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Old 03-24-13, 01:28 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by michael View Post
...I took a years worth of temperature samples at the surface, 20", 40" and 60" down in the area where the source pipes will go. I put four sensors in a piece of 3/4" pvc pipe, capped the lower end, filled it with dry sand to keep the sensors in place and give conductivity, put a u-bend on the top to keep water out, and recorded the temperatures every night for a year...
Hmmmmmm......

"You might be an ecorenavator if you take a year's worth of readings of ground temps before you start digging."

This info is solid gold.

Can you put this data online or in graphical form?

This is the kind of thing everybody ought to do if they're considering a GSHP.

You clearly have GSHP Fever, and there's only one cure...

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