New Britain herald., 1918-09-07
HELP TO SAVE COAL

 gently; how to get from every ton of coal every unit of heat it can supply to his family.
 Give your heater it's first cleaning of the season in the late summer and have 1t put in thorough repair. Brok- en parts means loss of heat The fire box should be tight Trivial cracks may be cemented.
 If the landlord refuses to make adequate repairs the householder should report the matter promptly to his local or State Fuel Administrator.
 Following are fuel savers and com fort suggestions assembled briefly in the form of practical rules for Operat- ing the various tpyes of household heating systems:
 General Rules, or, Hish Points in
 Management.
 Applicable Alike to Hot-Air Fur naces, Steam and Hot-W ater Plants and Kitchen Ranges.
 1.-Be sure there is a Check Draft Damper in. the Smoke-pipe, besides the turn damper. This check draft damper is as important in controlling the rate at which the fire burns as is the throttle of an engine. Open it to check the fire. Close it to make the fire burn more rapidly. Experiment With it in the daily regulation of your fire. Make it do it's work The coaling- door was not put on the heat CT to check the draft. If you cannot check the fire without opening the coaling door, you need proper dampers.
 ? 2-Tha t11rr. d 2 m noy. SbO11d if th a smoke-pipe loosely and must never be entirely closed. With the average plant it may be kept partly closed most of the time in mild weather, but during severe weather it usually needs to be opened wide.
 3.-Make use of the lift or slide damper in the coaling-door Only to Let Oxygen In to Consume Gases, if you are using sofe or bituminous coal after fresh fuel has been added.
 4-Just enough draft and that from below, checking the draft by Letting More Air Into the Pipe, is one of the best general rules. This fur nishes oxygen from below, necessary for the consumption of coal-gases and at the same time gives time for them to be consumed before being drawn up the chimney. This method also avoids escape of coal gas into the cellar. To make the fire burn more rapidly do not open the whole ash-pit door, but only the draft damper in the ash-pit door. Opening the whole ash-pit supplies air to the fire faster than it is needed for com bustion. The air is heated passes out the chimney and is so much heat wasted.
 All heat pipes in the cellar should be thoroughly and completely wrapped with asbestos or similar cov- ering to prevent loss of radiation.
 6.-Grates should be cared for properly. A short, quick stroke of the shaker will sift the ashes through the grates. Leave grates in flat po- sition when through shaking Clean ash-p pit daily, to prevent damage to grates. In severe weather grates should be shaken until a glow appears in ash-pit. In moderate weather a bed of ashes should be carried on top of the grates.
 7.-Avoid poking and slicins fire bed. It causes draft holes and clinkers.
 S.-Never shake a fire that is low
 
 coal and given it time to ignite. A thin fire wastes coal. Disturb the fire as little as possible.
 9-Storn- windows and storm doors weather strips and such protective devices are economical of heat.
 10.-Keep the temperature of sit ting-roOms at sixty eight degrees or less. If there are invalids, old folk, or very little children in the family, the temperature may be higher. Rooms where you do not sit are more comfortable if much cooler, as a rule, providing the air is kept a lit tie moist. Get a thermometers good one, use it inside not hanging out doors.
 11.--It is wasteful to allow the to drop down at night. It takes twice as much coal to heat it up again next morning.
 12.-Turn off the heat in unused rooms whenever possible. Bedrooms should be kept much cooler than liv- ing rooms. Don't try to heat all the rooms all the time. If you have a lhot-Water system, make heavy radia- tor slip-covers and put them over radiators when not in use. This will prevent freezing.
 13.-Always keep two pans or open top jars of fresh water on radiators or in front of registers to keep the air in the home moist
 14.-Study the Specific Rules ap- plying to the system of heating in your house.