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Show Home Keating y Prnfc By 0"n Barclay A.K- isilllv) Heating Expert Toking Fire Bed From Above Forms Clinkers, Smothers Fire, Wastes Fuel XXKILE a poker frequently is a handy implement to use on a furnace, let me caution you against using it for the purpose of agitating the fire-bed from above! That results in a lot of trouble for you and for your furnace. Stirring the fire through the fur-, fur-, nace door opening only mixes ashes with the live coals, creat- ing clinkers. As you know, clinkers clink-ers choke a fire and prevent the coal from burning freely and completely. com-pletely. Also, they clog the grates, making it difficult to shake the fire properly. I Owing to the odd size and shape of lumps of coal at the point that is poked from above, the fuel-bed becomes packed, and this packing pack-ing prevents the free passage of air, thus forming clinkers. Clinkers Clink-ers formed this way, however, cause less trouble, for ordinarily they can be broken up and dropped into the ashpit by gently shaking the grates. WNU Service. |
