Thank you to my brother Rick for checking out the wiring diagram and the kiln and fixing the mistake I made. I am now able to fire the large kiln with no problem.
The small kiln I have not given a test firing yet. It seems possibly the tube of the kiln sitter was out of alignment and the sensing rod was getting hung up thus keeping it from tripping the power off. I do not have anything of my own to test fire it with at the moment, so it will have to wait until I can get some things made. (* EDIT - still not working correctly. Will just have to use the large one for the time being.)
In the meantime, my car went into the mechanic last week. I have had a whining noise from under the hood for a few months, but the most disconcerting was the new grinding noise coming from the rear axel area. It sounded like I was dragging a branch. I did not see anything, but thought it could possibly be the wheel bearing go bad. I needed the car for a house/pet sitting a half hour drive away.
I dropped it off on a Thursday morning. Their schedule was packed with appointments and they had to work me in around them. To get an appointment otherwise was at least a two week wait. I waited patiently to hear back. They called at about 4:45 on Friday afternoon for me to come by to pick it up (they close ot 5:00).
It was not the wheel bearing (YES!!!), it was indeed a branch caught up in the undercarriage that was causing that noise.
The whining noise under the hood was the alternator and pulley that needed replacing, the alternator was nearing it's end of life. Thankful for the branch making me think it was a bad bearing for getting me to the mechanic sooner than later.
After a brief case of it overheating (a connector to the cooling fan knocked loose) that was corrected on Monday, all is running smoothly.
I am needing to get my hands back into the clay to create! It is my calming and rejeuvenating activity. And, I also need to get product for the store as well as Mistletoe Market.
