A. Francis on sat 22 may 99
Hello all,
I am hosting a kiln building workshop at The Interlaken School of Art (western M
2 1/2hrs from NY, 2 1/2 from Boston, and 1 hr from Albany, NY). That is June 12
13. Anyone interested can contact me at makeart@bcn.net. We will be building a
cu ft downdraft with wood option. It'll be a standard kiln with sprung arch, LP
fired and an experimental (and reversible) wood fire twist. We would like to ha
two more people but can handle up to 5 more (9 maximum).
The question is this - my gas supplier suggested today that I have an 18 foot
submarine tank for this 40 cu ft kiln. I think he is crazy! We have nothing el
but our raku kilns firing on propane. Anyone have updated and simple formulae f
figuring out the specs on gas need? I figure that we will be running 2 burners
200,000 BTU capacity each, but that the kiln peak rating should be about 245,000
BTU@ peak/hour. This I gleaned from Olsen's kiln book. I also read that a 500
tank should be sufficient (which is what I expected), but I believe that a 500 g
tank is a ten footer. Help! We don't want this monster in our beautiful school
yard!
Respond directly and thanks
Andrew Francis
The Interlaken School of Art
413 298-5252
makeart@bcn.net
June Perry on sat 22 may 99
Dear Andrew:
I had two 500 gallon tanks linked together. You can only fill a propane tank
to 80% capacity and they can freeze up on you as well. Having two smaller
tanks works better than one thousand gallon tank.
I had three kilns totally only about 65cu ft, by the way.
Warm regards,
June
Marc Ward on sat 22 may 99
Andrew,
Yes, you need at least a 500g tank, many of which can be buried. If you would
like additional information, please call.
Marc Ward
Ward Burner Systems
PO Box 333
Dandridge, TN 37725
USA
423.397.2914 voice
423.397.1253 fax
wardburner@aol.com
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