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Skutt Glass Kiln Operating Manual
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Table of Contents

KILN SAFETY

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KILN SETUP
Location ........................................................................................................................................
Disassembling Multi-section Kilns ...................................................................................................
Unpacking The Kiln ........................................................................................................................
Preparation Before Firing .................................................................................................................
Seating The Elements ...................................................................................................................
Test Firing ...................................................................................................................................
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THE GLASSMASTER CONTROLLER...................................................................................................
Glass Fire Mode Programming Steps .............................................................................................
Glass Fire Mode Programs (Fahrenheit) .........................................................................................
Glass Fire Mode Programs (Celsius) .............................................................................................

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PROGRAMMING RAMP AND HOLD MODE ........................................................................................
Description ..................................................................................................................................
Ramp and Hold Mode Programming Steps .....................................................................................
Storing and Recalling programs. ....................................................................................................
Skip Step ....................................................................................................................................
16 Segment Program ..........................................................................................................................................................

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KEY DESCRIPTIONS ...........................................................................................................................
General Programming Tips ..............................................................................................................
SET (Settings) ...............................................................................................................................
dIAG (Diagnostics) .........................................................................................................................
CNFG (Configuration) ......................................................................................................................
“ - - - - “ (Other) ..............................................................................................................................
Menu Tree .....................................................................................................................................

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DISPLAY MESSAGES .....................................................................................................................

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GENERAL FIRING GUIDELINES..........................................................................................................
What is a Firing Program? ............................................................................................................
Type of Glass ..............................................................................................................................
Heatwork .....................................................................................................................................
Size and Mass .............................................................................................................................
Critical Temperature Ranges .........................................................................................................
Firing Processes ..........................................................................................................................
FUSING ..........................................................................................................................
SLUMPING .....................................................................................................................

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TROUBLESHOOTING .........................................................................................................................
Kiln will not start ............................................................................................................................
Kiln will not reach temperature .........................................................................................................
Kiln overfires or underfires ...............................................................................................................
Kiln will not turn off .........................................................................................................................
Error messages and description ......................................................................................................

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WARRANTY & REPAIRS ......................................................................................................................
Brick repairs ..................................................................................................................................
Slab repairs ...................................................................................................................................
Lid repairs .....................................................................................................................................
Replacing elements .......................................................................................................................
Replacing thermocouples ................................................................................................................
Replacing relays ............................................................................................................................

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UNIQUE MODEL FEATURES ..............................................................................................................
GM10F ........................................................................................................................................
Zone Control ...............................................................................................................................
GP706 ........................................................................................................................................
GM22CS .....................................................................................................................................		...
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SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................................... 38

Wiring Diagrams

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PROGRAM TEMPLATE .....................................................................................................................

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WALL MOUNT TEMPLATE ................................................................................................................

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