Anyone here use a geothermal heat pump?

[charlie_D]

My house heats with geothermal... Sorry, I can't tell you what the bill was prior to installation, it came with the house (one of the things I was looking for in an acreage).

I *can* say that my monthly energy bills have been sitting around the $250 - $300 mark, and that the house is (somehow) using approximately 3000Kwh per month currently. Hard to tell where the leaks are in the summer, but I sure am finding them in the winter! Unfortunately the furnace doesn't run *that* often, so I'm not sure where the rest of the energy is going currently... though I did find a 'hot' outlet and other electrical gear out in the bush when I was wandering around. Hadn't noticed it before because
a) it's about 20ft into the bush on all sides, and
b) it's on the ground; looks like it got knocked over by a tree a decade or so ago, based on the corrosion.

Wonder how many other treasures I'll find now that I can see past the undergrowth?

Anyway, here's a pic of the furnace :



Charlie