Success. I fired yesterday for the first time. It was an unqualified success.
My previous kiln would take a very long time to reach cone 6. I couldn't follow that schedule. In fact, my kiln maxed out at 1185C usually when it cone 6. With this new kiln it was easy to follow the schedule from M^6G
This firing cost $1.87, that's about half the cost of firing my old kiln. And this kiln is twice as big in volume. I only had to use full power between 900C and 1100C, after that it was lower amounts to get the correct rate. And to hold at 1200C it only took 75% power. When I started cooling, I had to turn it down right away to 42%. By the time it reached 900C I only had one circuit on the lowest position. I elected to turn it off as an experiment to see how fast it would cool naturally. It cooled a bit faster than the red line, but not that much.
So, I have to say this is a very good kiln. I'm glad I made it that much more efficient.
