Q. In your issue of January 12, 1882, we notice an article from "Architect," regarding the draining of refrigerators, and your offer to print methods adopted by others of your readers. We herewith hand you a sketch of the method we use in draining our refrigerators where a connection is made with the drain of the house. In this manner we trap the pipe at A, when the water comes from the refrigerator, by using a syphon. From this the water drops into drip-pan B, which is again trapped (by a syphon, C); thence the water drips into another drippan D, which is also trapped at E. This being a confined trap, we ventilate the trap through pipe with opening out of doors at G. This method we consider perfectly safe, but would be exceedingly obliged for your valuable opinion of it.

Figure 78.

A. This method of disconnecting the refrigerator-waste from the drain, and at the same time preventing the ascent of cellar-air into the floor above and into the refrigerator, is a good one, provided some certain means are taken to maintain the seal in the trap E, when ice is not melting, as in winter. We fear the average servant cannot be depended on to always attend to this. If, therefore, the drip from the lower so-called syphon C were into a sink having some other source of supply than the melting ice, the plan would be improved.