Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-26
TIE HOUSEHOLD.
DOMESTIC EgoNoaY AND HONE DEcoRA-
TON AND FURNISHING.
The Parlor, Kitchen, store-roou, Studio,
Library, Eursery, Sewing room,
Garden and Poultry Yard
The management of kitchen Boilers.

The Management Of Kitchen Boilers.
The principal complaint the householder
has to make is that of rumbling or pound
ing noise in the boiler. This noise. most
heard on ironing days when hot fire is
kept in the range and not much hot water
is used. is occasioned by steam being gen.
Grated in the water back, which, when it
meets with water cold enough to condense
it. produces a vacuum. The water coming
together again to fill this void space causes-
the conclusion which makes this noise.
The generation of steam is often due to the
fact that the water back has too much
heating surface for the capacity Of the
boiler and the domestic requirements for
hot water. To stop this noise and get rid
of the steam, it is the custom to open the
hot water faucet. This wall accomplish it,
but if the hot water faucet is opened sud
denly. there is danger of the boiler col
lapslng If 1t be copper one, Tor the reason
that the cold water suddenly returning TO
fill the space occupied by the steam, con-
denses the steam instantly and produces
the vacuum, which results in the collapse
Of the boiler. 1t is safer to open the hot
water faucet very slowly and thus prevent
the sudden condensation of the steam. The
risk Of collapse is also greater IA city
where the water pressure is very light as
in New York, for the steam meets with so
little resistance by reason Of want
OF pressure that it more readily forms
and more easily forces the water out
OF the boiler through the pipes back TO the
street main. The other danger is the
bursting Of the water-back and the conse-
quent demolition of the range. This is
solely due to ignorance or carelessness. Ii
range fire is let down on cold night,
and the water in the water back or in the
connecting pipes between it and the boiler
becomes frozen, so that circulation is I'M
peded, the building Of FIRE in the range
under such circumstances is almost certain
to cause an explosion which might prove
fatal to life as well as disastrous to prop
erty, for it is manifest that as soon as the
water back becomes heated steam is gen.
Grated, and if it is confined and not per-
mitted to circulate, something has to give
way and an explosion IS the result. The
same thing might occur if both the hot
and cold water pipes became frozen.
Householders should therefore see to it
that during cold weather FIRE is kept In
the range, so that this freezing up might
not occur. If for any reason It is neces-
sary to let the fire out for any period,
care should be taken to empty the boiler,
to uncopple it from the water back, and
to blow cut all the water that may be in
the water back, by using plumbers force
pump for the purpose. Explosions have
been known to occur because so.called
plumbers have disconnected the boiler for
repairs and forgotten to blow the water
out OF the water back, which aiterward
became frozen, and then, when connecting
it again, neglected to ascertain whether
the means of circulation were impeded or
not.-[S Sanitary Engineer.