On Tue, 15 May 2018 11:31:11 +0100, alan_m
wrote:

On 15/05/2018 06:24, Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp wrote:
On Tue, 15 May 2018 03:14:02 GMT, Lea Goldberg
m wrote:

.so,for the first 2 years,my comet kiln worked perfectly...then the socket
burnt out,replaced it(always ised a professional electrician)thos time,socket
switches got hardrr and harder to switch on,then the socket stopped working
again,replaced the whole unit...now its happened again...the socket is about
20 ft via armoured cable to the house,the kiln room isnt damp...the kilns
fine,but the plug gets a bit hot(when it worked)the electrician seems to be
baffled...'must be your kiln'...but i know nothing about electrics so cant
argue the toss!can ANYONE help...its driving me mad....

Well if it baffled your professional electrician, there's your
problem.

What subnormal idiot thought that a damp kiln room could have any
bearing on socket condition/ temperature 20 feet away?


I read it as the socket/plug is next to the kiln where the socket is at
the (shed?) end of the 20ft of armoured cable.

Correct, I misunderstood when reading the original.

The problem should be pretty damned obvious though to anyone with a
basic idea of electrical work.

Socket burnt out means nothing until inspection, it may simply be a
loose cable.

It could be a cheap nasty socket with a sliver of bent brass carrying
the 13A. BS marks seem to get onto anything with square pins these
days.

Current information summary, socket burnt, replaced by "professional"

Went again, Ditto

Went again, overheating, Electrician baffled

1. Inspection of the defective items should be more than enough to
indicate the reasons for the problem.

2, Instead of being "baffled" if the "electrician" measured the
current drawn, then it would remove one item of uncertainty.


Personally I would suggest that the major problem is the choice of
electrician.

AB