Unplugging your kiln???

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as people have already said, there is no need to unplug your kiln, but it won’t hurt. and there is something to be said for getting in the habit of unpluging it. then you KNOW its off. the only reason to unplug it is for a little extra peace of mind, but it won’t do anything to the kiln life.

Well put, Mark!

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Etsy

[Mark Wilson]

Well put, Mark!

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Etsy

[bjcohan]

I unplug it nearly all the time, and I ALWAYS go downstairs and doublecheck to make sure it’s unplugged if we’re expecting an electrical storm.

It’s a small thing to do that can save major headaches — even unlikely or unexpected headaches — later. Even the thought of trying to get that big heavy thing into the back of the Explorer for the ride to Hellertown again makes me cringe.

Unplugging it is such a simple thing… it’s “sanity insurance”…

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[hotflashwanda]

I unplug my kiln during stormy weather (including ice storms, thunder storms, heat waves, any time we could experience power surges) because my digital controller was fried by a power surge during a lightning storm. The average surge protector is apparently not enough to protect from that sort of thing, as my controller was plugged into one! When this happened, the controller and the kiln were OFF and not in use. It was just dead the next time I tried to use it. Not very dramatic, no garage burning down or anything, but still an important lesson for me…
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My Skutt get unplugged every time, but it’s because the only circuit it can run on is in the laundry room and it’s the only available plug for my DH to iron his uniform every morning.

And unplugging it in a storm isn’t a bad idea either, even if you have a surge supressor. When we lived in an apartment house, the underground line got hit by a lightning strike (gotta love Texas) and it blew out every phone in the house, including the computer’s modem. The surge supressor didn’t help it, but it was a hassle having to send them in the modem and a receipt for a new one, then waiting for them to send us a check. Not sure how they would handle it in the case of a kiln, but I don’t want to find out.

Have a wonderful Wednesday evening!

-Kay

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[Jacinthe]

I have two little children at home who normally don’t touch my glass stuff. But you never know, one day they may get curious and turn the knob. So after I’ve shut it off after running my annealling cycle, I unplug it. Just for my peace of mind and the safety of my children. One day when I can afford the little garden shed, I want to put in the garden, I will move everything out there and have a padlock on the door, but I will still unplug everything. I do it regularly with my lamps, vermiculite flowerpot and portable cd player as well.

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Sarah

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[AMR GlassWorks]

I always unplug mine, usually when it hits the complete cycle, I have the Skutt also. As I said on my website daily blab, with the way the electrical is in this house we unplug everything that dosen’t need to be plugged in!!

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