skutt 1227

Hi, all.

I recently aquired a skutt 1227, but it is 3-phase 208 at 31 Amps. For those who don't know, 3-phase is 208 volt times 3, and the skutt 1227 has 3 sections, so each section could draw 31 amps.

Naturally, I am in a residential area, so I only have access to single- phase 230 volt at perhaps 50 amps. Fortunately, I am not interested in getting the whole thing running. If I could get even one section running would be fine.

I think that I can remove two sections and run just one section on single-phase 230. 230v is only 11% more voltage than 208, so it should have a good chance of working, right? I figure that I will start with high and see if the coils get too hot too quickly. If that seems good, I can try low and see what it temp it gets up to, then medium and last high.

Has anyone tried such an experiment? Any advice for a noob? *grin* Thanks in advance.

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stan
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I haven't tried this, but I'd advise against it unless an expert approves. The reason is that the kiln elements are essentially big light-bulb filaments, whose operating life is inversely related to the voltage by something like the 11th power. So a fairly small overvoltage could cause a drastic shortening of the life.

On the other hand, if you run two sections in series, they should last forever!

You might also look into adding a tap on one section, at the (230 - 208) / 230 point, to make a

22 volt section that could be run in series with a full 208 to get a decent 230 volt load.

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Bob Masta

call skutt. ask to talk to perry. there's a way to retrofit it to run on the available voltage. you probably just need different elements.

regards, charlie cave creek, az

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charlie

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