NTI · Boiler
Hold / Lockout 9 Flame bias out of range
What the control is telling you
Control board reported the flame-sense bias outside its allowed window.
Applies to: Trinity Tft60, Tft85, Tft110, Tft154, Tft201, Tft285, Tft340, Tft399
Likely causes
- 4-20 mA input driven above its limit
- Control board malfunction
Test and repair steps
- If a 4-20 mA signal is wired in, keep it at or below 21 mA
- Cycle power to the boiler
- Replace the control if the code returns
Models that show this code
13 models in Trinity Tft
Other codes on the same units
- Hold / Lockout 85 Inlet/outlet inversion limit
- Hold / Lockout 88 Outlet temperature rise limit
- Hold / Lockout 88 Outlet temperature rise limit
- Hold / Lockout 9 Flame bias out of range
- Hold 100 Pressure sensor fault
- Hold 100 Pressure sensor fault
- Hold 110 Ignition failure occurred
- Hold 110 Ignition failure occurred
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Source: NTI Trinity Tft399 Installation and Operation Manual (2018-09-07), Sec. 16.0 Troubleshooting, Table 16-3. Summarized in our own words; check the original manual for your model.
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