Manual Glass Kiln

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Kiln Maintenance

Trouble-Shooter

Kiln Does Not Turn On, Display is Blank

Make sure the circuit

breaker is in the “on” po

sition.

Ifthe circuitbreakerison,

check the kiln’s fuse. Re

move by pressing on the

fuse holder and turning

counter-clockwise half a

turn. Check the fuse by

placing the probes of an

ohmmeter on the ends of

the fuse. If the ohmeter

reads less than one ohm

(digital meter) or reads 0

ohms (analog meter), the

fuse is bad. Replacement

fuse:

AGC ½ A 250V AC

Note: If you do not have an ohmmeter, visually in-

spect the fuse. You will see a thin strand of unbro-

ken wire in a good fuse. The wire usually appears

broken in a burned fuse.

Circuit Breaker Trips

If the circuit breaker trips after the kiln has fired for

awhile, make sure no other appliances are operating on

the same circuit as the kiln.

If the circuit

breaker trips im

mediately after the

kiln is turned on,

the kiln may have a

short circuit. Un

plug the kiln. Re

move the bottom

cover andlook for a

loosewiretouching

the case.

Temperature is

Inaccurate

Make sure the ther

mocouple is pushed

½”-¾” intothefiring

chamber.

Ifthe thermocouple is

pushed into the firing

chamber, and the

temperature is inac

curate, replace the thermocouple.

Kiln Repairs

Door Latch

Adjustment

Adjustthetwoscrews

on the door latch to

change the spring ten

sion.

Note: Do not

loosen the screws

too far, or they

could fall out.

Ceramic Fiber Repair

If glass, ceramic glaze, or other materials drip onto the

firing chamber,repair before thenext firing. Otherwise the

glaze will remelt and embed deeper into the fiber.

1 Unplug the kiln.

2 Cut or scrapethe ceramic

fiber to remove the con

taminant.Removeaslittle

fiberaspossible.Ifaheat-

ing element is located

where you are scraping,

avoid touching the ele-

ment.

Cleaning or Replacing the

Glass Viewing Port

Never fire a kiln equipped with theglass viewport hotter

than 1700°F/926°C. Firing hotter will damage the glass.

To remove the window:

1 Remove the four

screws holding the

glass cover.

2 Remove the glass.

Clean with glass

cleaner. To remove

scratches, take the

glassto aneyeglass

polisher.

Thermocouple