Section 675 IAC 30-5-7 - Low water fuel cut-off devicesAuthority: IC 22-13-2-8
Affected: IC 22-15-6
Sec. 7.
(a) All automatically-fired steam or vapor boilers, excepting boilers having a constant attendant who has no other duties while the boiler is in operation, shall be equipped with an automatic low water fuel cut-off device so constructed that the water inlet valve cannot feed water into the boiler through the float chamber, and located to automatically cut off the fuel supply when the surface of the water falls to the lowest safe water line. This point may not be lower than the bottom of the water gauge glass.(b) Such a fuel cut-off device may be attached directly to a boiler or to the tapped openings provided for attaching a water gauge glass directly to a boiler, provided that such connections from the boiler are nonferrous tees or Ys not less than one-half (1/2) inch pipe size between the boiler and the water gauge glass. The water gauge glass shall be attached as close as possible to the boiler. The ends of all nipples shall be reamed to full size.(c) Designs embodying a float bowl shall have a vertical straight-a-way valved drain pipe at the lowest point in the water equalizing pipe connections by which the bowl and the equalizing pipe can be flushed and the device tested. Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission; 675 IAC 30-5-7; filed Jan 5, 1996, 10:15 a.m.: 19 IR 1125; readopted filed Jul 9, 2001, 1:33 p.m.: 24 IR 3822; readopted filed Sep 21, 2007, 9:16 a.m.: 20071010-IR-680070389RFA; readopted filed Oct 19, 2007, 1:08 p.m.: 20071114-IR-680070389RFA; readopted filed Sep 5, 2013, 10:09 a.m.: 20131009-IR-680130182RFA; readopted filed 9/4/2019, 2:20 p.m.: 20191002-IR-675190336RFAFiled 4/28/2021, 11:03 a.m.: 20210526-IR-675200627FRA, eff 7/1/2021Transferred from the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rules Board ( 680 IAC 2-5-7) to the Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission ( 675 IAC 30-5-7) by P.L. 249-2019, SECTION 15, effective July 1, 2019.