Evening star., 1941-02-15
New Oil Furnace
EquaIizes Heat and
Economies on Fuel
Keeps House From
Feeling Cold, Even
Though Reading Is 70
By LAWRENCE CROLIUS.

Do the rooms in your house still
feel cold even though the thermo-
stat on the dining room wall shows
full 10 degrees? You have bad
case of cold 70s or air stratification,
and while the thermostat isn't ex-
actly lying to you 1t isn't really
telling the truth either. Heating
engineers and householders alike
have been bothered with this Situa-
ton for years, and we are now led
to believe that it is caused by the
inability of the heating plant to
keep up with the rapid cooling off
OF the floors with resulting stratifi-
cation of the air
Homes equipped with automatic
heating plants using circulated
warm air are frequent offenders
because of rapid "on and off opera
ton with little or no heat left in
reserve down in the furnace. To
smooth out the flow of heat and
make its circulation through the
house a more constant procedure a
new Oil furnace has recently been
brought out equipped to do Just
that. Instead of sending blast of
heat upstairs when told to do so
by the thermostat, then cooling
down rapidly, this new heater has
a system of patented heat equalizers
which are said to store heat inside
the furnace.
These new heat equalizers are OBJ
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greatest possible amount of warmth
from the fuel by sending the burn
ing gases on fine trip before they
are allowed to escape into the open
fue. This causes the heat to be
diffused slowly over all the radiating
surface thus prolongine the giving
off of heat" process, and smoothing
out the ups and downs from high to
low temperature inside the house.
The air circulating fan is also able
10 turn on and off more frequently
between the times that the burner
Is made to operate thereby helping
TO eliminate air stratification to a
great extent
Because of the long trip to the
f1ue through the diffused heat pas
sages and the reservoir of heat
which is maintained we are ad-
vised by the makers that the unit
has remarkable fuel economy. This
feature combined with the fact that
it is factory assembled in such
way that it comes to the buyer in
only two parts for inexpensive erec-
ton would seem to recommend 1t
highly. One section consists of the
blower, motor and filters while the
other contains the steel furnace
with a built-in automatic cast iron
humidifer and all wiring and con-
trolls. After it is uncrated all you
have to do is put the two parts
together. install the burner, and
after making a few simple wiring
connections it is all ready to 60 to
work for you.
Housed IN distinctive baked
enamel jacket colored mulberry, the
unit is as easy to clean and main
tain as it is good looking. All the
various parts are completely self
contained with two easily removed
doors giving complete access to the
insides at all times,
Have you ever got yourself nicely
stuck up trying to put putty around
window or skylight? Expert put
tiers seem to be able to do it with
flick Of the wrist, but to the
novice or home pulitzer arounder it
isn't so simple
You can putty with the best of
them now, however. because a new
type of putty consisting of a seal
ing compound mounted on a lead
tape has recently been brought out.
1t comes In rolls all ready to be
put in place if you have a window
that needs sealing, or possibly
gutter or any sort of place where
an air or water leak has been bother
ing YOU. We are told that the
sealing compound will remain soft
for many year to come, and the
lead covering needs no paint or
other maintenance on it's rugged
exterior. It isn't expensive. either.
when you consider the labor it will
save, both in the original installa-
ton and the absence of bother in
days to come
II YOU would like to know the
names of the makers of the prod
ucts described in this column, lust
tear the column out and send 1t
with a stamped, self-addressed en-
velope to Lawrence Crolius. SO East
SlXty-seventh street, New York.
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