Section 680IAC2-5-7. Low water fuel cut-off devices

   (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 so located as 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 gage 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 gage glass directly to a boiler, provided that such connections from the boiler are nonferrous tees or Ys not less than one-half (½) inch pipe size between the boiler and the water glass. The water gage 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. (Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rules Board; 680 IAC 2-5-7; 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)