New Firebird stainless steel condensate trap

[Gazzt]

Firebird have released a new upgraded condensate trap made of stainless steel.
The trap replaces the old plastic trap which is prone to melt.

 

[Gazzt]

new Firebird stainless steel condensate trap

 

[SJB060685]

Been around for a while lol. When on Facebook I’m part of the oil fired heating engineer group, there’s a rep from firebird in the group as well. They listened to engineer advice and upgraded to the SS trap

 

[Gazzt]

Been around for a while lol. When on Facebook I’m part of the oil fired heating engineer group, there’s a rep from firebird in the group as well. They listened to engineer advice and upgraded to the SS trap

Yes lol. Posted it just incase. On a Firebird rant

 

[SJB060685]

To be fair it took way too long for Firebird to acknowledge the original was a poor design lol

 

[Gazzt]

Yes plastic trap was rubbish

 

[SJB060685]

Suppose one good thing about the plastic one melting is, if condensate discharge blocked or froze during colder months at least the bottom of boiler wouldn’t start to fill lol

 

[Gazzt]

Yes lol. Just left a rusty puddle on the floor

 

[SJB060685]

I saw that. Looks like a boiler house model so obviously not in a nicely decorated room lol

 

[DaveyHep]

Anyone know what grade of steel it’s made from?
Anything less than 304 and it’s not going to last long, preferably 316 but I doubt it.

 

[Gazzt]

Anyone know what grade of steel it’s made from?
Anything less than 304 and it’s not going to last long, preferably 316 but I doubt it.

Not sure what grade it's made from.

 

[SJB060685]

I don’t know but you could always contact Firebird if you really wanted to know. Like I said I’m in an Oil Fired Heating Engineer group on Facebook and a lot of the guys have been using them for some time and swear by them. I’d pop in and ask them but I haven’t been on Facebook for some time due to a couple of reasons

 

[DaveyHep]

Not sure what grade it's made from.

I look at the specs but it just says “stainless steel” which is only slightly less useless than saying it’s made from “metal”.
Guess we’ll find out in a few years....

 

[SimonG]

It will be cheap sh!te, no point in making things to last, put us out of a job.

 

[SJB060685]

Simon’s hit the nail on the head lol

 

[SimonG]

Pharmaceutical companys dont do cures. No money in cures.

 

[SJB060685]

Exactly, there’s more money in managing a problem than curing it altogether