Forum: Conservation
01-24-21, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 22,334
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
09-17-20, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 11,294
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Forum: The Billiards Room
08-14-20, 02:18 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 20,343
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Forum: The Billiards Room
08-10-20, 11:08 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 20,343
Resource Use for Renewables
I hope this isn’t considered political and is in the right spot. I’m not posting it to start a debate, more to hear your guys thoughts on the article. It’s a piece written by someone who to me seems...
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
05-02-20, 12:38 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 9,730
Emporia Vue Energy Monitor
Been looking for a way to monitor power use and found that unitS with logging get expensive quick. Then I found the Emporia Vue. $100 gets you 2 200amp CTs, and 8 50 amp CTs as well as cloud based...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
02-18-20, 10:48 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,897
I don’t see why it wouldn’t. One thing to watch...
I don’t see why it wouldn’t. One thing to watch out for is pressure drop across the air to water HX. Not sure if you’re referring to conventional or minisplit but minisplit fans typically have very...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
12-06-18, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 149
Views: 96,103
Did you end up building any sort of roof/snow...
Did you end up building any sort of roof/snow protection over the new Gree? Looked through the thread but didn’t see anything about it, hopefully I didn’t miss the post. IIRC you built something over...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
12-06-18, 12:24 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,769
Current/temp Monitoring
What do you all use for monitoring of temperatures and energy use?
Willing to do some DIY work here to cut down on cost. The goal is to be able to plot temps from a couple of probes on a graph...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-29-18, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,420
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-28-18, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,420
Mini Split Efficiency Test
Hey guys, long time lurker, very infrequent poster. Had a new Bryant (Midea best I can tell) 18k single high wall indoor unit minisplit installed a few weeks ago. Rated to heat down to -20F.
This...
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Forum: Solar Heating
04-30-18, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 7,213
"Glazing" Unglazed Panels
Been a minute since I posted, but since I'm newly a homeowner, and my home has baseboard electric heat. My head is now spinning with alternative ideas.
I have roughly 160k btu worth of unglazed...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-11-14, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,656
You guys have made a few good points.
Yes,...
You guys have made a few good points.
Yes, this guy has a thousand dollar control and many sensors attached to the unit, but he also has a program written to calculate instantaneous SEER and...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-11-14, 12:20 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,656
Simple, Efficient, Defrost
So back in my hottub heatpump experimenting days my biggest problem was by far and wide defrost. I was running my 8,000 btu window a/c with the condenser in nice 104* water, and my evaporator in...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
08-02-13, 04:18 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,136
Pool Heater for Air
This may fit better in the solar forum, but it could implement a heat pump which puts it here too.
I currently have 180,000 BTU worth of solar pool heating collectors up on my garage roof, and...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
08-02-13, 04:07 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,396
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
07-31-13, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,396
Minisplit Room and Water Heater
Found this on a site that has a lot of other cool heat reclaim products for pools and domestic hot water, even a solar panel powered minisplit.
Air Conditioner Water Heaters | AC/Heat Pumps That...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
01-18-13, 03:59 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 54,371
Im curious is there any advantage to a...
Im curious is there any advantage to a non-inverter mini-split without its control? What makes the mini-split any more efficient than say a window unit? Larger coil obviously helps, but what...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
01-11-13, 12:33 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 40,409
Well this project has gone down the crapper as...
Well this project has gone down the crapper as far as I'm concerned. Today I got around to removing the metal supports from the sides of the coils... and managed to puncture the copper. :( Looks...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
01-11-13, 12:23 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,939
Yes there is actually. Finished it, mostly...
Yes there is actually. Finished it, mostly anyway, and tried it out. Unfortunately defrost didn't happen. On my Hot Tub Heat Pump I could turn it off and the heat from the hottub water and in the...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
12-23-12, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,939
Q&d ashp
Problem: I have a garbage picked dehumidifier, a month off of school, and some ambition.
Solution: Build myself a quick and dirty window shaker heat pump.
My first idea for this dehumidifier...
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Forum: Conservation
12-22-12, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,550
Some A/C's run a Crankcase heater on the...
Some A/C's run a Crankcase heater on the compressor that can draw from 40-100w to keep the oil warm(forgot where I read that). This matters if you plan on running the A/C, but if it's going to sit...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
12-17-12, 04:08 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,961
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
12-01-12, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 108
Views: 123,614
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-27-12, 03:40 AM
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Replies: 1,943
Views: 5,233,951
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-27-12, 02:35 AM
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Replies: 108
Views: 123,614
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