Liz Willoughby on sat 29 sep 01
Forgot to mention that last year I narrowed my burner ports by 1/2
inch all the way around, using soft brick. I did this to cut down on
the secondary air. I also narrowed my flue by 1/2 inch. I was
looking at the Baileys at NCECA, and noticed that the burner ports
were smaller than my model, and had a talk with I think it was Steve
about it, and he said to try making them smaller. Feriz (?) from ITC
recommended making the flue smaller, so what the heck I did both. I
also use 8 " posts on the bottom of the kiln, and that has really
helped to even out the temperature.
Meticky Liz
p.s. someday I am going to get one of those oxygen probes, but right
now, I think I might have the thing figured out.
Liz Willoughby
RR 1
2903 Shelter Valley Rd.
Grafton, On.
Canada
K0K 2G0
e-mail lizwill@phc.igs.net
Phyllis Kloda on tue 2 oct 01
On 9/29/01 5:16 PM, "Liz Willoughby" wrote:
> Forgot to mention that last year I narrowed my burner ports by 1/2
> inch all the way around, using soft brick. I did this to cut down on
> the secondary air. I also narrowed my flue by 1/2 inch. I was
> looking at the Baileys at NCECA, and noticed that the burner ports
> were smaller than my model, and had a talk with I think it was Steve
> about it, and he said to try making them smaller. Feriz (?) from ITC
> recommended making the flue smaller, so what the heck I did both. I
> also use 8 " posts on the bottom of the kiln, and that has really
> helped to even out the temperature.
> Meticky Liz
>
> p.s. someday I am going to get one of those oxygen probes, but right
> now, I think I might have the thing figured out.
> Liz Willoughby
> RR 1
> 2903 Shelter Valley Rd.
> Grafton, On.
> Canada
> K0K 2G0
> e-mail lizwill@phc.igs.net
>
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Liz
Thanks for your help. Called Bailey and we both agreed someone had choked
back the damper area when re-locating the kiln. I removed some bricks that
were around the top of the damper area. It seems so far to be running much
better! And even. ( I'm firing it today!) It used to have the "T" fornmation
but we're using 11" shelves (3) and they're fine.
Thanks
Phyllis
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