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AC_Hacker · 09-29-11, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhino 660

im back in town for a week ive been all over the east coast installing solar in the past few months...

Good to hear back from you. Installing solar? I'm glad to know about the solar installation activity... always good news.

I think that you have an interesting project going on.

Please keep us posted as the project progresses (photos too!).

Regards,

-AC_Hacker

rhino 660 · 11-19-11, 05:41 PM

i got my geothermal pipe
3 700' rolls i also traded some diesel mechanic work for borrowing an excavator which is frickin sweet

to my door cost was around $900 of which $290 was shipping

AC_Hacker · 11-19-11, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhino 660

i got my geothermal pipe
3 700' rolls i also traded some diesel mechanic work for borrowing an excavator which is frickin sweet...

Wow! This is really great, whole lotta geothermal going on!

Keep the photos coming...

-AC_Hacker

Xringer · 11-19-11, 08:23 PM

Jeepers! Now you've got to dig a 2,100 foot trench!!

Kinda makes me wonder, does anyone just dig a big wide loop in the ground,
and then lay out the pipe in a big gentle curve around the loop??
(Instead of the traditional slinky coils).?.

rhino 660 · 11-23-11, 07:42 PM

lol i have to dig 3 trenches around 90' long 3'wide and 6'deep

slinkey fab at night

all rolled up so i can move it around

my beautiful helper

rhino 660 · 11-23-11, 07:43 PM

my pressure testing setup minus the 3/4'' barbs i forgot

the blue and black fitting is a geo pipe to pvc compression coupling. i have no welds in my system

Xringer · 11-23-11, 07:58 PM

That's pretty neat, rolling the slinkys into big ball..
You might be able to get into the record books with one of those!
World's Largest Ball of Geothermal Pipe!
http://ispy.mnhs.org/00000000/00000830.JPG

Normally, those things take a bunch of people to manhandle them into their trenches.
A big ball you can roll, might make it easier eh?

AC_Hacker · 11-23-11, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhino 660

the blue and black fitting is a geo pipe to pvc compression coupling. i have no welds in my system

No welds, huh? That's great! I had way too many welds (nearly 100) and the increased friction they caused effectively lengthened my total pipe length by about 30%... that's a lot.

Where did you come across the HDPE to PVC compression fitting?

How much was it?

I might use something like that where the HDPE comes into the basement..

Best,

-AC_Hacker

rhino 660 · 11-23-11, 10:53 PM

Compression Fittings : Couplings : Geothermal Supply Company : Couplings Compression Fittings

this is where i got everything from

rhino 660 · 12-11-11, 12:33 AM

well my water table is alot higher than it was before i hit water at 5' in the summer it was 7'

would have been done 2 weeks ago but the trac hoe blew 3 hydraulic seals at 3 different times on weekends when no shops were open and ive been outta town installing solar in Miami going to work on it in the morning

11-19-11, 08:23 PM	#24
Xringer Lex Parsimoniae Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Woburn, MA Posts: 4,918 Thanks: 114 Thanked 250 Times in 230 Posts	Jeepers! Now you've got to dig a 2,100 foot trench!! Kinda makes me wonder, does anyone just dig a big wide loop in the ground, and then lay out the pipe in a big gentle curve around the loop?? (Instead of the traditional slinky coils).?. __________________ My hobby is installing & trying to repair mini-splits EPA 608 Type 1 Technician Certification ~ 5 lbs or less..

11-23-11, 07:42 PM	#25
rhino 660 Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 105 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts	lol i have to dig 3 trenches around 90' long 3'wide and 6'deep slinkey fab at night all rolled up so i can move it around my beautiful helper Last edited by rhino 660; 11-23-11 at 07:46 PM..

11-23-11, 07:43 PM	#26
rhino 660 Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 105 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts	my pressure testing setup minus the 3/4'' barbs i forgot the blue and black fitting is a geo pipe to pvc compression coupling. i have no welds in my system Last edited by rhino 660; 11-23-11 at 07:47 PM..

11-23-11, 07:58 PM	#27
Xringer Lex Parsimoniae Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Woburn, MA Posts: 4,918 Thanks: 114 Thanked 250 Times in 230 Posts	That's pretty neat, rolling the slinkys into big ball.. You might be able to get into the record books with one of those! World's Largest Ball of Geothermal Pipe! http://ispy.mnhs.org/00000000/00000830.JPG Normally, those things take a bunch of people to manhandle them into their trenches. A big ball you can roll, might make it easier eh? __________________ My hobby is installing & trying to repair mini-splits EPA 608 Type 1 Technician Certification ~ 5 lbs or less..

11-19-11, 05:41 PM	#22
rhino 660 Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 105 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts	i got my geothermal pipe 3 700' rolls i also traded some diesel mechanic work for borrowing an excavator which is frickin sweet to my door cost was around $900 of which $290 was shipping

11-23-11, 10:53 PM	#29
rhino 660 Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 105 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts	Compression Fittings : Couplings : Geothermal Supply Company : Couplings Compression Fittings this is where i got everything from

12-11-11, 12:33 AM	#30
rhino 660 Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 105 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts	well my water table is alot higher than it was before i hit water at 5' in the summer it was 7' would have been done 2 weeks ago but the trac hoe blew 3 hydraulic seals at 3 different times on weekends when no shops were open and ive been outta town installing solar in Miami going to work on it in the morning