Paul Taylor on sat 11 jan 03
Dear Hank
I nearly forgot the most important part of your previous post . Some real
information - you fire a meter square kiln on 15 therms of gas . I have
looked through my reference books and I can find conversion tables and
formulas for every thing except therms. If you could give me that in btu or
gallons of gas or liters of gas or cubic feet of gas , I would be grateful
--or just how many btu's in a therm.
I have been looking through some of the industrial sites they seem to be
obsessed with fast firing I suppose cheaper is better for them.
I think my computer problem is at last fixed.
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Regards from Paul Taylor
tamlin1952@go.com
http://www.anu.ie/westportpottery
Phone International 00 353 98 21239
From the Republic of Ireland 098 21239
Paul Taylor
Westport pottery
Liscarney
Westport
County Mayo
Ireland
Hank Murrow on sat 11 jan 03
On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 11:24 AM, Paul Taylor wrote:
> Dear Hank
>
> I nearly forgot the most important part of your previous post . Some
> real
> information - you fire a meter square kiln on 15 therms of gas . I
> have
> looked through my reference books and I can find conversion tables and
> formulas for every thing except therms. If you could give me that in
> btu or
> gallons of gas or liters of gas or cubic feet of gas , I would be
> grateful
> --or just how many btu's in a therm. I have been looking through some
> of the industrial sites they seem to be obsessed with fast firing I
> suppose cheaper is better for them.
>
>
Dear Paul;
A therm = 100,000 BTU. Therefore, the kiln fires on 1,800,000 BTU ($15
USD) for 30 hour cycle including cooling soak. Hey, I just opened the
kiln this morning after firing some 24" x 24" wall plaques raw with my
Shinos on them. One half inch thick, fired dead flat, and are gorgeous!
They go in a show next week. They REALLY benefited from the slow firing.
Cheers, Hank
Roger Korn on sat 11 jan 03
1 therm = 100,000 btu
Roger
Paul Taylor wrote:
>Dear Hank
>
>I nearly forgot the most important part of your previous post . Some real
>information - you fire a meter square kiln on 15 therms of gas . I have
>looked through my reference books and I can find conversion tables and
>formulas for every thing except therms. If you could give me that in btu or
>gallons of gas or liters of gas or cubic feet of gas , I would be grateful
>--or just how many btu's in a therm.
>
>I have been looking through some of the industrial sites they seem to be
>obsessed with fast firing I suppose cheaper is better for them.
>
>I think my computer problem is at last fixed.
>--
>--
>Regards from Paul Taylor
>
>tamlin1952@go.com
>
>http://www.anu.ie/westportpottery
>
>Phone International 00 353 98 21239
>
>>From the Republic of Ireland 098 21239
>
>Paul Taylor
>Westport pottery
>Liscarney
>Westport
>County Mayo
>Ireland
>
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