Howdy all,
I was just looking at my manual and it says how much MC i can take off my lumber in any 24hr period. I bought my nyle 200 kiln used so i'm not sure if its lost coolant or something but it doesn't take off a lot in a day. THe most i've been able to pull off, summer or winter would be about 3% MC at 120 degrees. I have about 1800 bd ft in my kiln at any given time and the temperture is quite frequently high enough that i have to vent to keep the compressor from going over limit. Even when i keep the compressor running all day (no over limit) i can only do about 3% MC. Typically i am drying air dried stuff from 20% down to 6% but even when i have done green it doesn't do a real lot more, maybe only in the beginning if the stuff is soaking wet. Is this the time they mean 12% per day on other species? Do i need to recharge my compressor? Is this typical? My kiln is suppose to do up to 4000 bd ft, i thought by making it smaller i could do loads faster. Does this matter? I usually watch how much water is being pulled off to tell how dry its getting, though i do have samples and measure them everyday. Its been consistant for the last year i've run about 20 loads through. Any ideas, thoughts? Thanks
kelvin
Maybe my fans are restricted, not enough good air flow, though my manual says below 20%MC fans don't matter too much.
