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Originally Posted by j_abdeen
Dear AC Hacker,
Your quote on the ground source technology prices are sadly true. I m building my own home which is a flat on top of my parents house. with prices sky high of fuel oil and electricity; boilers, electric heaters and DX units are not economically possible for 80% of population in my home country ( Jordan ).
I m crazy with geothermal idea, the first estimation i have got from the installers is about 40K USD.  the majority here wont save this much during entire life.
further please share the study cost for the building and running such heat pump.
I highly appreciate if you can share guidance with me please. as I m planning to make a prototype.
Best Regards
Jibreel |
Jibreel,
Assalam o alaikum!
It is not very easy to do such a comparison, because so much depends on local conditions.
However, I encourage you to proceed with your prototype, you will learn a lot, and you have the potential of saving much money.
We have had DIY builders who already had considerable machining and design experience, who have made very sophisticated machines, that are better in quality than commercial heat pumps. The amount of effort and money that they put in was high, but the final product is magnificent. The amount of money and time in this case was equal to or somewhat less than a commercial unit (of lesser quality).
We have had other builders who have tried to utilize as much as possible from discarded air conditioners, and their cost was extremely low... about the cost of taking your family out for dinner, or less.
As you can see, the cost range is very large, and it depends on your local conditions, and the availability of potentially-usable, discarded air conditioner or heat pump units, your skill and your resourcefulness.
Can you give me a clearer idea of what you are trying to accomplish?
- Cool?
- Heat?
- Both?
- Location? (so I can get weather data)
- Size of building?
- Photos?
- etc.
I look forward to hearing about your project, especially because we have never had anyone from your part of the world take part in our discussions.
I personally welcome you to our discussion, and I hope that working together, we can give you the information you need to succeed.
Sincerely,
-AC_Hacker