I planned to glaze fire another kiln today, and worked hard to get it all ready this morning. Packing a kiln can be tricky, and even more so because the pots I had left to fire were wide and so didn't fit well between the shelf support posts. But after an hour of futzing around, I got it all in, and tried to turn it on. It didn't want to turn on. I wondered if somehow I had tripped a breaker in the panel so I went to check, and that is when I realized that we only had one 50 amp breaker, and it was connected to the other kiln that I used on Friday.
I knew I couldn't use both kilns at once, but I thought it was because there was insufficient power to do this. I was unaware that it was because we can't wire both up at the same time. Ooops. My electrical specialist (aka the Sweetie) is in marking Hell right now trying to get his papers back to his students by last class tomorrow. I considered using the other kiln, but at this point I think I'll just garden instead.
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