Trinity boiler settled down now.

Luke Lefever

A couple of months ago I posted a note replying to a guy who wanted honest opinions of the NTI Trinity boiler. At that point we had an install that was not meeting either the customers or our expectations. I inadvertantly pissed off the local manufacturers rep. In any case, the troubles turned out to be oddities with that particular install and not with the boiler. Just a heads up. On exceptionally short venting systems it may be necessary to install a reducer in order for the gas valve to have a little backpressure to work properly. Also, we needed to install a larger circulator on one loop to move more water. When I posted that last note I had just gotten off the phone with the customer after he had asked whether we had sold him a bad piece of equipment and should we come and take it out. I was a little irritated and I probably should have cooled off a little before posting any response at all. Apologies all around. I think that this was a learning experience with the Trinity and that next time we install one (and we will use them again) we will know better how to avoid the troubles we had. Anyway, happy new years everyone. Luke

Dan Peel

Boiler troubles

Many of the presumed failings of boilers in general are system problems. I've been trying to help sort out one locally where, as the high bidder, I didn't get the job.

The contractor who did get the job doesn't quite understand what the wholesalers designed for him and the final presentation is more strewn than placed. It'll work, but they will need a little tweeking when they all stop poking at it.

They are blaming the boiler - it ran 2 days on propane before they converted the valve from natural gas then ran a couple days more - 4 different techs have shown up and today one of them finally took a part with him looking for a replacement. I'll find out in the morning if they have heat again.

Enjoy.....Dan

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Sizzle

Trinity boiler

Oct-15-2002
I did install a Trinity T 200 natural gas in a 3 stories rooming house (17 rooms)for heating and domestic hot water with an indirect Optimizer 45 p/s hook up on heating and domestic hw priority through the sentry control supply with
the boiler. One service call yet but the boiler was not involved.
Dec-16-2002 i took off my Glow Core GB 90 and install a Trinity T 150 as a replacement boiler to heat my own shop.
One side is cast iron rads with Danfoss trv and the other side is a forced air with a hot water heat exchanger.
I did install a Trinity because of the price and the 1200.00$ rebate from the gas co for high efficiency program but the main reason is that i want to test this boiler myself before i install any at customer.There is no more cycling due to modulation and its running super quiet the future will tell me if am right because GlowCore was a real bad trip.

Serge

Doug_5

I might have been the guy who was asking about the Trinity a few months ago. This summer, we decided that a condensing boiler with sealed combustion and side venting would best meet our needs. Although we liked the only oil model we found (the Monitor FCX), it was a tad too small for our application, so we decided to choose from among a number of condensing boilers fueled by natural or propane gas. After a lot of thought (and the appreciated input of many of you out there), we settled on the NTI Trinity T-150 (heat only) unit coupled with a Crown MegaStor 40 for domestic hot water. Our most excellent contractor also repiped (reverse return) to all of our hot water radiators and has had the system up and running smoothly for 2 months now. We could not be happier.

Doug_5

Should add that we looked very closely at competing models and experienced excellent customer service/tech support from all of the manufacturers. Your individual application might lead you to choose one of the models we didn't. That's ok. It's going with condensing technology that is key. Homeowners paying comparable $ for 20 year (and older) boiler designs should be the exception, not the rule.