As Preferred Utilities continues to advance its technology in the commercial boiler control industry, we are forced to phase out older products in favor of new. In 2017, Preferred began shipping the PCC-IV Digital Loop Controller. The PCC-IV is a easy, drop-in replacement for the PCC-III controller. The PCC-IV was the successor to the PCC-III, which had been […]
Encrypted Remote Monitoring: Every Facility for a Fractional Rate
The Preferred Cloud Remote Monitoring Platform securely monitors all the equipment in your facility. See real-time status and historical trends from anywhere on any device. Receive texts, emails, or phone calls the moment your equipment go into alarm. Use data to look for control loops that need tuning and keep your equipment running efficiently. Data without analysis is just […]
Announcing New Distributor Relationships
A healthy distributor network plays a vital role in smoothly connecting manufacturers of whole systems and replacement parts to customers. We look forward to expediting response times and providing value-added packages in the replacement and upgraded parts marketplace. We are pleased to announce a new distributor partnership with Industrial Equipment Company in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Industrial Equipment Company will oversee catalog sales […]
New E-Gen Products: Direct Fill Tank & GenSet Controllers
Preferred is introducing our Model 226-FV Direct Fill Tank Controller to the fuel oil emergency generator market, developed to safely, efficiently, and inexpensively meet the minimum required overfill prevention features required by NFPA 30 and most fire marshals. Housed in a rugged NEMA 4 enclosure suitable for mounting outdoors, the Model 226-FV Direct-Fill Tank Controller can provide over-fill and […]
Preferred’s Range of Tools to help Engineers get the Job Done
Tools like Revit drawings and our Boiler Specification Configurator make boiler room design easier than ever! At Preferred, we pride ourselves in the quality of the burners, fuel handling systems, instruments, and controls we provide to our customers. But we also understand that no one knows your building the way you do, so you need the right tools […]
Preferred Presents at 2021 ASPE
Lee Carnahan and Len Swihart will present at the 2021 ASPE Tech Symposium Two members of Preferred’s industry-leading team of product specialists have been selected to present at the 2021 ASPE (American Society of Plumbing Engineers) Tech Symposium, which will be held in San Diego in September. This conference is focused on the plumbing industry, and it will […]
A Groundbreaking Enhancement of Dual Float Level Sensors
Preferred Announces the TG-EL-MS, a Groundbreaking Enhancement of Dual Float Level Sensors Preferred now offers a unique new improvement to our Dual Float Level Sensor. It’s now the only one on the market that can measure water as low as 1.2” off the bottom of the tank, with floats that will fit in a 2-inch diameter tank opening […]
Third-Party Approval for Vacuum Leak Detection System
Made in the U.S.A., Our Vacuum Leak Detection System is now listed on the National Work Group for Leak Detection Evaluations (NWGLDE) website. The NWGLDE list is “a compilation of storage tank and associated piping leak detection equipment that have undergone Third-Party Evaluations and have been found by the Work Group to meet the evaluation requirements contained in accepted […]
Prepare your Facility for Cold Weather: Combustion Air Requirements
Parts of the United States have experienced and continue to experience unusually cold temperatures over the last two weeks. In these circumstances, plant operators are usually forced to shut windows and doors in their boiler rooms to keep the cold air out and prevent water lines from freezing. But boilers need to breathe too. Bottling up a boiler […]
Prepare your Facility for Cold Weather: Thermopump System
The cold front predicted for next week may bring some of the coldest temperatures seen in the United States since 1936. It will affect areas as far south as Houston and San Antonio. These are areas where plants are not designed with the capability to heat their diesel fuel during cold weather—because weather this cold doesn’t happen very […]