Hot water for domestic use : a complete guide to the methods of supplying and heating water for domestic purposes, giving each step to be taken and explaining why it is done . umed keeping hot a large volume of wa-ter which is constantly giving off heat to the atmos-phere, and fuel is being consumed only when hotwater is being drawn from a faucet. Having theheater located in the basement or cellar, or in someother compartment away from the living rooms isvery desirable in warm climates, whereas in coldparts of the country the additional heat might provevery acceptable in the kitchen. When such
Hot water for domestic use : a complete guide to the methods of supplying and heating water for domestic purposes, giving each step to be taken and explaining why it is done . umed keeping hot a large volume of wa-ter which is constantly giving off heat to the atmos-phere, and fuel is being consumed only when hotwater is being drawn from a faucet. Having theheater located in the basement or cellar, or in someother compartment away from the living rooms isvery desirable in warm climates, whereas in coldparts of the country the additional heat might provevery acceptable in the kitchen. When such is thecase an automatic instantaneous water heater maybe located in the kitchen, or a gas water heater withstorage tank used, both to heat water and keep thekitchen warm. The greatest use for the automatic instantaneousheaters is found in modern residences, where theeffort is made to provide both comfort and conven-ience in the kitchen. In these buildings gas rangesare substituted for coal ranges, so the kitchen will 90 Hot Water for Domestic Use be cool in the summer time, and radiators or regis-ters, as the case may be, are provided to heat thekitchen in the Fig. 19. Sketch showing interior construction of aninstantaneous automatic water heater. An instantaneous automatic water heater is shownin Fig. 19. In this illustration the doors are open Automatic Water Heaters 91 to show the interior construction of the heater consists simply of several coils of copperpipe, occupying the space inside of a casing andplaced immediately over a cluster of Bunsen burn-ers. By this construction, most of the heat devel-oped by the combustion of the gas is absorbed bythe water coils and transmitted to the water. Theheater is also provided with a combination automaticgas and water cock, to control and regulate the flowof gas and water, and a thermostat to shut off thesupply of gas, but still leave the water flow, whenthe temperature of the water flowing through thecoils
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