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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps 04-18-14, 02:32 AM
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Posted By AC_Hacker
It is so great to see you doing this, it was...

It is so great to see you doing this, it was exciting for me when I did it, maybe for you, too.

I think those swings are not so big, but mostly they're from ambient temp changes... the smaller...
Forum: Renovations & New Construction 04-17-13, 10:15 AM
Replies: 588
Views: 515,990
Posted By AC_Hacker
Installing Radiant into an Existing Radiant System...

Just a note that there will be a webinar this Thursday on installing radiant heating additions into an existing radiant system, or upgrading existing infrastructure. This should be very interesting...
Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps 03-27-13, 12:00 PM
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Posted By AC_Hacker
I haven't worked with the Pi, but on the Arduino,...

I haven't worked with the Pi, but on the Arduino, various pins come up by default as PWM or digital or analog, etc. But in the header of your sketch or program, you can initialize the pins as you...
Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps 03-25-13, 10:54 AM
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Posted By AC_Hacker
This all sounds just great! The solar idea...

This all sounds just great!

The solar idea is good. At some point you'll need to do a site analysis to see how much solar energy you can realistically expect during the heating season. Also you...
Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps 03-24-13, 04:25 PM
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Posted By marx290
You sound really excited cbearden. It's a lot of...

You sound really excited cbearden. It's a lot of fun working with this stuff. I don't know your background or what kind of equipment you have, but with an old hermetic compressor you can fashion a...
Forum: Renovations & New Construction 03-18-13, 10:23 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 17,495
Posted By AC_Hacker
You are the first person on this forum to show...

You are the first person on this forum to show any substantial interest in radiant cooling.

Since cooling is your primary season, you might want to give some thought to efficiency.

So here's...
Forum: Renovations & New Construction 03-13-13, 12:19 PM
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Views: 515,990
Posted By randen
Cbearden Congrats on your new build. You...

Cbearden

Congrats on your new build. You will enjoy the heated floor so much. I have heated floors in both shop and home. The shop was done first to try it out as no-one was doing it around here....
Forum: Renovations & New Construction 09-01-12, 02:18 PM
Replies: 588
Views: 515,990
Posted By berniebenz
My 15 year old radiant system.

I also have a tight 2000sf home also having a small air exchange unit for the same purpose, single speed manual on/off and seldom used as not needed for moisture control in Nevada’s dry air. (Not big...
Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps 01-25-12, 05:06 PM
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Posted By AC_Hacker
Hate to disappoint you... The basic idea...

Hate to disappoint you...

The basic idea behind GSHP is that you are harvesting solar energy that has been stored in many, many, many tons of earth.

A good approximation of the heat that can be...
Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps 01-25-12, 01:27 AM
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Posted By AC_Hacker
cbearden, I don't think anyone has summed it...

cbearden,

I don't think anyone has summed it up so clearly...

You have spoken for all of us.

Best of luck in your projects.

Regards,
Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps 01-19-12, 07:33 PM
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Views: 4,654,609
Posted By AC_Hacker
* * * The Homemade Heat Pump Manifesto has...

* * *

The Homemade Heat Pump Manifesto has gone past 200,000 hits.

Thank you to readers both for reading and for your good questions, thank you to the brave experimenters who had the gumption...
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