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Old 03-26-11, 03:34 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by rhino 660 View Post
my soil temp is 70* from 2' to 6' didnot go farther
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i am only concerned with cooling my house there is plenty of heat outside lol
everything i have read is geared towards heating homes. anybody know about the cooling aspect of geothermal?
How cold do you want your house? Is a max of 72°-74°F enough? If you can live with that, then you don't need a heat pump, but instead you could cool with 70° water directly. This would greatly
  • increase the simplicity,
  • decrease the cost,
  • increase the efficiency,
of the set-up.

That temperature may also be low enough to dehumidify the air.
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