electricity usage

scooter riegelsperger · Fri Oct 03, 2003 12:13 pm

Does anyone know how to calculate electricity usage for a kiln with digital control? Does it require a special meter to be attatched?

Trying to figure how much it costs to operate for a full fuse cycle, slump cycle, & tack fuse cycle. Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Geri Comstock · Post by **Geri Comstock** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 12:45 pm

There's information about how to do this in the old archives.

Good luck!

Geri

Bert Weiss · Post by **Bert Weiss** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 12:46 pm

It's pretty difficult to guage, because you don't really know what percentage of the time you are on. The power it takes to fire will vary depending on the weight if the glass load in the kiln.

You can take a reading at your electric meter before and after a firing, then take a reading on a typical day for the same time period and subtract that from the first reading and you should have a clue.

Your power costs are the least of your expenses.

jim simmons · Post by **jim simmons** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 1:07 pm

Geri Comstock wrote:There's information about how to do this in the old archives.

Good luck!

Geri

This is the way that I did it.

http://www.warmglass.com/cgi-bin/wgarch ... read=24302

Jim

Phil Hoppes · Post by **Phil Hoppes** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 2:04 pm

I did a writeup on this in the archives. Here is a link:

http://www.warmglass.com/phpBB/viewtopi ... highlight=

Post if you have any more questions. Be sure and read the full thread
as I have a typo in the main description. These geriatric moments tend to come more often these days!

Phil