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  1. In Topic: Changing kiln from 3 phase to single pahse

    Posted 29 Jan 2013

    Thanks Tom and Neil, I'll just fire with the 208's until they die. I will get a replacement set to have on hand. I doubt I'll fire more than every other month, not much time to make stuff with a full time job + side jobs. Posted Image

    Jilly

  2. In Topic: Changing kiln from 3 phase to single pahse

    Posted 25 Jan 2013

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    quote name='neilestrick' date='25 January 2013 - 06:18 PM' timestamp='1359155921' post='28512']
    Those elements will be running hotter than they are intended, so their life will be shortened. It shouldn't hurt anything, though. Go ahead and use them till they fry.

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    Thanks Neil, that's what I had figured. I will commence with frying!

    Jilly

  3. In Topic: Changing kiln from 3 phase to single pahse

    Posted 25 Jan 2013

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    On larger round kilns, like the Skutt 1227 or L&L E28T-3 (10 cubic feet models) and others, if they are running on 208 volts at single phase they can't get enough wattage to get them to cone 10 and still come in under 50 amps, which is what they need to do to keep from having to change a lot of things in the wiring system, and it probably has something to do with the UL listing as well. They both do make kilns of that size that can get to cone 10 on 208V 1P, but those are different models, with different wiring setups.


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    On the topic of 208V 1P cone 10 kilns, I recently purchased a used Skutt 1227 with this configuration. I will be firing it on 240V. From what I understand after speaking with a Skutt tech it should work fine, but the life of the elements will be reduced. I was hoping to fire it a couple of times before replacing the elements (with 240V ones), I will be firing to cone 6. Do any of you see a problem with this? Should I just bite the bullet and change the elements before firing it all?

    Thanks for any advice.

    Jilly

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