A regular poster on The Wall at HeatingHelp.com began a new thread with this:
“I have heating (plumbing, fire suppression, etc.) shops in New York and New Jersey. This is very much steam country, and we repair and replace steam boilers and systems all week long and have been for decades. All that is fine, but what I find incredibly odd is the polarized perception of the automatic water feeder. There is no such thing as installing a boiler in New York City without an automatic water feeder. Absolutely no homeowner, in any borough, social status, ethnicity, age, mechanical capability, etc., will entertain the installation of a new steam boiler without a new automatic water feeder included.