North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 33.1 - Department of Environmental Quality
Article 33.1-14 - NORTH DAKOTA BOILER RULES
Chapter 33.1-14-09 - HEATING, LOW PRESSURE, AND HOT WATER SUPPLY BOILERS -EXISTING INSTALLATIONS
Section 33.1-14-09-08 - Steam pressure gauge

1. Each steam boiler must have a steam gauge or a compound steam gauge connected to its steam space or to its water column or to its steam connections. The gauge or connection must contain a siphon or equivalent device that will develop and maintain a water seal that will prevent steam from entering the gauge tube. The connection must be arranged so that the gauge cannot be shut off from the boiler except by a cock placed in the pipe at the gauge and provided with a tee or a lever handle arranged to be parallel to the millimeter] standard pipe size, but where steel or wrought iron pipe or tubing is used, they must be not less than one-half inch [12.7 millimeter] standard pipe size. The minimum size of a siphon, if used, must be one-quarter inch [6.35 millimeters] inside diameter. Ferrous and nonferrous tubing having inside diameters at least equal to that of standard pipe sizes listed above may be substituted for pipe.pipe in which it is located when the cock is open. The connections to the boiler must be not less than one-quarter inch [6.35 millimeter] standard pipe size, but where steel or wrought iron pipe or tubing is used, they must be not less than one-half inch [12.7 millimeter] standard pipe size. The minimum size of a siphon, if used, must be one-fourth inch [6.35 millimeters] inside diameter. Ferrous and nonferrous tubing having inside diameters at least equal to that of standard pipe sizes listed above may be substituted for pipe.

2. The scale on the dial of a steam boiler gauge must be graduated to not less than thirty pounds per square inch [206.84 kilopascals] nor more than sixty pounds per square inch [413.69 kilopascals]. The gauge must be provided with effective stops for the indicating pointer at the zero point and at the maximum pressure point. The travel of the pointer from zero to thirty pounds per square inch [206.84 kilopascals] pressure must be at least three inches [76.2 millimeters]. On a compound gauge, effective stops must be set at the limits of the gauge readings on both the pressure and vacuum sides of the gauge.