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General Guidelines
Time and
Temperature
Display
Center Dot: Time
A center dot appears during
time display. It separates
hours from minutes. (Example: 1 hour, 30 minutes displays
as 01.30.) During temperature display, the dot disappears.
Single Right-Hand
Dot: °C
When temperature is
displayed in °C, a dot
appears in the lower
right. In °F display, it
disappears. You can
choose between Fahr-
enheit and Celsius dis-
play. See page 9.
Operation Begins from the
IdLE Display
must appear before you can fire the kiln.
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If
,
, or other message appears instead of
when the kiln is first turned on, press the
key (the key with the circular arrow).
will appear.
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If you press
during a firing,
will appear. To
get back to
, press
again.
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If the display shows an error message such as
in-
stead of
, see page 8.
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(firing completed) appears at the end of a firing.
To make
appear, press
.
Thermocouple Inspection
The small rod protruding into the firing chamber is the
temperature sensor, or thermocouple.
Caution:
Bumping the thermocouple can push it
out of the firing chamber. This could cause an
overfire!
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A 1/8” diameter thermocouple should extend into the fir-
ing chamber ½” -
5
8
”.
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A ¼” diameter thermocouple should extend into the fir-
ing chamber 1” or more.
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Keep shelves, posts and ware 1” - 1 ½” away from the
thermocouple.
A Rapid Way to Scroll Numbers
During programming, hold an arrow key down several
seconds, and numberswillbeginto scroll rapidly. Ordinarily,
you would press
to raise a number and
to lower it. But sometimes it is faster to press the
opposite key. This is because the numbers scroll below 0000
to the highest number, and vice versa. Examples:
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To program a 99.59 hour Hold when the display shows
00.00, press the
once.
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To program a FULL rate when the display shows 0000,
press the
once.
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To program a temperature of 200°F when the display
shows 1800°F, press the
. That is faster than
pressing the
.
Program Review & Repeat Firing
Program Review lets you check that the information pro-
grammed into the controller is correct. Program Review
shows the values for the program in active memory. Use Pro-
gram Review from
to repeat the last program you
fired.
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Press the
key. The rate, temperature, hold, etc.
will display one after the other. Firing will continue.
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Press the
key. After rate, temper-
ature, hold, etc.,
will appear. Press
.
will appear, and the kiln will begin firing the program just
reviewed.
Delay
Delay is a count-down timer. The kiln begins firing when
the timer runs out of time. Use Delay to fit a firing into your
schedule.
Caution:
For safety, do not leave the kiln alone dur-
ing a delay or a firing. We cannot guarantee your kiln
against overfiring even though the controller is au-
tomatic.
After you have selected a program and the controller
is ready to begin firing,
will appear.
Press the
key once.
will ap-
pear, alternating with
.
Use the arrow keys to enter delay time. (The decimal
separates hours and minutes. Example: 1 hour 10
minutes = 01.10) Then press
twice.
will appear, alternating with time left until the firing
begins.
Note:
Press
during delay to end the delay
and begin the firing. The maximum delay is 99
hours and 59 minutes.
Power Failures
After a power failure, the controller will continue firing
provided that:
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The kiln temperature is above 212°F/100°C when the
power comes back on.
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The temperature dropped no more than 180°F/100°C
while the power was off.
°F
°C