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Originally Posted by waterdigger2
The heaters and water Would it be possible to do a ground loop system of the depths you needed. And have some sort of a valve up to your roof with some sort of vacume tube so it could get even more heat.
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Yes, you can do that, but there is an upper limit to how hot and be able to use a heat pump. If you get your refrigerant too hot, it may behave in an unpredictable manner.
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Originally Posted by waterdigger2
On the refridgeration. Would it be viable for someone to dig a few holes specifically for that so it could have a way to transfer the heat down to the ground like geothermal ?
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Good thinking, but you don't need to dig a new hole... just use your loop for storing heat and harvesting heat.
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Originally Posted by waterdigger2
Have no clue how hot a oven and stove gets to cook with but not sure if it could benifit on the geo. But maybe solar if you could concentrate it ?
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The geo heat we are working with is termed 'low temperature geothermal', to not confuse it with high temperature heat that comes up from the magma core.
By using a heat pump we can get useful heat to heat our homes, but in most cases, it maxes out at a bit over 120F. Too low to cook with.
But keep those ideas flowing! Too many people are stuck with wearing blinders. Sounds like you may not have that problem.
-AC