kiln trouble AIM 84BD with Fuji controller

The solution is elementary my dear! probably needs new elements. Kiln doctor, Euclids elements, a few others come to mind as sources. The heat causes the coils to get brittles after a bit, mine used to sag, then break. But i'm sure someone else may have another idea??? m

Sounds like the relays to me, if the elements glow at all, its not them, but if it is faint something, (weak connection? ) the relays are it, basing that on what you have said. they are and inexpensive repair, comparatively, and not difficult to do.

Thanks, all, for the information - I will accept that it is the relays, and go a-hunting someone in the area who can fix/replace them. Hopefully I won't have to travel to Chicago...

Kelly (in east-central Illinois)

Go to kiln Dr. here, http://216.216.92.11/profile/default.cfm?content=4030000 be specific aboutyour model and controller, and I bet you get help. DO NOT hire it out, itis too easy to do.

That last post was little too quick, and the wrong link, sorry about that...your kiln is a little smaller than what they are used to..let's see if I can find the right one...

check here and call them , see if they canhelp, nice folks when I last needed something.

Chances are that you could order the relays from

and do the repair yourself.

How am I sposta write off my trip if I can't change your relays? ;)

. DO NOT hire it out, it

Dude, she's in IL, you are in Utah, and I bet if she called AIM they would talk her through it on the phone. I just looked up her kiln on their web site and it is a little bitty thing, probably only has one!

I was talking about *your* relays. Why on earth would I want to go to Illinois?

Unfortunately, they only deal with businesses.

for walkin. you can buy through the mail without being a business. also try mcmaster-carr.

Many kiln controllers use Potter & Brumfield / Tyco power relays. If this is the case for the controller in question, it would be *far* cheaper to purchase the relays from Digi-Key:

-Al

When the internet became popular, they changed their name:

(the other one works) If they ask you for a company name, and you don't have one yet, take your initials and add the word enterprises as "MF Enterprises" Pay sales taxes (which you have to do anyway on stuff you don't resell) and use a credit card.

OOOOHHHHH!

Mine are dandy, just changed them both, well one then a week or so later the other one let me know it was old too. Nothing like a kiln locked "on" with a bad relay....

u coming this way soon?

Probably not this summer, but that could change.