steam heaters
Boiler-fed room warmers
Steam heaters are heating devices that use steam from a boiler to warm interior spaces.
The steam travels through pipes to radiators or convectors, where it releases heat as it condenses back to water.
Common in older buildings, especially in the northeastern United States: The steam heaters clanked and hissed all winter long.
- pipesCylindrical fluid carriers
- radiatorHeat transfer device
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- hot waterHeated liquid, or trouble
- hissSharp sibilant sound
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Plug-in warming appliances
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Machines that chill rooms
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