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#41 User is offline   Jime Icon

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Posted 20 April 2013 - 12:46 PM

This is a really useful thread, as I'm sitting here waiting to peek in the kiln.
I have a pretty basic setup, so I don't have a way to measure the temperature inside the kiln. Does anyone have tricks for gauging the temperature inside?
When the kiln was pitch black inside I took out the second peep.
I've heard of people doing the paper test, but I'm not too sure what temperature is represented by which results. I just took some paper and left it in for 10 seconds, and got a tiiiiiny bit of color change, barely tan, not brown.
I have a small electric cress 23. Any idea what temp it might be if the top of the lid is warm? cool?
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Posted 20 April 2013 - 02:11 PM

Paper will smolder above 400 degrees. Just stick a rolled up piece in the peep hole and see what happens.
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