I finally have the kiln wired in, I ran into a couple of issues that required re-doing the conduit to 3/4″, changing a 90 degree fitting to a different type, and then having to get larger wire. The pain was the owner’s manual that came with the kiln, and their web site price list/installation PDF for this kiln states that it takes #10 wire and a 40 amp breaker which is totally wrong. I did the math, 6300 watts / 240 volts is 26.25 amps which is what’s on the name plate, and #10 wire’s max ampacity is 30, and using .80 for the safety margin to avoid nuissance trips…

My Olympic kiln was delivered the other day, I was real impressed with everything about the shipment and kiln, it was well packed, and strapped securely to a new wood pallet. It came with everything one could need! opening the three cardboard boxes in the shipment, there was the vent kit with everything included- clamps, hoses, colelctor cup, extension legs, instructions, even a drill bit was included to drill holes with (though the kiln had them already predrilled for the vent system) The other boxes included the shelves, stilts and posts, an extra set of upper and lower elements, bag of element pins, kiln wash, kiln mortar, a box of…