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Originally Posted by RickHeid
It comes in as fast as we use water.
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Didn't you say that you were interested in using this well for cooling?
Do you already have an air conditioner?
Do you know what your air conditioner is rated at? If you bought a whole house unit, it would be rated in Tons (12,000 BTU/hr) if you use window air conditioners, they will have a rating sticker on the side.
This would give you some idea how much cooling you will need from your well.
If you put a loop in your well and grouted it, you would probably get around 9600 BTU/hr or about 8/10 of a Ton cooling.
Yes, you are right that you might be able to do better by extracting cold water from the well. But if the sustained water flow is below a certain amount, you would be better off to make a loop and grout it.
Physics is involved.
-AC_Hacker