http://potteryblog.com/2008/07/whats-going-on-with-the-pyrometer/ Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:00:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://potteryblog.com/2008/07/whats-going-on-with-the-pyrometer/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Rositta Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:09:00 +0000 http://dev.potteryblog.com/2008/07/whats-going-on-with-the-pyrometer/#comment-266 Thanks for the advice, I'm just about to change the thermocouple on my pyrometer. I haven't fired in 4 years so this should be an experience...ciao Thanks for the advice, I’m just about to change the thermocouple on my pyrometer. I haven’t fired in 4 years so this should be an experience…ciao

]]> http://potteryblog.com/2008/07/whats-going-on-with-the-pyrometer/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Julie Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:31:00 +0000 http://dev.potteryblog.com/2008/07/whats-going-on-with-the-pyrometer/#comment-260 My story of pyrometer weirdness...It claims that the top or bottom is hotter by 20 degrees, yet the cones fall in the order opposite what you'd expect. Wires plugged in right? Yep. And by looking at the color of the ware, the pyrometer's wrong and the cones are right. Maybe it's hotter on one side than the other; maybe the tube's been cracked for months (this has been going on for months). Those are my best guesses... My story of pyrometer weirdness…It claims that the top or bottom is hotter by 20 degrees, yet the cones fall in the order opposite what you’d expect. Wires plugged in right? Yep. And by looking at the color of the ware, the pyrometer’s wrong and the cones are right. Maybe it’s hotter on one side than the other; maybe the tube’s been cracked for months (this has been going on for months). Those are my best guesses…

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