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Originally Posted by 2meke
Eventually I am intending to use additional solar thermal panels to dump heat into the ground. I am thinking a combination of putting an additional loop buried in the ground and also I have a large insulated tank that I intend to use coils of pex as a heat exchanger to take solar heat into the ground loop or floor loop. Not figured that one out yet... Thanks again for your advice.
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If your property is such that there is little or no water migration through the soil, you could store heat in the soil. But if there is water migration, the water will carry the heat away.
If, on the other hand, that is not the case (your rainfall is not torrential and you are situated high on a hill) you could use your loop field as a giant heat battery, and all heat surplusses could be directed into it, for future withdrawal.
Best,
-AC_Hacker