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General
Guidelines
Time and Temperature
Display
Center Dot: Time
A center dot appears dur-
ing time display. It separates
hours from minutes (i.e. 1
hour, 30 minutes displays as
01.30). During temperature
display, the dot disappears.
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.
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.
If you press
pear. To get back to
If the display shows an error message such as
stead of
, see page 9.
(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!
The controller does not contain an alarm to detect this
type of failure. Bumping the thermocouple could also
cause inaccurate readings.
A 1/8" diameter thermocouple should extend into the
firing chamber ½" - 5/8".
A ¼" diameter thermocouple should extend into the fir-
ing chamber 1" or more.
Keep shelves, posts and ware 1" - 1 ½" away from the
thermocouple.
The center display dot indicates
time instead of temperature.
°C
during a firing,
will ap-
, press
again.
.
A Rapid Way to
Scroll Numbers
During programming, hold an arrow key down several
seconds, and numbers will begin to scroll rapidly. Ordi-
narily, you would press
the opposite key. This is because the numbers scroll below
0000 to the highest number, and vice versa. Examples:
To program a 99.59 hour Hold when the display shows
00.00, press the
To program a FULL rate when the display shows 0000,
press the
To program a temperature of 200°F when the display
shows 1800°F, press the
pressing the
°F
Program Review &
Repeat Firing
Program Review lets you check that the information
programmed into the controller is correct. It is a good habit
to use Program Review before every firing. Program Re-
view shows the values for the program in active memory,
which is either—
The program that was fired last, or
The program that was entered since the last firing.
key. After rate, temperature, hold, etc.,
pear. Press
kiln will begin firing the program just reviewed.
key. The rate, temperature, hold, etc. will display
one after the other. Firing will continue.
Delay
in-
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 auto-
matic.
After you have selected a program and the control-
ler is ready to begin firing,
Press the
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
pear, alternating with time left until the firing be-
gins.
to raise a number and
to lower it. But sometimes it is faster to press
once.
once.
.
Press the
.
key once.
.
. That is faster than
will ap-
will appear, and the
Press the
will appear.
will appear,
.
will ap-
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