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Old 08-08-11, 05:57 PM   #871
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Originally Posted by RickHeid View Post
I just love reading the stuff on this forum and this is my first post. I have been kicking around an idea and just wanted to see what you guys thought. I have a well that is 6" in diamater and down 180'. The water level is always at the 45' level and the pump is 10' from the bottom of the well. I was thinking of pulling the pump back up and putting a copper coil in the 10' at the bottom with a plastic pipe feed and return to my heat pump. Then put the pump back down the well. We don't use a lot of water from the well however it seems to me this would work even better than a 180 ft hole filled with grout, as every time I use water, cold water will come into the shaft. Oh and I live in central TN.
I think the issue will be how fast the water comes back into the well shaft.

If you really know how fast the water comes into the well shaft on a sustained basis, you are on your way to knowing how much heating or cooling you can expect from your well.

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