Fredrick Paget on thu 14 oct 04
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From Fred Paget, Marin County, California, USA
fredrick@well.com
I have a Bailey Cone Art kiln with a Bailey kiln vent installed. The
fan is on the wall and a 4 foot long piece of aluminum flexible dryer
vent pipe runs between the kiln and the suction fan. Yesterday I
looked behind the kiln and saw that the dryer vent pipe had totally
collapsed and lay there gaping open. On picking it up it seemed to be
rotten, falling apart in my hands.
This pipe has been in use for about 6 years and survived hundreds of firings.
I am replacing it with the same stuff but will watch it closely after
a year or so. It is so nice and cheap and easy to hook up but does
have limited life.
I wonder if I coated the inside with ITC 213, if it would survive
longer? Probably not cost effective as a new pipe every 2 years would
only cost $7.50.
Fred
Arnold Howard on fri 15 oct 04
Fred, you might consider 4" PVC pipe. It lasts a lot longer than the
aluminum dryer duct.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
arnoldhoward@att.net / www.paragonweb.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fredrick Paget"
> I have a Bailey Cone Art kiln with a Bailey kiln vent installed. The
> fan is on the wall and a 4 foot long piece of aluminum flexible dryer
> vent pipe runs between the kiln and the suction fan. Yesterday I
> looked behind the kiln and saw that the dryer vent pipe had totally
> collapsed and lay there gaping open. On picking it up it seemed to be
> rotten, falling apart in my hands.
> This pipe has been in use for about 6 years and survived hundreds of
> firings.
> I am replacing it with the same stuff but will watch it closely after
> a year or so. It is so nice and cheap and easy to hook up but does
> have limited life.
> I wonder if I coated the inside with ITC 213, if it would survive
> longer? Probably not cost effective as a new pipe every 2 years would
> only cost $7.50.
Louis Katz on fri 15 oct 04
PVC pipe great idea.
I have been using galvanized duct pipe. It is so humid down here that
we do a lot of drying in the kilns, 12 hours at 185F is a standard
preheat, occcsionally going to 20 hours for more brick like objects.
Our ducting lasts less than 4 years. For the portion between the blower
and the exhaust I will go to PVC . Near the kilns I will have to stay
more flame proof.
Thanks
Louis
On Oct 15, 2004, at 10:27 AM, Arnold Howard wrote:
> Fred, you might consider 4" PVC pipe. It lasts a lot longer than the
> aluminum dryer duct.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Arnold Howard
> Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
> arnoldhoward@att.net / www.paragonweb.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fredrick Paget"
>> I have a Bailey Cone Art kiln with a Bailey kiln vent installed. The
>> fan is on the wall and a 4 foot long piece of aluminum flexible dryer
>> vent pipe runs between the kiln and the suction fan. Yesterday I
>> looked behind the kiln and saw that the dryer vent pipe had totally
>> collapsed and lay there gaping open. On picking it up it seemed to be
>> rotten, falling apart in my hands.
>> This pipe has been in use for about 6 years and survived hundreds of
>> firings.
>> I am replacing it with the same stuff but will watch it closely after
>> a year or so. It is so nice and cheap and easy to hook up but does
>> have limited life.
>> I wonder if I coated the inside with ITC 213, if it would survive
>> longer? Probably not cost effective as a new pipe every 2 years would
>> only cost $7.50.
>
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