Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
04-19-14, 06:45 AM
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dremd,
I know this is an old thread. But I was...
dremd,
I know this is an old thread. But I was curious if you ever made any progress on this? I'm planning on installing my own gshp system and I'm also hoping to be able to use cooling as well as...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
04-18-14, 08:45 PM
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arduino logger
Here is a screenshot of an example dashboard that you can create with emoncms. At first, I had trouble figuring out how all of this tied together. But once I got the basic ideas down, it's pretty...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
04-18-14, 08:34 PM
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arduino logger
Thanks for all of the suggestions and feedback. Heres a quick pic of the arduino setup. And my sketch that I'm using. It basically has 3 parts to it:
A. setup ethernet connection
B. setup/get temp...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
04-17-14, 07:27 PM
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gshp test borehole
This is a pic of my setup. The blue wire is a network cable I used to wire up a DS18B20 temp sensor to my arduino. now that I look at my own setup, I notice some of the tubing doesn't have insulation...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
04-17-14, 06:53 PM
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Replies: 1,943
Views: 4,982,476
gshp test borehole
AC, I just wanted to say thanks again for all your hard work and all of the info that you've shared here! All of this is really inspiring and helps people like me start out from the bottom up on a...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
04-04-13, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,034
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
04-04-13, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,034
I will have room to put in plain 1/2" pex (not...
I will have room to put in plain 1/2" pex (not stapled up) in-between my floors for possible cooling. But at this point, I'm questioning how effective this will be for the additional cost of PEX...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
04-04-13, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,034
well, I was hoping to use the buffer tank for...
well, I was hoping to use the buffer tank for both heating (during the winter) and cooling (during the summer) capacities later on, after I get my gshp and loops installed in the ground. I don't...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
04-03-13, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,034
water storage tank
In thinking about building a water storage tank for my radiant floor, I was wondering which design would be more efficient:
1. insulated wood tank, such as this one:
$2K Solar Space + Water:...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
04-01-13, 06:01 PM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
03-30-13, 05:15 AM
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Replies: 1,943
Views: 4,982,476
AC, Michael,
I noticed in his pic that the...
AC, Michael,
I noticed in his pic that the copper water exchanger in the back looks like the water wouldn't have enough length to exchange more heat to gain more efficiency out of the water heating...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
03-27-13, 12:17 PM
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awesome ideas AC!
I could do something similar...
awesome ideas AC!
I could do something similar with my house to help with any insurance issues later down the road. Just picked up my braze-on valves and silver braze material. Now it's onto the...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
03-27-13, 11:05 AM
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interesting. looking over the specs on this...
interesting. looking over the specs on this sensor online, it looks like it detects not only different gases but also smoke.
it interfaces via a analog signal.
So, that looks like it would hook to...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
03-27-13, 06:47 AM
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
03-26-13, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 21,426
Hi Opiesche,
I ran across your post on the...
Hi Opiesche,
I ran across your post on the raspberry pi and it caught my attention. I'm working on building a house with a radiant floor in the slab. And I'm also using a pi to control/monitor...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
03-26-13, 07:19 PM
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That's a good idea...But I'd like to be able to...
That's a good idea...But I'd like to be able to work on these things myself, especially considering that propane may be involved later on. I already have a vacuum pump and a set of gauges, so this...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
03-26-13, 03:45 PM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
03-26-13, 03:40 PM
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AC,
That's good info to keep in mind. I hadn't...
AC,
That's good info to keep in mind. I hadn't thought about my loop field sizing affecting different variables of my system in those regards. But that makes sense as I'm reading what you posted. ...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
03-26-13, 06:44 AM
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The Design temperature for my area is 20 F. ...
The Design temperature for my area is 20 F.
going back to my original heat load calc for my entire house,
that puts me at about 24000 btu/hr.
(7,235/24000) * 100 = 30%
I don't think this is bad...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
03-25-13, 07:58 PM
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Wow. So much good information from all of you! ...
Wow. So much good information from all of you!
Thanks AC, Randen, & Jeff !
I went back and put in an avg temp that we've seen in this area this year. And that definitely changes the heat load calc...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
03-25-13, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 1,943
Views: 4,982,476
That's an interesting analysis.
My watt meter...
That's an interesting analysis.
My watt meter only measured 330-430 watts when the compressor was running for a few minutes. I noticed that it gradually increased the watts reading the longer I had...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
03-25-13, 07:08 AM
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Replies: 1,943
Views: 4,982,476
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
03-25-13, 07:01 AM
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Views: 4,982,476
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
03-24-13, 08:20 PM
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Views: 4,982,476
AC, I just wanted to take the time to say thank...
AC, I just wanted to take the time to say thank you for all of your hard work and being willing to put all this incredible info on here for so many people to benefit from.
If it weren't for you and...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
03-24-13, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 1,943
Views: 4,982,476
Thank you for the info. Yes, am definitely...
Thank you for the info. Yes, am definitely excited about getting to work on this. Hoping that all of this work, planning, and researching will help save on our energy usage down the road.
long road...
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