Kiln [RE-wrenches]

[Smitty]

Yo Schultzemeister, slumping and fusing smaller pieces only take 2+ hours. I
was going to start with 8 220 AH batteries, ya think? 2 firings per week.
Smitty

"Bob-O Schultze, Electron Connection" wrote:

> 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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