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Originally Posted by Xringer
Which is almost what I'm doing right now. Turning off the Sanyo below 5deg Fand turning on the oil heat (forced baseboard hot-water). I just call it the Hybrid Mode.
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You'll need a lot more radiant area if you expect to successfully drive your hydronic heaters with your Sanyo. It just won't produce the same high feed temps as your oil burner.
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Originally Posted by Xringer
Having the HydroBox outdoors might be a good idea, just in case the
government gets really crazy and outlaws R410A, and forces us to use R290.
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Well, R-410a was meant to solve the problem of destroying the ozone layer, which it did. In fact, G.H.W.Bush couldn't be concerned with ozone depletion until a hole in the ozone opened up over Kinnebunkport, ME, which is where the Bush family vacation home is located. Then he took it serious.
Problem is that R-410a is a very serious global warming gas, and it takes a very long time to break down.
Propane and Butane are both good refrigerant gases, but there is the no harm to either the ozone or global warming.
Carbon Dioxide is a great refrigerant gas, no ozone problem and eventually it gets taken up by plants. But no corporation has a patent on it, so revenues will suffer.
Too bad that these problems can't be wished away. It would be so much easier that way.
-AC_Hacker