Username on sat 27 may 06
I was wondering about the costs (electricity) for running a small home
electric kiln, (skutt for example). I realize it depends on how often you
fire, and to which cone, and your profile, etc. I was wondering if someone
could give me an average electric bill amount for running a kiln.
Thank you!
Marcia Selsor on sat 27 may 06
I fire my big oval to ^6 for about $14-19 depending on how tight I
stack it.
It is sprayed with ITC.
Marcia Selsor
http://marciaselsor.com
Marcia Selsor on sun 28 may 06
Linda that is important info/
Our price per kilowatt hour is .14$ anytime in Montana.
Marcia Selsor
http://marciaselsor.com
On May 28, 2006, at 7:44 PM, Linda Ferzoco wrote:
> In California, as in many other states, you pay a
> premium to use electricity during the day. And that
> rate is dependent upon how much you have exceeded your
> baselin use. The utilities give you an average of
> those, but in reality, your mileage may vary quite a
> bit.
>
> If you're interested, look at this:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/marut
>
> Linda Ferzoco
>
Gail Phillips on sun 28 may 06
Hi -
I have an L&L easyfire, about 7 cu. ft., and an average firing runs about $6 (bisque, cone 06) here in Indianapolis. Not TOO tightly packed, but amply so.
- Gail Phillips
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From: Username
> I was wondering about the costs (electricity) for running a small home
> electric kiln, (skutt for example). I realize it depends on how often you
> fire, and to which cone, and your profile, etc. I was wondering if someone
> could give me an average electric bill amount for running a kiln.
> Thank you!
>
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Username on sun 28 may 06
Thanks, Marcia, for replying. Is that cost per firing (I assume?)
ALos, I looked at your work on your website, and I really like your
ceramics, particularly the horsehair/feather and the saggar pieces. Were
these all done in oyur electric kiln?
Thanks, and continued ceramics success!
Mark Tigges on sun 28 may 06
On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 07:03:16PM -0400, Username wrote:
> I was wondering about the costs (electricity) for running a small home
> electric kiln, (skutt for example). I realize it depends on how often you
> fire, and to which cone, and your profile, etc. I was wondering if someone
> could give me an average electric bill amount for running a kiln.
> Thank you!
>
It's very dependent on the kiln. An average size studio kiln is
powered by about 9kW. During a firing you probably on average are
drawing 50% of your max current. A typical cone 6 glaze firing with
slow cooling is about 10 hours. (Both the 50% and 10 hours are
complete guesses based on my experience, I haven't gone and actually
looked at my records.) Find out what your cost for a Kilowatt hour is.
(Here, pacific northwest, it's about $0.07 can.) So, 10*.5*9*0.07 =
3.15, in other words $3.15. (Note that 7 cents per kilowatt hour is
quite cheap. It is likely more expensive where you are.)
The %50 is dependent on the efficiency of your kiln for the cone you
are firing to. (See recent discussion on insulation for the factors
contributing to this value.)
The 9000 watts is completely dependent on the design of the kiln. The
largest factor is the volume of the kiln, but the purpose of the kiln
(cone, firing regularity) are also factors that affect the power used.
Regards,
Mark.
--
http://www.m2crafts.ca
m2crafts [at] gmail
Linda Ferzoco on sun 28 may 06
In California, as in many other states, you pay a
premium to use electricity during the day. And that
rate is dependent upon how much you have exceeded your
baselin use. The utilities give you an average of
those, but in reality, your mileage may vary quite a
bit.
If you're interested, look at this:
http://tinyurl.com/marut
Linda Ferzoco
--- Mark Tigges wrote:
> On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 07:03:16PM -0400, Username
> wrote:
> > I was wondering about the costs (electricity) for
> running a small home
> > electric kiln, (skutt for example). I realize it
> depends on how often you
> > fire, and to which cone, and your profile, etc. I
> was wondering if someone
> > could give me an average electric bill amount for
> running a kiln.
> > Thank you!
> >
>
> It's very dependent on the kiln. An average size
> studio kiln is
> powered by about 9kW. During a firing you probably
> on average are
> drawing 50% of your max current. A typical cone 6
> glaze firing with
> slow cooling is about 10 hours. (Both the 50% and 10
> hours are
> complete guesses based on my experience, I haven't
> gone and actually
> looked at my records.) Find out what your cost for a
> Kilowatt hour is.
> (Here, pacific northwest, it's about $0.07 can.)
> So, 10*.5*9*0.07 =
> 3.15, in other words $3.15. (Note that 7 cents per
> kilowatt hour is
> quite cheap. It is likely more expensive where you
> are.)
>
> The %50 is dependent on the efficiency of your kiln
> for the cone you
> are firing to. (See recent discussion on insulation
> for the factors
> contributing to this value.)
>
> The 9000 watts is completely dependent on the design
> of the kiln. The
> largest factor is the volume of the kiln, but the
> purpose of the kiln
> (cone, firing regularity) are also factors that
> affect the power used.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark.
>
> --
> http://www.m2crafts.ca
> m2crafts [at] gmail
>
>
______________________________________________________________________________
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
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> reached at melpots@pclink.com.
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