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Hi,  does anyone know the purpose of boiler petcocks on the water column?

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  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 18,189
    To check the water level usually 3 of them hi-lo-middle. It's used to verify the level in the gauge glass. Usually only see them on high pressure steam or old boilers
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  • bburd
    bburd Member Posts: 1,171
    Those are called "try cocks".

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  • Mad Dog_2
    Mad Dog_2 Member Posts: 8,263
    And they don't even need a picture....Its burned in to their brains!   Cool. Mad 🐕 Dog. 

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