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Old 01-24-11, 08:18 PM   #502
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Originally Posted by philb View Post
A newby question just popped into my mind. If you are producing cool on one side of the unit and heat on the other side, could you use both? That is, pump the hot into your hot water tank with the heat exchanger before further cooling it in the ground? So, as long as you are using electricity to power the unit you might as well get all the benefit you can.

BTW, I barely understand what the HVAC stands for.
This thread has improved my definition of the word drastically!
Hello philb,

Yes, you sure could use both hot side (for heating) and the cold side (for refrigerating).

Two birds with one stone. I don't understand why more people aren't doing it?

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