Volume 12 , Issue 52

Home Comfort Range (1934) - Details

Details of Construction - The range body was constructed of high grade enameling steel, properly formed and sized in presses exerting approximately one million pounds pressure which insures a perfect fit to each part. Those individual parts were joined together by modern electrical welding machines -- bolts or rivets being used only where welding was impractical. Verluc vitrified enamel covered the range body steel both inside and out, providing protection against rust or corrosion.

Asbestos is used in the flue passages as a protection against intense heat and also to serve as an insulator to minimize heat loss through side walls of the range.

Pressure Water Heater -- The Wrought Iron range pressure water heater was designed for a continuous system of water supply, and was easily installed in the Home Comfort range, by substituting it in place of the left-hand contact reservoir heater.

The pressure boiler should have be set as near the range as practical. It was fitted inside with a one-half inch galvanized cold water supply pipe extending within 6 to 12 inches of the bottoms of the tank. You would have had trouble heating water without this extension pipe inside of the pressure boiler. Or, trouble if you reversed the connections. A pressure tank always stood alongside of, or was elevated above the range. SEE PDF LINK for more information.

Next week we shall bring you directions for properly setting up and operating the Home Comfort Ranges.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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