Fixing up an old kiln with PID control!
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- Опубліковано 9 бер 2022
- This video shows a rough overall view of the steps I took restoring and converting a kiln to PID control. This will hopefully let me get much better results burning out molds for metal casting.
Good video. I separated my electronics from the kiln by a 1" thick ceramic blanket acting as a thermal insulator. All cables inside the electronics box had flexible ceramic insulation because you have high temps all around the kiln close to 400-500F. I also had a fan that forced cool air into the box. Good luck!
When assembling anything made from sheet metal. Always use the caleco temporary rivets. They are used in aircraft biluilding. It allows you to assemble the whole thing before any permanent rivets are set.
I enjoyed all the F-bombs. I'm gonna convert a similar kiln in a similar manner. Thanks for making the vid.
In your house you have what is called split phase also known as single phase. 110/220. Each 110 wire is referred to as a legg not a phase. 3 phase is generally industrial and each pase is called a phase.
Video was too long but wanted to mention, that paint I used did get a little weird in terms of blockages near the end, mixing it often and keeping it nice and warm is definitely important so that the bits inside of it that give it the hammertone texture don't block up the straw. It cause some struggles but luckily those were on the inside of the two original boxes, so you can't see the extra thick paint drips.
ok still new to all this, but my kiln is an old skutt kiln type k,, im confused as to how you connected the PID controller to the original wiring and its controlled by which the pid or the sitter? you have both connected ,oh wait you bypassed it but didn't take it out, gotcha , some people used the same sitter hole for the thermocouple and do you have the parts list anywhere ?