Hey Don, Could you tell us more about your geothermal setup? Is it a closed loop system? How big was the hole(s) (horizontal or vertical tubes)? How long did the install take? What is your climate? What longevity do you expect from the system? Would you do it again? There is a lot of information on these systems but most of it comes from suppliers, not users.
I have air-source heat pumps but supplement on cold nights with a propane direct-vent fireplace. Propane prices just peaked here at $3.70 (so of course they came and topped up my 500 gal tank!) but price is significantly lower now. I like the ground-source idea but not sure I'll live here long enough for it to pay off. Thanks. Scott > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of OK > Don via Mercedes > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:34 PM > To: Andrew Strasfogel; Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Burnin' daylight > > That's what we found the first winter here, so we replaced the propane heat > with a geothermal heat pump, and the propane water heater with an electric > one that gets excess heat form the heat pump. Our total energy bill was one > half of that years bill the next year. Even so, it will take 12-13 years to break > even with the geothermal installation. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
