jeff seefeldt on mon 16 apr 01
Here is an idea that my help some of you, although it didn't work for me.
CIPS (our electric provider) offers a time of use rate that is about 2.5
cents / KWH for electricity used between 10 pm and 10 am weekdays and al=
l
day on weekends. Normal rate is about 8 cents / KWH.
Now that you are all drooling over the rate, heres the catch, electricity
used outside those times is extremely expensive. If you can time your ki=
lns
to fire only at night or weekends without using lots of electricity durin=
g
peak times, CIPS thought it would be worthwhile switching to this rate pl=
an.
My problem was that I like Air Conditioning on hot days during the summer=
=2E
The electric coop that serves the rural areas around Quincy offers an
interruptable rate during the summer. This rate is only available during
the summer ( peak usage season ). If you give the COOP the option of
shutting you off, they will give you better rate. No I cant imagine what=
a
power outage would do to a kiln that is firing, but you would just have t=
o
wait til evening to fire on days that posed a threat of being interrupted=
=2E
(really hot days when everyone is running AC)
Just a few ideas, I thought I'd pass along that go along with the reasons
for the added insulation threads.
jeff
anxious to try out some new toys I just bought, a kilnvent ( rather than =
a
window fan), a skutt KM controller, new elements and ITC. I may take a f=
ew
days off the day job to get my kiln put back together.
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