Skutt KilnMaster Kilns Manufactured between 2000 and 2006 - Manual (Page 3)

Quick Start—
All you need to start
firing now!
If you:
• are an experienced electric kiln operator,
• know how to set up a new kiln and kiln
wash shelves,
• know about doing the first test firing,
and
• know how to load your ware—
you can use the following Quick Start
Firing Instructions.
If this is your first new kiln, please take the
time to read the set up and general ceram-
ic information sections of this manual, for
your safety and to ensure proper opera-
tion and long life of your quality Skutt
kiln.
For those of you who have fired kilns
before, this section offers a brief set of
instructions for programming the con-
troller in both Cone Fire and Ramp/Hold
Modes. Be sure that your kiln is set up
properly and your shelves are kiln
washed.
Please refer to the section on The
KilnMaster Controller for all the features,
programming examples and detailed
instructions on using the controller.
Q UICK S TART :
T HE C ONE F IRE M ODE
The Cone Fire mode replicates your previ-
ous firing experience using cones in a kiln
sitter. Use the Hold function to adjust
your final results in the event the shelf
cones are slightly underfired. Be careful
not to add too much time (5-15 minutes is
a good start). Please read Appendix 2
relating to Cones and Heat Work for more
details.
1. From idle mode, press Enter, then
Cone Fire .
2. Enter the Cone number. (Important:
be sure to know the maturing tempera-
ture of your clay. For example, a Cone
05 is cooler than a Cone 5.)
Press Enter.
3. Press one of the firing speeds, either
Slow , Medium, or Fast.
Press Enter.
4. Enter a hold time in hours and minutes
or zero for no hold time.
Press Enter.
5. The display will flash two times, and
then show the internal kiln temperature
indicating that the kiln is ready to fire.
6. Press Start.
Activate the power source by plugging
in the kiln or controller. “PF” will appear
in the display window indicating that the
power has been turned off for more than
two minutes.
Press Enter to clear the message.
The touch pad should now be in IDLE
mode and will now respond to key press-
es. The display will flash the internal tem-
perature of the kiln, alternately with
“IDLE.” The controller is ready to pro-
gram when the temperature appears in
the display window. All programming
begins when the flashing internal kiln
temperature is on the display.
To change from the default setting of ˚F
to ˚ C, press the degrees F/C key, then
Enter
. A decimal will appear in the lower
right corner of the display window when
in the centigrade mode.
You’ll notice different default displays.
The Alarm default is 9999. The Delay
default is 00.00. Numbers to left of the
decimal are hours, to the right are min-
utes. Hold default is 00.00, again in hours
and minutes.
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