Diane Woloshyn on wed 23 aug 00
Am in the process of converting and old electric Paragon kiln to gas/electric
as per Mel Jacobsen. Everything went great, coating new elements with ITC
and replacing them, replacing brick and checking everything out with the
meter. Plugged the kiln in to make sure it would heat before I started
spraying the ITC 100. Things looked good and I did the ITC application,
which was easy but messy. Also sprayed my Skutt electric at the same time.
The next day I fired the Skutt and it worked a treat. Because I had a lot of
ware to fire in the Skutt, it was 4 days before I got to firing the Paragon.
When I reached in to test to see it was heating, I touched the brick and got
shocked. Unplugged the kiln and got the meter. After much testing and
retesting with the meter, we(my husband was home by this time) decided that
there was still so much moisture in the brick that is was conducting to the
jacket. We live in Florida where the humidity is High. Had to put a small
electric heater inside the kiln and leave it on for 24 hours before it was
dry enough to fire. Then things went fine.
Still haven't done a reduction firing, because I am waiting for one small
part to come. (The claw for the kiln sitter which I broke)
Hope this saves someone else from a SHOCKING experience in the future.
Diane Florida Bird Lady
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