hotbyte wrote:
K Charles wrote:
With the water shut off the furnace auto feed won't work and it will quit running when it gets low on water. I will leave the heat on (and water) when we go away. There is a small brook in the basement when it rains hard so I am sure the water will find it's way out. If the heat is off to long the doors don't shut good, the drawers get stuck and the tables worp.
I'm in GA so don't understand what you mean by "furnace auto feed." Is that something related to steam/hot water heating system? Just curious...
He refers to a boiler as a furnace. A furnace heats air- not water. A properly designed and functioning hot water heating system has a connection to house water but does not need a constant feed of water. When it is not designed correctly or functioning properly it typically loses water when it heats and takes in new water when it cools.
A typical residential steam heat system uses water and requires a source of makeup water. A gas fired steam system can run for days on a battery.
