Indiana Administrative Code
Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION
Article 30 - INDIANA BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL RULES
Rule 8 - Existing Installations of Power Boilers (prior to July 1, 1953)
Section 8-10 - Water columns, gage cocks, and gage glasses

Universal Citation: 675 IN Admin Code 8-10

Current through September 18, 2024

Authority: IC 22-13-2-8

Affected: IC 22-15-6

Sec. 10.

(a) No outlet connections shall be placed on the piping that connects the water column to the boiler. The only exceptions allowed are as follows:

(1) Damper regulator.

(2) Feed water regulator.

(3) Low water fuel cut-out.

(4) Drains.

(5) Gauges.

(6) Such apparatus that does not permit the escape of an appreciable amount of steam or water. The water column shall be provided with a valved drain of at least three-fourths (3/4) inch pipe size.

(b) Each boiler shall have three (3) or more gauge cocks, located within the range of the visible length of the water glass, except when such boiler has two (2) water glasses with independent connections to the boiler, located on the same horizontal line and not less than two (2) feet apart.

(c) For all installations where the water gauge glass or glasses are more than thirty (30) feet from the boiler operating floor, water level indicating or recording gauges shall be installed in such a manner that they are clearly visible from the operating floor.

Transferred from the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rules Board ( 680 IAC 2-8-10) to the Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission ( 675 IAC 30-8-10) by P.L. 249-2019, SECTION 15, effective July 1, 2019.

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