Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21
New instantaneous
Hot-Water Heater
Saves Fuel
Burners lenited
By Turn Of Faucet;
Cos Costs Low
BY LAWRENCE CROLIUs.

Instead of making lot OF hot
water and letting it stand before
you get around to using it. the
modern idea is to heat the water
only when you are actually draw
ing 1t. This would seem to be a
pretty logical way to handle this
important situation because it en-
ables you to save heat which must
be lost If the water is allowed to
stand any length of time before you
take your bath or wash a dish.
If you have an old-fashioned gas
hot-water heater of the type which
has a coil affair connected to
naked storage tank you probably
realize that large amount of heat
is lost up the chimney in the first
place. and out of the tank in the
second. This heat means that you
are wasting money on gas, and that
doesn't make much sense when 1t
is a simple matter to prevent 1t.
Obviously, If you should install an
up-to-date heater in your base
ment you could more than likely
save its reasonable cost in a sur
prisingly short time, and after that
it is all gravy, as the saying goes.
New Type of Burner.
A new heater of the instantaneous
type which recently made its debut
has all of the advantages of the
other heaters of this type plus
pleasantly low initial cost and an
ideally low operating cost. Hand
somely clothed in bright, easily
cleaned enameled metal jacket this
new heater takes gas and really
does things to it. A new type OF
burner of multiple unit construction
is designed to burn all kinds of gas
In the most efficient way possible
that is, with short flame which
prevents any contact with the heat
err itself. This prevents the costly
and destructive deposits which you
nave seen on the interior OF almost
every water heater.
To prevent the nuisance OF con-
densed moisture which not only
tends to wear out the heater itself.
but will also rust out 1ues, this
new unit is equipped with copper
coils which pre-heat the incoming
water before it gets tc the main
part of the heater. The part of the
heater which does the actual heat
ing of the water consists of an eff
Gent filmed coil of the latest type,
similar to the kind used in air con-
ditioning. This coil is so effective
that it literally wrings the last
vestige of heat out of the hot gases
before they are allowed to pass out
Of the heater into the flue.
Faucet Turn Ignites Burner.
If you don't know how an AUTO
matte instantaneous heater works
you will be interested to learn that
nothing at all goes on until you
turn on the hot water faucet, except
the small, steady flame of the pilot.
AS soon as you turn on the water
the thermostat clicks on and the
gas in the main burners is ignited.
This heats the water Immediately
and as soon as you turn the faucet
off the burners are shut of auto
matically. Thus, the device works
only Wnen you want II, WIN
saving for your pocketbook as a
direct result.
These new heaters are available
in a number 81 good color designs,
and come in three sizes which fill fit
the requirements of all shapes and
sizes of homes. They are compact
in shape, and we are advised that
they will take up only about 2
square feet of floor space. 1nstalla-
ton is simple, with only water. gas,
and electricity connections to be
made, together with a small flue.
Vents Dissipate Dampness.
Have you ever had trouble with
timbers rotting out under a porch,
or the underside of house with
out basement? It's common with
many homes, and is caused by a lack
of air circulation. The logical thing
to do to correct such a situation
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