Yes, sorry. He's a bit tricky to pin down as I don't think he described what was happening accurately, and wanted to be told what he wanted to hear. Which was that the elements had gone - he's now replaced them and I think now is all well.
I've just sent him an email asking to set out what the symptoms/cure was - but I don't expect a straight answer. Whatever, i'll pass it on - thanks for all the feedback.
Possibly ..... but going on the OP comment that "same/consistent energy draw", which it wouldn't be if an element had failed. I didn't realise OP was in May .... guess he is not going to respond further.
His update, when I asked him what the fault was, and to confirm details of energy draw:
The kiln won't have been damaged. Most of these small studio pottery kilns can happily take temperatures well in excess of 1200°C with no problems, so soaking at that temperature will have done no harm. I used to run a little kiln regularly up to 1280°C, and I imagine it was of similar construction. None of the control gear would be affected either.
Ta, I'll pass that on . . .
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