How to kill a new kiln....(@&#$(*#
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:30 am
My Evenheat GT14-6 with Rampmaster II control arrived in November. I've been happily playing and learning ever since... until Monday. That's the day that my moving the pyrometer temperature probe to the side to lower a loaded kiln shelf into the kiln decided it had had enough of the abuse and the wire broke. Evenheat sent a replacement, which arrived yesterday. They gave me instructions by phone on how to replace it. I dutifully dropped in on my brother and walked of with his 1/4" nut wrench, 1/4" socket and a few other tools he thought I might need. Went home, operated on the kiln and KILLED the patient!!! #*&$(@& I got the probe replaced but when I was screwing the piece onto the kiln that the wires go into, the temp control box slipped and the full weight of the box dropping 6 inches broke the two cloth covered wires inside the plastic sleeve. I have to call Evenheat to see what my next step is but I'm in pain right now.
For those of you other newbies who have been doing what I was doing-- STOP NOW!! The reason I was doing it is I have to put the shelf in tilted to have it go under the wire sticking out into the kiln. Rather than do that and then load the shelf once it's in the kiln, I was taking a "short cut." It's a bad short cut to take, folks. Now I need to see what to do to fix my broken wires... Evenheat is probably gonna be sorry they sold me a kiln! And, this time, I'm going to let an electrician fix it when I get the next part/s.
Sue
For those of you other newbies who have been doing what I was doing-- STOP NOW!! The reason I was doing it is I have to put the shelf in tilted to have it go under the wire sticking out into the kiln. Rather than do that and then load the shelf once it's in the kiln, I was taking a "short cut." It's a bad short cut to take, folks. Now I need to see what to do to fix my broken wires... Evenheat is probably gonna be sorry they sold me a kiln! And, this time, I'm going to let an electrician fix it when I get the next part/s.
Sue