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The first picture is of an air to water HP is it not and not the HP pictured earlier in the thread?
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Yeah, it's Heat Pump #1. It's water-in-water-out, In the photo I'm using a car radiator and a fan in place of a radiant floor, because I haven't built the radiant floor yet. As it is, I'm producing useful heat, and I can study the impact that running the heat pump has on ground temp.
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Originally Posted by Drake
Kudos on the collector find. What does one look like?
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Are you referring to the solar collectors I have in the side yard, or do you mean the refrigeration recovery machine?
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Originally Posted by Drake
The type of HX I am thinking of(if there is one) would be put inside storage tank. No pumping.
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There is some outfit that makes a long twisted copper heat exchanger that will fits inside a hot water tank. One of those could possibly be used as you suggest.
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Originally Posted by Drake
Is the TXV for adjusting Refrig balance?
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Just so. With a captube setup, adjustment is not so easy because you need to brake the refrigeration circuit, braze on a new captube of a different length and/or diameter, then re-charge he system.
The TXV has an adjustable screw. Much easier.
-AC_Hacker