. The device used produced a very interesting printout.
Ultimately, it all boiled down to approx. $8/per load fired to cone 6.
That was back in the late '80's, and Alaska electric rates are much
higher thatn elsewhere. I suspect they are still comparable, and what
you got was about right.
Regards,
John Rodgers
Chelsea, AL
Jesse Hull at Wiseman Ceramics wrote:
> I've seen posts dating back to 1999 on this subject, but nothing recent.
> Most of the responders were just making educated and even random guesses.
> So, as I had a meter connected to my electric kiln to find out how much power
> it used for various firings, I figured I'd share...
> The information I gathered is on my website, at the link below:
>
> http://jessehull.com/2008/02/03/electric-kiln-actual-energy-consumption/
>
> As my higher temperature firings involve extended holds following peak, they
> may not be directly comparable to yours ...but despite the longer firing
> cycle, the cost was surprisingly inexpensive.
>
> I'm curious to know who else has done this, and what they found out.
>
> ~jesse.
> http://jessehull.com/
>
> *Enlightenment doesn't care how you get there...
> neither do your pots.*
>
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David Woof on wed 6 feb 08
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Julie Moore on thu 7 feb 08
I found the usage information for my kiln in the manual. It only states use
per hour when on the high settings, but you can estimate down from there.
Several years ago we figured out that my Skutt 818WR uses less than $3.00 if
run for 8 hours on high. Pretty cheap!
Julie
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