01-09-14, 02:44 PM | #1661 |
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Thanks for the info it will be fun to get it and start reading.
I am not sure if I will take on this project but reading about your project has been fun. I have a tractor with a post hole digger I don't know how deep I could dig. I have a 4”, 6” and 12” bit. These guys did it with adding 4’ 2” black pipe and pulling the auger every 2’ feet to clean it out. Drilling your own water well I would not want to hit water. My neighbor had to go very deep to hit water like 200’ I would not be digging that far. Last edited by pinballlooking; 01-09-14 at 03:00 PM.. |
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Promised pics of my boat ASHP ghetto install. Takes about 8kw/day with outside temps ranging from 0-7deg C. There is plenty of room in the engine compartment to keep all the guts of the WSHP conversion in there, and I look forward to having my cockpit back...
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01-09-14, 03:42 PM | #1663 |
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8kw/day is not bad at all with those temps.
Is the outside unit secured? |
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01-09-14, 04:37 PM | #1665 |
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I would be worried someone would lean against it and move those flare fittings releasing the Freon. It does not take that much movement to mess with the flare fittings.
It looks like it would put out very good heat in that space. |
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( Well they was a link here but it wont let me put it ) For drillin with your hand that will work great. I am goin to try the way waterdigger2 did with the gas powered water pump to try dig deeper than what i did with pure water. |
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01-09-14, 06:34 PM | #1667 |
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I would be more worried about the loosin that high price unit into the water . I would want it bolted down at least
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What temps are you keepin the inside with only usin 8kws a day ? And how many sq ft ? |
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Maybe a snap disk switch on that coil that would keep it from freezin up ? |
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Looks to me like you have a fairly modern heat pump that has a variable speed compressor. They are really efficient machines. You haven't said very much about your background. For instance what kind of work do you do? Do you enjoy being involved with technical activities. Are you an electrical engineer, for instance? Do you have experience with analog and digital circuitry? Do you have an O-scope? Do you have experience with a logic analyzer? The reason I'm asking is that the kind of unit you have is pretty sophisticated and if you make appreciable changes to it (if you want to hack it), you'll probably need to employ the technical skills, that I mentioned above. Being able to hack a variable speed heat pump holds out the promise of being able to create an unusually efficient new machine. So far, on the EcoRenovator forum, some talented people have worked on doing that very thing, but if they have reported back on their success, I have not heard of it, and I watch the forum pretty closely. Acuario has tried to do this and has gotten farther than any one I know of. His work starts RIGHT HERE. BradC also did some very innovative work, but I don't recall if he ever attempted to hack a variable speed compressor. In my own work I have tried to stick with simpler machines because there are significant efficiency gains to be made there. But I have held out the hope that someone will solve the riddle and that hacking variable speed compressor machines will become more common. Maybe that person is you? Best, -AC
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