Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
12-18-13, 12:27 AM
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-18-13, 12:19 AM
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Replies: 588
Views: 531,851
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-15-13, 05:25 PM
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-15-13, 01:06 AM
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Thanks for the comment, AC. We poured the...
Thanks for the comment, AC. We poured the concrete floor two days ago, but because everything was coming thick and fast, I was unable to take a second to grab a camera and was caught unprepared. ...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-09-13, 11:17 PM
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-09-13, 10:26 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 531,851
Here are a couple of conflicting quotes from...
Here are a couple of conflicting quotes from Wikipedia in the article titled "Radiant Energy":
"Radiant energy is one of the mechanisms by which energy can enter or leave an open system. Such a...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-09-13, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 531,851
It's pretty enjoyable reading the under-floor...
It's pretty enjoyable reading the under-floor insulation scuffle; lots of good thoughts there, and I'll take them to heart. Today we finished installing all the PEX tubing, and we'll pour the...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-08-13, 07:44 PM
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Views: 531,851
Referring to the original question: can someone...
Referring to the original question: can someone explain what the terms "part load" vs. "full load" mean with regard to heat pump performance? I've been reading a PDF from roth-usa.com on their RWT...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-07-13, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 588
Views: 531,851
QUOTE=AC_Hacker michael, I came across an...
QUOTE=AC_Hacker michael, I came across an interesting article, discussing, "How Much Insulation Is Enough? (http://www2.buildinggreen.com/blogs/how-much-insulation-enough)"
Good link...thanks. I...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-06-13, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 531,851
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-06-13, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 531,851
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-06-13, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 531,851
Got me! In our residence, there is no heat in...
Got me! In our residence, there is no heat in the bedrooms, and sometimes I get a little grief about that if we've forgotten to leave the doors open in cold weather, so in this house I'm going to...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-05-13, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 531,851
PEX installation
Starting the PEX layout today. Hope to finish tomorrow or the weekend and cover it with concrete on Monday or Tuesday. It will be a great relief to get this phase finished with rain on its way.
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-04-13, 08:53 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 531,851
[QUOTE=AC_Hacker;33733] Well, it's less like...
[QUOTE=AC_Hacker;33733] Well, it's less like cooking from scratch than it is like cooking from prepared ingredients, since we start with a used air conditioner or de-humidifier, and the compressor...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-04-13, 10:53 AM
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Replies: 588
Views: 531,851
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-03-13, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 531,851
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-03-13, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 531,851
Originally Posted by AC_Hacker
"I talked with...
Originally Posted by AC_Hacker
"I talked with a local hydronic guy who told me that around here, feed water temperatures are:
80 to 85 degrees for tube in slab
100 to 110 for on top of floor...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-21-13, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 531,851
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-21-13, 01:12 AM
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Replies: 588
Views: 531,851
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-20-13, 11:16 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 531,851
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
09-01-13, 04:25 PM
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Views: 4,808,437
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
08-31-13, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,915
Heat pump plus comprehensive plan
Attached is a sketch of a comprehensive plan for space and water heating for both my current house and another smaller house I'm in the early stages of constructing. In our house we have the...
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Forum: Conservation
07-08-13, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,244
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Forum: Conservation
07-03-13, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,244
Have you any further data? Will you post the...
Have you any further data? Will you post the source of the one wire sensors? What sort of microcontroller are you using? Did you construct the data collecting set up from parts, and if so will you...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
04-28-13, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 531,851
Radiant Heating Technologies...
Radiant Heating Technologies (http://www.rhtnow.com/Manifolds.html)
I suppose everyone here has already seen these manifolds, but I just stumbled across them, and I'm impressed. It's everything I...
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