Kiln [RE-wrenches]

[Bob-O Schultze, Electron Connection]

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Yo Schmittmeister,
You've no doubt thought of this but:
An 1800W load for what...12 hours or so for a firing? I'm guessing.
If right, that's 21.6KW if the heater stays on all the time. Assuming 
you crank it up in the morning of a sunny day and you've got 2KW or 
better of PV, you're still going to need quite a bit of battery 
there, me buck-o.
Are you nuts? Sure! But in the best way....
Bob-O

>I've been fusing and blowing glass for some time now, and I have always
>wanted to operate one of my small kilns (15 amp, 115 volt) on solar to
>save juice, have a  neat-o marketing advantage in the galleries and be
>able to add to my burn mark collection with solar. I am planning to use
>a DR3624 and I think it will be fine, but I'd like to run it by you guys
>and gals first, to save me the trouble if I am missing something here. I
>am probably the first idiot on the planet to run a kiln with solar, or
>maybe not. Thoughts, advice, experience???  Thanks, Smitty.

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