Evening star., 1942-10-05

open the smoke pipe check damper.
4. II coal gas is noticed, close the
smoke-pipe check damper for a few
minutes, leaving ashpit damper
closed. When rid of the gas, reopen
the smoke-pipe check damper.
For Bituminous Fires.
l. If the fire is low, it should be
fired up as is done in the morning
(sec morning instructions which fol-
low but larger amount of coal
added. Push some Of the live Goals
either to rear or side of fire pot and
place fresh coal in the depression
thus made.
2. When fire is burning well, close
ashpit draft door, open check
damper and adjust fire door damper
toward closing.
3. If after experimenting you find
your fire does not hold throughout
the night, sprinkling of fine coal
over the fresh fuel surface will help
to hold it.
TO FIRE UP IN THE MORNING.
For Anthracite Fires.
l. Close smokepipe check damper
and open ashpit damper.
2. On mildly cold days, CRATES will
not need shaking every morning
and omitting to shake will help hold
back the fire and save fuel. In cold
weather, shake until the first red
glow appears in the ashpit or until
a few pieces of red-hot coal drop
into the pit.
3. Add coal.
For Bituminous Fires.
l. Have check damper and ash
pit draft door closed.
2. Remove ashes from ashpit and
shake excess ashes through crate.
Leave about 2 inches of ashes on
crate in cold weather; inches in
mild.
3. With straight poker or clinker
remover, remove any large clinkers
from CRATE. Then turn crate to fiat
position.
4. Add coal using one of the two
methods previously described for
maintaining fire.
5. Open ashpit draft door, leav-
ing check damper closed until fire is
burning we'll. Then open check
damper. (See instructions under
"Damper Information" which fol-
lows.O
6. Adjust the fire door damper so
that f1amesis clear. CThis damper
should seldom be entirely closed as
its purpose is to let oxygen into the
flrepot to help coal gases burn.)
FUEL ECONOMY TIPS.
Close hampers in heating pipes
leading to unused rooms and keep
doors to these rooms closed.
With stiff brush, push SCOT and
ash through clean-out door back
into the f1repot at least once a week
during cold weather.
1t wastes coal to keep thin,
skimpy fire bed just because little
heat IS needed. Instead, keep the
usual amount of coal on the CRATES
and use the hampers properly to
hold back the rate at which the coal
burns.
Don't leave firing door open or
ajar TO bank fire at night or on
warmer days.
In using anthracite don't keep
firing door slots open after fresh
coal has begun to burn. This al
lows cold air to enter and chill the
! furnace.
Open ashpit door only if the fire
is very low in starting and then keep
open only few minutes.
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DAMPER AND DRAFT
INFORMTION.
Air From Below Quickens the Fire.
The more the ashpit draft door is
open, the faster the fire will burn
and the notter 1t will be.
Air From Above Slows the Fire.
The check damper-The more this
door is open the slower the fire will
burn. When ashpit draft door is
open the check damper should be
closed.
The fire door damper-This should
be open wider during the first few
minutes after firing than later. If
left permanently wide open, it will
slow down the fire.
The smokepipe damper - This
should be slightly open at all times.
If closed, smoke and gases will be
forced back into the cellar and go
into the rooms of the house. Yet If
open too wide, too much heat will
escape through the chimney. When
open, tae handle should be parallel
with the smokepipe; when nearly
closed, it should run almost at right
angles with the smokepipe.