Fredrick Paget on fri 24 feb 06
Salt water would not necessarily ruin a kiln. It can be washed out
with fresh water, Of course the sooner it is done the better as
corrosion can start if time goes by.
When I was a Chief Electrician in the U.S.Merchant Marine I rescued a
lot of motors and electrical equipment by washing out the salt water
after we had an accidental flooding of the Refer Flat in a C4 troop
ship. A good soak in multiple water changes is needed followed by a
thorough drying out. Even the computer can be saved if it has not
been turned on while in salt water. The worst effects are noted when
a circuit is energized when the water gets in as you then get an
electrolysis that dissolves the circuit and copper things. I once
dropped a camera in the ocean while getting out of a rowboat and it
was a total loss because it was turned on when it went in.
Fred
>When I was on a mission trip to the Gulf Coast I stopped by Dogwood
>Ceramics near Biloxi. In the course of a chat with one of the guys there,
>he told me a lot of folks would have lost their electric kilns due to the
salt in the flood water. Vicki
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From Fred Paget,
Marin County, CA, USA
fredrick@well.com
http://homepage.mac.com/fredrick/FileSharing1.html
Charter Member Potters Council
Vicki on fri 24 feb 06
When I was on a mission trip to the Gulf Coast I stopped by Dogwood
Ceramics near Biloxi. In the course of a chat with one of the guys there,
he told me a lot of folks would have lost their electric kilns due to the
salt in the flood water. After I left thought, hey, I'd like to have the
shell of an electric kiln to make an outdoor woodfired kiln out of. I
wonder if anybody has any ideas of how the folks whose electric kilns were
fizzed could set up a site or someplace to sell the shells and at least
get a little money out of them.
W J Seidl on sat 25 feb 06
I have to agree with Fred, here. During Wilma and our unexpected "salt
water soak", much of my electronic "stuff" was lost, because it was
energized again BEFORE being cleaned.
I found that with electric motors and switches, thorough washing =
(soaking
sometimes) in clear water, followed by a vigorous drying with an air
hose/compressor, and then spray/soaking with a CRC product used for =
cleaning
electrical contacts (which evaporated, leaving no residue, be sure you =
get
the one safe for plastics) allowed me to save almost every motor and =
switch
in the house. =20
Just my $0.02.
Wayne Seidl
Salt water would not necessarily ruin a kiln. It can be washed out
with fresh water, Of course the sooner it is done the better as
corrosion can start if time goes by.
When I was a Chief Electrician in the U.S.Merchant Marine I rescued a
lot of motors and electrical equipment by washing out the salt water
after we had an accidental flooding of the Refer Flat in a C4 troop
ship. A good soak in multiple water changes is needed followed by a
thorough drying out. Even the computer can be saved if it has not
been turned on while in salt water. The worst effects are noted when
a circuit is energized when the water gets in as you then get an
electrolysis that dissolves the circuit and copper things. I once
dropped a camera in the ocean while getting out of a rowboat and it
was a total loss because it was turned on when it went in.
Fred
>When I was on a mission trip to the Gulf Coast I stopped by Dogwood
>Ceramics near Biloxi. In the course of a chat with one of the guys =
there,
>he told me a lot of folks would have lost their electric kilns due to =
the
salt in the flood water. Vicki
--
From Fred Paget,
Marin County, CA, USA
fredrick@well.com
http://homepage.mac.com/fredrick/FileSharing1.html
Charter Member Potters Council
Earl Brunner on sat 25 feb 06
Why? Hose the things down, they are already water affected, if the only problem is salt, then it will dissolve with fresh water. Can't speak for the elctrical aspect of it, but the salt aspect makes no sense.
Earl Brunner
e-mail: brunv53@yahoo.com
----- Original Message ----
From: Vicki
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 8:58:16 AM
Subject: Katrina Kilns
When I was on a mission trip to the Gulf Coast I stopped by Dogwood
Ceramics near Biloxi. In the course of a chat with one of the guys there,
he told me a lot of folks would have lost their electric kilns due to the
salt in the flood water. After I left thought, hey, I'd like to have the
shell of an electric kiln to make an outdoor woodfired kiln out of. I
wonder if anybody has any ideas of how the folks whose electric kilns were
fizzed could set up a site or someplace to sell the shells and at least
get a little money out of them.
Bruce Davis on mon 27 feb 06
I had to dispose of three kilns from the community center where I
work...They were just ordinary-sized electrics of about 7-8 cubic feet.......the
problem was that they weighed so much after being submerged in salt water for a few
days that it was necessary to destroy them in order to move them. You would
think that just gravity alone would have caused the water to drain out but
that wasn't the case. The bricks are so porous that they retained a huge
amount of water. It would also have been great to be able to candle fire them to
dry them out, but with all of the damage to the building and the electrical
problems due to flooding, they had to be removed from the building as part of
the cleanup effort. I don't know what they weighed, but let me assure you
that fire brick absorb lots of water and they must have weighed 2-3 times more
than their original weight.
Best regards,
Bruce Davis, Mud Run Pottery
Gulfport, MS
_http://bdavis6129.blogspot.com/_ (http://bdavis6129.blogspot.com/)
bdavis6129@aol.com
Jon Brinley on tue 28 feb 06
Vicki=20
How many shells do you need? I dismantled=20
5 Paragon's awhile back, and still have the stainless=20
shells laying around(in the way most of the time). If=20
you are interested in them they are yours for the=20
taking. Contact me offlist to arrange pick-up.
Jon
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