90% efficiency hot water heat boilers

Posted by woods on October 21, 2009, 7:30 pm

Does anyone have any experience with the high efficiency boilers?
I'm considering replacing my 25yr old boiler with one of these, but
I'm hearing from some people that they are nothing but high
maintenance trouble.

Posted by RBM on October 21, 2009, 8:10 pm

> Does anyone have any experience with the high efficiency boilers?
> I'm considering replacing my 25yr old boiler with one of these, but
> I'm hearing from some people that they are nothing but high
> maintenance trouble.

I don't think that any of the really high efficiency units have been around
long enough to determine what the overall savings might be. People who
recently bought high efficiency units tend to sing their praises, I think
partly to justify what they spent on them. If you're lucky enough to have
one that does what is should, and doesn't break down, you'll probably be
very happy with it. Conversely, if you had breakdowns, problems finding
competent service people, proprietary parts that aren't locally available,
and cost an arm and a leg, you will probably feel differently.
There are plenty of people on both sides of the fence, I wire about 25
boilers a year, mostly standard units, maybe five or six high efficiency
units. Most work fine out of the box. We did have a bit of a problem with a
Triangle Tube condensing unit, and a pretty much major failure with a
Peerless wall hung condensing unit. Buderus wall hung condensing units seem
to be a favorite, a pita to wire, the way they're laid out, but the
customers love em.

Posted by Big_Jake on October 21, 2009, 9:46 pm

. We did have a bit of a problem with a

> Triangle Tube condensing unit, and a pretty much major failure with a
> Peerless wall hung condensing unit.

Can you expand on the bad experience with the Triangle Tube? I keep
hearing good things about them, especially the heat exchanger.

John

Posted by RBM on October 21, 2009, 10:12 pm

>. We did have a bit of a problem with a

>> Triangle Tube condensing unit, and a pretty much major failure with a
>> Peerless wall hung condensing unit.

> Can you expand on the bad experience with the Triangle Tube? I keep
> hearing good things about them, especially the heat exchanger.
> John

The unit had a bad board, it kept firing then shutting down. The techs at
TT were really good, and very helpful. The replacement board solved the
problem.

Posted by Ed Pawlowski on October 21, 2009, 10:04 pm

Last year I got a System 2000 boiler from a local dealer for
www.energykinetics.com Mine is oil fired and I saved 32% in the first 3
months and for hot water use in the summer, even more. I won't have an
exact figure until I get another oil delivery, but I'm at least 225 gallons
saved over April to Oct. last year; I still have almost a half tank. It is
trouble free. Gas models are available too. .

At work in one section of our building we have a gas fired Munchkin.
http://www.munchkinboiler.net/ It has been through five winters with one
service call the first year for a minor problem covered under warranty.

Check out rebates from your state, energy credits and special 0% interest
financing though the state.

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