OPERATION OF L&L KILNS WITH A ONE-TOUCH™ (Deg F)
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4. Press
ENTER
and the display reads
FIrE
.
5. You can add a delay time to the program by pressing
the
DOWN
arrow when you see
FIrE
but before you
press
ENTER
.
6. After you press the
DELAY
button, you will see
dELA
flashing with a time value, typically
00.00
which
represents 00 hours and 00 minutes.
7. After you see this flashing display, you can press the
UP
or
DOWN
button to adjust the time. For instance
if you want a delay time of one hour and thirty minutes
you would enter a value of
01.30
.
8. Once you have the value you want, press
ENTER
and
you will see
FIrE
again.
9. This will delay the start of the actual firing by the
number of minutes and hours that you have chosen.
10. Press
ENTER
and the control will begin the firing
cycle. If you have entered a delay, then you will
see
dLY
flashing with a countdown of the time (for
example
01:30
for 1 hour and 30 minutes)
11. Press the
REVIEW
button to review the program.
12. You can do this when you see the
FIrE
display
(which will be before the kiln has started to fire) or while
firing (when you just see temperature continuously.
13. The display will scroll though:
• The name of the program (i.e.
bISC
)
• Then
CndL
(for candle low fire followed by a time)
• Then
COnE
followed by a number like
04
• Then
°F
or
°C
to let you know the temperature scale
• Then a temperature like
1063
which is the anticipated
maximum temperature.
• Then
HLd
followed by a time value like
00:00
,
which is any hold time at top temperature that you may
have programmed into the control.
• NOTE: Setting for
COOL
and
HtUP
are not shown
so you need to make sure these are right before you
fire your program.
14. Press
ENTER
anytime to stop the program.
15. When the program is complete, you will see
CPLt
.
16. If the Beep option has been turned to “
On
,” then the
control will beep about 15 times. If it was set for “
OFF
,”
then there will be no beeping. If it was set for “
FULL
,”
then it will beep until a button is pressed. (See Options
later in the manual for how to set this.)
9.2 SIMPLE WITH CHANGES (Bisque or Glaze)
1. It is easy to change simple options like candle time,
cone to fire to, hold time at peak temperature, cool-
down rate and heat-up rate (plus, you can restore the
default values in case you lose track of where you are).
Note that the heat up rate is what changes a Bisque or
a Glaze program to Slow, Medium or High.
9.2.1 TO CHANGE A SIMPLE OPTION
1. When you press
BISQUE
or
GLAZE
and hold it for
5 seconds, then you will see either
CndL
,
COnE
,
HLd
,
COOL
,
rStr
, or
HtUP
.
2. Once you see one of these displays remove your finger
from the button. (NOTE: If you do not hit another
button for 5 seconds the control will return to idle. If this
happens just start over.)
3. Once you see any of these displayed options you can
scroll to other displayed options by pressing the
UP
or
DOWN
button.
4. Here are the options you can change:
CndL
Candle Time (this is a low temperature
firing used to dry moisture from the
clay)
COnE
Cone to fire to (
022
to
10
)
HLd
Hold or Soak time at peak temperature
in hours and minutes up to 99 hours
and 99 minutes (Format:
00.00
)
COOL
Cool down rate.
OFF
(natural
cooling),
SLO
(Slow = 52°C/hour),
MEd
(Med = 121°C/hour),
FASt
(Fast = 260°C/hour)
rStr
Restore default original values
HtUP
Heat up rates.
SLO
(Slow),
MEd
(Medium),
FASt
(Fast). This is what
changes the program to Slow, Medium
or High. The rates depend on wether
you are in Glaze or Bisque - see
the programs later in the manual for
details.
5. Once you see the what you want to change press
ENTER
.
6. Once you have entered a option to change, the
UP
and
DOWN
button will then allow adjustment of the value
