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Old 05-12-14, 01:37 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by buffalobillpatrick View Post
...Was reading on UK site where a professional GSHP installer runs solar heated water 100% through shallow loop in series with panels before HP. Don't know if that makes sense...
When you compare the HDD of your location at 4000 ft elevation (or whatever) with the HDD of that location in UK, what do you see?

What do you see when you compare the available solar gain of the site in UK with your site located 4000 feet up in Colorado?

Does that comparison make sense?

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