June Perry on tue 15 jul 03
Dear Clayarters,
I had an electrician, who has since had his phone disconnected, so before I
have another one come in I thought I'd present the problem here and see if
anyone could advise me how to deal with this with the next electrician!
I told him to hook up my Skutt kiln using the requirements in the Skutt
manual and told him to put it on it's own dedicated line. When I reviewed it with
him he told me that he did exactly what I asked; but since I'm totally in the
dark with electrical matters, there was no way for me to double check what he
did.
The bisque firing went OK and then, during the first glaze firing the kiln
kept going off at the breaker. He had wired it to it's own tab/breaker in the
box; but when I came in the house I found that my husband had turned on our
dryer! By this time the kiln had already gone out about 4 times! Once we figured
the dryer might be suspect and shut and shut it off, the firing continued
without a hitch.
The dryer in the house is coming off another box in the garage, and the kiln
is wired into a separate control box in the studio, so I don't know why the
dryer would make the studio go off; but I'm no electrician. I guess that's a
course I need to sign up for! LOL
Can anyone give me any input on how to deal with this and what to ask the
electrician to check or do other than checking that the first electrician used
the correct size copper wire, right amps/voltage, etc.?
Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions!
Regards,
June Perry
http://www.angelfire.com/art2/shambhalapottery/index.html
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