[Stoves] Crispin´s kiln-was Re: Traditional Charcoal Making

[AJH]

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:15:56 +0200, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott wrote:

>As David L pointed out, the convection brings down the heating time
>dramatically so the question to be answered is, can the gas furnace provide
>the right kind of circulation through the necessity of passing gases in one
>end and out the other?

Maybe but I think we're mixing up convection with sheer massflow.
Convection is the way you're trying to transfer the heat from the
electric elements to the stove body at present, the atmosphere of the
kiln is the heat transfer medium. You're already finding it lacking
for a number of reasons.
>
>Perhaps the answer can be provided by looking at conventional gas ovens for
>the home.  Are they a working example of good convection?

Not in my opinion, an electric fan oven beats them hands down for
consistent results on all the shelves.

AJH