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RBI Futera XLF - New Sizes Available

The copper-fin giant of the RBI product line, the XLF Logo is now available in a 2,500 MBH and a 3,500 MBH model in addition to the original 3,000 MBH and 4,000 MBH sizes.

Futera XLF Features

  • 88% efficiency
  • 5-to-1 turndown
  • HeatNet® on-board
    boiler management system
  • Turbo Pilot™ ignition
    (Vol. 2, Issue 10)
  • Small diameter vent
  • Full modulation
  • Fits through standard 3-0 door

Don't forget that you can mix XLF boilers/water heaters with condensing RBI Fusions to reduce the number of condensing units required to meet load during peak heating months. This saves intial costs, but still allows a system to achieve high fuel efficiency. This type of system is called "base loading" or "front-end loading".


Smith - LWCO Maintenance
Technical Bulletin

Heading into another heating season, Smith is noticing an increase in residential steam boilers that have been subjected to operation with a low water level, otherwise known as "dry firing" as it is typically described.

Remember that probe-type low water cutoffs are not maintenance free! They require that the probe be removed and cleaned annually, which is the same service schedule as recommended for a float-type low water cutoff.

Be advised that a low water operating condition is not a manufacturing defect and is not covered under the terms of the warranty.


UPDATE - IDC Associates

After 21 years with the company, Fred Espenship has retired. Fred was the owner of IDC Associates from 1991 to 2006 and had remained a part of the sales team since Carl Rehburg took over ownership in 2006.

As of yesterday, November 30, 2010, Fred has officially entered retirement. He joins his wife, Carol and their two schnauzers, Winston and Duchess. Fred's work email address will still be available for another month in case you'd like to send him a personal message.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding a project that you were working on with Fred, please contact us at 303-232-2664 and any of our salesmen would be happy to help.

We wish Fred all the very best going forward. Happy retirement and congratulations, Fred!

IDC Associates | 5717 W. 6th Avenue | Lakewood, CO 80214
p: 303-232-2664 | f: 303-237-9692


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