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more than is advisable unless a genera- 

 tor is used. I would advise either that 

 a generator be attached, or that a 2^- 

 inch flow pipe be run from the boiler 

 to supply the new house and that a 

 main return of the same size be used. 

 The flow pipe can be run through the 

 old house alongside the present main, 

 which need not be disturbed. 



EXPANSION TANK OVERFLOWS. 



I have a, hot water heating system 

 at my retail place in this city. The 

 range consists of two houses, one of 

 them 25x80 and the other 25x65. Sev- 

 eral days ago I disconnected the heat 

 from the house 25x80, with the inten- 

 tion of rebuilding this house. The other 

 house, 25x65, has a 3-inch main which 

 rises from the boiler to a height of ten 

 feet and then branches into two 2-inch 

 flows, which run to the farther end and 

 there connect with eight l*^-inch re- 

 turns, four for each flow. The highest 

 flow at the farther end is connected by 

 a 1-inch pipe to the expansion tank, 

 which is four feet above the flow. 



When both houses were heated, every- 

 thing worked well, but now, when only 

 the one house is heated, even a fairly 

 strong fire in the boiler causes the wa- 

 tei to flow out of the expansion tank 

 and steam escapes with it. There is 

 also a loud cracking and tearing sound 

 from the pipes. Yet I do not have 

 over one-third as strong a flre in the 

 boiler as formerly. Can you suggest 

 some means of overcoming this gath- 

 ering of steam in the system and the 

 throwing of the greater part of the 

 water out of the overflow from the 

 expansion tankf This overflowing is 

 a daily occurrence, and keeps me wor- 

 rying lest some night the system will 

 run out all the water and cause a break 

 in the boiler. C. W. E. 



The description of the heating sys- 

 tem does not make it entirely clear 

 whether the flow pipes run downhill 

 or uphill, although, from the fact that 

 the expansion tank is connected with 

 the "highest flow at the farther end," 

 it would seem that they run uphill. 



The trouble is probably due to the 

 formation of steam in the boiler, ow- 

 ing to the comparatively small amount 

 of radiation now connected with it. 

 If the flows run uphill, I would ad- 

 vise that the direction be changed, 

 preferably by raising the flow pipe at 

 the boiler end and connecting the ex- 

 pansion tank with the highest point in 

 the system, which should be as nearly 

 as possible over the boiler. It would 

 also be well to locate the expansion 

 tank several feet above the flow pipe. 

 Attaching a generator would have the 

 same cflFect. 



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