Diane G. Echlin on thu 3 aug 00
Err1 means the kiln is not getting enough juice to fire up at the rate set in the
computer. I've been struggling with this for some god awful months. replaced the
elemnets, didn'y fix it; now I know for a fact that I'm getting 208 and I need
240. And darnit, the electrician won't call me back! But for sure, it's the juice
coming in, so test your elements, test your outlet, test the panel.
Good luck !
Diane in CT
Michele wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I have recently been using Xavier's green and it has been terrific!! Just
> when testing it's many colour variations etc. on test tiles, my SKUTT 1027
> kiln decides to give me an error message of ERR1. I have misplaced my
> manual and wonder if anyone is familiar with this message? I'm assuming it
> is an element out. The Xavier's looks awful--mossy green muddy. I fire
> with a kilnmaster to cone 6 but it seems to shut off about 5 1/2. The
> glaze loves this. I know the kiln reached 2060 degrees F, the last I
> checked. Maybe the glaze was fine and I just took too much water off the
> surface of the bucket to thicken it this time. It was slightly thin and
> yellowish last time. Any ideas??
>
> Thanks,
> Michele
>
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Michele on fri 4 aug 00
Hi.
I have recently been using Xavier's green and it has been terrific!! Just
when testing it's many colour variations etc. on test tiles, my SKUTT 1027
kiln decides to give me an error message of ERR1. I have misplaced my
manual and wonder if anyone is familiar with this message? I'm assuming it
is an element out. The Xavier's looks awful--mossy green muddy. I fire
with a kilnmaster to cone 6 but it seems to shut off about 5 1/2. The
glaze loves this. I know the kiln reached 2060 degrees F, the last I
checked. Maybe the glaze was fine and I just took too much water off the
surface of the bucket to thicken it this time. It was slightly thin and
yellowish last time. Any ideas??
Thanks,
Michele
John Hesselberth on sun 6 aug 00
Michele wrote:
>Hi.
>
>I have recently been using Xavier's green and it has been terrific!! Just
>when testing it's many colour variations etc. on test tiles, my SKUTT 1027
>kiln decides to give me an error message of ERR1. I have misplaced my
>manual and wonder if anyone is familiar with this message? I'm assuming it
>is an element out. The Xavier's looks awful--mossy green muddy. I fire
>with a kilnmaster to cone 6 but it seems to shut off about 5 1/2. The
>glaze loves this. I know the kiln reached 2060 degrees F, the last I
>checked. Maybe the glaze was fine and I just took too much water off the
>surface of the bucket to thicken it this time. It was slightly thin and
>yellowish last time. Any ideas??
>
>Thanks,
>Michele
Hi Michelle,
I don't have a Scutt so I can't tell you what error 1 is but more than
likely it caused your kiln to shut off prematurely. What witness cone
fell? Any of them? I am assuming, of course, that you had witness cone
packs in the kiln. If you didn't, I highly recommend it. That is the
only way to know what really happened. The other possibility is the
glaze was on too thickly. In my experience Xavier's Warm Jade Green
needs a moderately thick application. If it is too thick it tends to
bubble a little bit, but I can't recall ever seeing it as you describe it
above. 10 to 1 says your kiln didn't even come close to reaching
temperature. Try refiring. Good luck. John
John Hesselberth
Frog Pond Pottery
P.O. Box 88
Pocopson, PA 19366 USA
EMail: john@frogpondpottery.com web site: http://www.frogpondpottery.com
"Pots, like other forms of art, are human expressions: pleasure, pain or
indifference before them depends upon their natures, and their natures
are inevitably projections of the minds of their creators." Bernard
Leach, A Potter's Book.
WHew536674@CS.COM on mon 7 aug 00
Michele,
Err1 means: the temperature is increasing less than 12 degrees per hour
during a ramp segment, where the temperature is programmed to increase. This
slow rate must persist for 22.5 minutes before the error is displayed.
Quoted form the controller manual.
Joyce A
PS I had the same occurrence once, and it was not burned out elements.
That's the good news. The bad news is I'll be damned if I can remember what
I did. It wasn't serious, so I don't remember. Must have called the
manufacturer.
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