Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1912 . The Question Box Subscribers are Urged to Send Questionsto be Answered, or to Comment on Let-ters Published. Descriptions of JobsDone or Shop Kinks are Also Invited. SETTING A DIRECT INDIRECT. Editor Plumber and Steamfitter.—1 have several radiators to set where itis required to suitably ventilate therooms from the outside. I wish that youwould show a drawing or a cut that will. BS5 Fig. 1. make plain to me a good way to dothe job and have it work. I hope thatyou will publish it soon as it is gettingwell on towards cold weather.—J.
Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1912 . The Question Box Subscribers are Urged to Send Questionsto be Answered, or to Comment on Let-ters Published. Descriptions of JobsDone or Shop Kinks are Also Invited. SETTING A DIRECT INDIRECT. Editor Plumber and Steamfitter.—1 have several radiators to set where itis required to suitably ventilate therooms from the outside. I wish that youwould show a drawing or a cut that will. BS5 Fig. 1. make plain to me a good way to dothe job and have it work. I hope thatyou will publish it soon as it is gettingwell on towards cold weather.—J. We publish in Figure 1 a cut wherethe air from the outside is taken intothe room. It will be observed that theair is well distributed through the fluesurface of the radiator. Dampers arein that base that can be suitably adjust-ed to the temperature outside and if themercury should happen to drop cleanout of sight, as frequently happens, thedamper can be closed and the radiatorwill then act as a regular direct radiator.—D. C. H. WILL VACUUM HEATING SAVEFUEL? Editor Plumber and Steamfitter.—Can you tell me whether or not a goodvacuum heating steam job will save anycoal over the ordinary steam heating job and if so how7 much on the average?—X. Y. S. If rightly put in it is claimed thatvacuum heating will save anywhere from25 to 35 per cent, over the ordinary grav-ity steam job. Observe that we say ifrightly put in.
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