lela martens on tue 19 nov 02
Hi guys,
I have also just bought my first kiln, an electric. It`s in very good shape.
I plan to house it in a little metal shed. It is not ccccomputerised, has
cone sitter. It can get very cold here, Canadian prairies, but I have little
room. Do you think it will be alright? I will put it on a concrete block.The
air is dry Thanks to anyone, Lela Martens
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Lily Krakowski on tue 19 nov 02
I think the only problem your kiln would have is that it may cool too fast.
Which in turn might damage the brick and damage the ware. I DO NOT KNOW BUT
THAT IS THE DIRECTION IN WHICH I WOULD HEAD MY QUESTIONS.
lela martens writes:
> Hi guys,
> I have also just bought my first kiln, an electric. It`s in very good
> shape.
> I plan to house it in a little metal shed. It is not ccccomputerised, has
> cone sitter. It can get very cold here, Canadian prairies, but I have
> little
> room. Do you think it will be alright? I will put it on a concrete
> block.The
> air is dry Thanks to anyone, Lela Martens
>
>
>
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Snail Scott on tue 19 nov 02
At 07:05 AM 11/19/02 +0000, you wrote:
>I plan to house [kiln] in a little metal shed. It is not computerised, has
>cone sitter... Do you think it will be alright?
It'll be just fine. Damp is bad, but dry
cold will do no harm. Go for it!
-Snail
Marianne Lombardo on tue 19 nov 02
Hi Lela,
I'm in Canada as well, and have been told by one of the kiln manufacturers
that it's okay to put an electric kiln wiithout a computerized controller in
a garage. It won't harm the elements or the bricks. I haven't moved mine
into a garage yet to try it myself. But what I do think will happen is that
the kiln will probably cool off much faster, which might affect your glazes,
expecially if you want a slow
cooldown. But that's only what I think, not through experience.
Marianne Lombardo
Omemee, Ontario, Canada
email: mlombardo@nexicom.net
> I have also just bought my first kiln, an electric. It`s in very good
shape.
> I plan to house it in a little metal shed. It is not ccccomputerised, has
> cone sitter. It can get very cold here, Canadian prairies, but I have
little
> room. Do you think it will be alright? I will put it on a concrete
block.The
> air is dry Thanks to anyone, Lela Martens
Ivor on wed 20 nov 02
Low temperatures are unlikely to damage kilns elements or bricks.
The rate at which a particular kiln cools is determined by the
difference in temperature between inside and out. If its cooling
from over 2000 degrees F, then it matters little whether the room
temperature is 20 or 40 degrees F. At the lower temperature it
would cool 1% faster. Rate of cooling is also affected by the type
and thickness of the bricks which is why no two kilns seem to cool
at the same rate.
If the kiln is put away wet, then freezing water within in the bricks
would be a real problem. But hey who ever wets the inside of a
kiln?
From a purely human perspective I prefer the UK temperatures to
the Canadian ones!
Ivor J Townshend
Macclesfield UK
Janet Moe / Paul Bailey on wed 20 nov 02
>
>>From a purely human perspective I prefer the UK temperatures to
>the Canadian ones!
>
I would like to point out that Canada is a very large country with many
different climates. Where I live we seldom get snow and freezing
temperatures. It is often rainy and grey (that would be gray in the
U.S.) in the winter. We are only an hour away from snow and a great ski
resort on Vancouver Island.
Janet, feeling lucky to live on Denman Island, British Columbia where it
was foggy and 15 deg. Celsius today with the sun shining through for a
couple of hours. I dug potatos in the garden and harvested fresh
tomatos, basil and peppers from an unheated greenhouse, just for a
little break from the frantic production in the studio.
Cindy Griffis on wed 20 nov 02
lela martens writes:
> Hi guys,
> I have also just bought my first kiln, an
electric. It`s in very good
> shape.
> I plan to house it in a little metal shed. It
is not ccccomputerised, has
> cone sitter. It can get very cold here,
Canadian prairies, but I have
> little
> room. Do you think it will be alright? I will
put it on a concrete
> block.The
> air is dry
Lela,
I have my electric kiln with a kiln sitter on a screen porch that is open
to the winds. I have learned to slow cool the kiln by watching the cones
and letting the kiln shut off. Then I lift the flapper and push in the
button carefully and turn the dials down manually. It helps to have a
pyrometer to watch the temp. I tried an hour on medium and an hour on low
to get a nice glaze before I got my new kiln. The new one has 3 inch
firebrick and I've not worked out a cooling schedule I like with only one
glaze fire under my belt. It takes a few more trips to the kiln, but I
believe it's worth it to get nice glazes and not have to worry about power
fluctuations, etc. Just keep an eye on it and don't forget about it....I
use the stove timer or an alarm clock.
Good luck,
Cindy
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