Salt Bath 709 / 718 / 818
Installation and Operating Manual
North American Model
June 2019
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28
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Salt Pot Inspection and Salt Leaks
It’s possible that your salt pot may fail to a point where molten salt is leaking from it. This generally occurs with high use but can also be related to pot material. If a
leak does occur the molten salt has the effect of destroying the firebrick in short order.
Our salt bath models are designed for sectional disassembly which makes replacing damaged sections fairly easy.
Please note that molten salts are electrically conductive and a salt pot leak may result in a short circuit with a corresponding trip of breakers or fuses. It’s for this
reason that we supply grounds on the entire kiln chamber, control panel, thermocouples and salt pot. We’ve said it in this manual a number of times but it bears
repeating: make sure the kiln is grounded at the plug and make sure that the salt pot and thermocouples are grounded. Below is an image of a salt pot failure and its
subsequent destruction of the kiln firing chamber and heating element.
Evenheat cannot be responsible and does not warrant for damage caused by salt pot leaks.
Yikes! Molten salts from a leaky pot can destroy the kilns firebrick and heating elements quickly.
This is why we provide and require electrical grounding on all items protruding from the kiln.
