OMG just went into my studio to have a crafty ciggie and noticed my kiln was glowing red, checked the temp and it was 948 degrees! I just ran my normal program and skipped the first segment to cut short my session and left it, I now have 30 melted blobs on the floor of my kiln, a broken finger and 4 craft fairs booked between now and Christmas!
I am going to run a test cycle tomorrow after work and see, but I am not going to be comfortable leaving it on overnight again!
Bloody hell What a winger! On a brighter note, the Tajik opal frit I used to make all the beads looked wicked going in! the bugger is that these were the beads I made to donate all the proceeds for the phab kids charity that Thursdays fair is in aid of! poo!
I meant to ask if anyone knows if it would have shut off at a certain temp or would it have kept on boiling away?
KJ - what kind of kiln is it? If it's a Maxi (or Maxine) contact Lee straight away as there was a fault with some of the controllers from the early batch.
Kazx
cabs anyone?
(sorry KJ. You're really not having a good couple of weeks are you sweetie :-*)
It's an sc2 kaz, I bought it about 3 years ago from warm glass.
George, they can't even be cabs they are melted blobs!!!!
Xx
Just pulled all the mandrels out of the kiln and poked at the glass and it has all come free from the kiln floor woohoooooooooooo! Going to bed now and hoping the kiln fairies are forgiving tomorrow!
oh no what a shame was your finger already broken then?I thought you maybe broke it trying to get the beads out. My bead cube overheated once when i had left it on and gone away through the house but did go back for something and saw it glowing red and the temp goung up and up, it was the thingy that goes into the wotsit was loose the thermocouple that goes into the hole at the back of the kiln, it had been nudged loose, you havent one of those on your kiln have you . I check mine most times now as i got a bit of a fear. I know yours isnt a beadcube though.
You poor girl! It doesn't sound good :'( Let's know more after tomorrow when you test it again.
Give Robin at Cherry Heaven a call, he has all the spares and can talk you through. It sounds like something like a relay problem ... (do I sound like I know what I'm talking about? ;))
Fingers crossed you get it sorted - I know if I try and ramp up too fast it can over shoot.
Some instructions can say ramp at FULL - but I don't let mine go faster than 900.
If you haven't changed your schedule, it could be something as Julie has advised! x
Yep, defo sounds like a stuck relay. One things for sure G.O. if you hadn't have stopped it the odds are it would have continued until the element failed thus requiring a new inner for your kiln.
It wouldn't have been that dangerous but it would have been costly. :'(
Quote from: Lee - Kilncare on November 17, 2010, 09:37:47 AM
Yep, defo sounds like a stuck relay.
Well whadd'ya know - maybe I do know what I'm talking about 8) ;D ;D
Of course you do Lush....you chose one of our kilns ;D ;D ;D
Two actually :D :D
;D ;D there you go, twice as smart :P ;)
Spoke to cherry heaven, I am now watchin my kiln go up to 500, praying that it stops!
The suspense is killing me!!
me too Lee ;D
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Sorry peeps!
Spoke to Cherry heaven again and ran some more tests, all OK, it overshot by 50 degrees on one of them but then calmed itself down!
I let him get on with his day and put it on for a anneal as you go program with a 6 hour garage and tried to skip the first segment, it would only let me skip the 3rd segment ??? and then shot up past 700 degrees!
I have now emailed Laura at Paragon and I'm waiting for her to get back to me to see if this has happened before! I am now waiting (and bricking it!!) with a kiln full of beads (can't fit anymore in!) for the garage section to finish so I can watch it rise to anneal, hold and then come down before I can go to bed!!
Oh, no! Crossing fingers for you!!! :-*
Fingers crossed. If it helps and you get them out alive I can batch anneal for you.
T x
You are all stars, thanks for the support, I have been very nervous but I garaged OK for 6 hours, not leaving my studio! Then it clicked and went to annealing which is where it's at now. Phew, 27 minutes to go then it starts the ramp down.
Everything is still crossed, and I am busting for a wee!
xx
So, is it OK or are you at the bottom of the canal with concrete wellies on????????
Tell us more sweetcheeks?