Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
12-18-10, 01:56 PM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
12-09-10, 08:58 PM
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That is interesting. I don't remember you...
That is interesting. I don't remember you mentioning that in the thread, sorry if you did. Hopefully I will avoid that necessity by not disassembling my AC unit. I would like to use it as is,...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
12-09-10, 07:04 PM
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Please don't be so defensive, I'm simply being...
Please don't be so defensive, I'm simply being curious.
I would be neat to use your test results as a baseline comparison for my setup when I get there. But it's impossible to compare when I don't...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
12-08-10, 07:01 PM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
12-04-10, 05:13 AM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-25-10, 08:04 PM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-19-10, 10:48 PM
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AC,
My qualms with some of your methods...
AC,
My qualms with some of your methods aside... ;)
You have a lot of good resources linked here and there throughout this huge thread, have you considered compiling them- for example at the...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-19-10, 11:16 AM
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Bummer
I think it's a bummer that there is so much good and helpful information here, and yet some bad information that you have no interest in correcting. So I guess you are more interested in showing off...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-19-10, 03:11 AM
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Noper, I am extrapolating :)
The temperature...
Noper, I am extrapolating :)
The temperature difference (delta T or dT) is the difference between the ground temperature and the water temperature (or in a more general sense the temperature...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-18-10, 10:20 PM
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AC Hacker,
Actually, as I look at this graph...
AC Hacker,
Actually, as I look at this graph again, it actually confirms what I mean. In this test you were adding heat with a coffee cup heater, right? The graph shows the temperature leveling...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-18-10, 05:22 PM
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But, we are on a DIY thread, not a mass...
But, we are on a DIY thread, not a mass production thread. So there are far more variables that can be considered, not the least of which are soil conditions and resulting installation types and...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-18-10, 04:50 PM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-18-10, 12:11 PM
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I like this intro ;)
I understand...
I like this intro ;)
I understand where you're coming from here but according to Fourier's law, Q=kA(dT/dx) is just as dependent on dT as it is on k. In other words the thermal transfer rate...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-18-10, 10:59 AM
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Series vs. parallel loop layout?
*wouldn't let me repost the image or link so the post I'm referring to is #120 on page 13.
Maybe I'm reinventing the wheel here but wouldn't a system be better off with the loops arranged in...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-17-10, 08:00 PM
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Small and crude GSHP for a Michigan garage
Hey all, thanks for sharing all this information. I found this thread searching for info on fixing up air conditioners I've only been able to read up through the first dozen pages so far though.
I...
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