Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
04-19-15, 01:10 PM
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Not quite.
The formula is:
Efficiency =...
Not quite.
The formula is:
Efficiency = (Power Out) / (Power In)
To figure the power in you would need to do a test to see how much energy is required to heat a given amount of water from a...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
02-10-14, 06:17 PM
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Pretty sanitary looking job.
I don't...
Pretty sanitary looking job.
I don't remember if you posted the capacity of the water heater tank? It would be useful to know.
So you're using a 5,000 BTU compressor, are you? That is just...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-22-13, 07:59 PM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
11-13-13, 06:30 PM
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Looks good and geeky.
The new anode sounds...
Looks good and geeky.
The new anode sounds wise... but what's the acid rinse all about?
Wow, great work, but, too bad about the cork screw photos... There's a tsunami of web cams flooding into...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
10-31-13, 08:30 AM
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OK, great...
As you probably read, I trusted...
OK, great...
As you probably read, I trusted one of those compression fitting to seal r290 and it failed in a most sudden and unpleasant way.
I just needed to make sure you hadn't made the same...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
10-30-13, 11:16 PM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
10-30-13, 10:25 PM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
10-28-13, 12:06 PM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
10-27-13, 04:15 PM
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Congratulations on a successful and...
Congratulations on a successful and well-documented project!
http://ecorenovator.org/forum/attachments/geothermal-heat-pumps/3542d1382804027-another-hot-water-tank-heat-pump-sam_2452-jpg
I...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
10-27-13, 01:45 PM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
10-26-13, 12:27 AM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
10-14-13, 12:04 AM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
10-13-13, 06:38 PM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
10-13-13, 12:32 PM
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This is an excellent point...
However,...
This is an excellent point...
However, (and I am not referring to Xringer's airtap, I am comparing the attempts by randen and Hv23t) the twisting failure is taking place inside the tank.
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
10-13-13, 12:23 AM
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If you read the thread of the former attempt...
If you read the thread of the former attempt (http://ecorenovator.org/forum/geothermal-heat-pumps/2509-homemade-heat-pump-water-heater-r290.html#post25701), you would see that in both cases (randen &...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
10-12-13, 03:58 PM
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Randen,
Thank you for posting the details &...
Randen,
Thank you for posting the details & photos of this attempt, even though it was not a success.
This provides a lot of information for all of us.
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BTW, in the thread posted by...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
10-10-13, 11:36 AM
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We need to keep in mind the operational...
We need to keep in mind the operational parameters here.
As I recall, Acuario, you are using compressors that are in the 12,000 BTU range or larger, am I correct? Also, you are working to achieve...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
10-08-13, 08:11 PM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
10-07-13, 01:31 AM
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