Kitchen boiler connections by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Hot-water supply, Hot-water heating
Publisher: New York, D. Williams
Published: 1894-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

than an ordinary nuisance. The number of cases, however, where the pipes connecting the water back and boiler are sagged or run so as to form traps is very great, and the size of the pipes is often very small. In the first place, I want to know what is the objection to setting the boiler above the water back so that the bottom of the boiler would be higher than the top of the water back ? In that way there can be an easy incline for both of the pipes. Another question I have to ask of the manufacturers and plumbers who are interested in such work is. What object is gained by making the circulating pipe so small ? What harm is there in using 2 or 2^ inch pipe ? Will it not, in fact, give a much better job ? It will reduce the friction in the pipes and ought, I think, to give better results in heating the water. The extra cost for the larger size of such a short length of pipe would not be very great, and the customer would in many cases be glad to pay the difference if he were assured of a better supply of hot water, and more especially if it would assist in reducing the noise. The second is a point for the plumber to consider, after the manufacturer has made arrangements for connections of the larger size, but the first point—namely, the hight and size of the boiler—comes entirely within the province of the manufacturer. A shorter boiler of larger diameter would furthermore have less radiating surface to the volume of water. The public are growing very critical of work, and imperfections that were put up with ten years ago must now be overcome or serious complaints will follow.

CRACKLING IN RANGE BOILER.

Front C. & W., Berrien Springs, Mich. —Will the editor please give through the columns of The Metal Worker the cause of a loud roaring or crackling in a range boiler, and how to remedy it ?

Answer. —The noises proceeding from the boiler are probably caused by a defective circulation, which may be owing to the deposit of sediment in the water back, or a trap in the pipes between range and boiler. The remedy will be found in a removal of the impediment or a rearrangement of the pipes which will give a free circulation. If the trouble is due to the boiling of the water it can be stopped for a time by drawing off some of the hot water and letting the boiler fill up with cold water. A permanent remedy is

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