I was under the impression that geothermal was intended for places where it was
cold in winter where an air source heat pump was fine in places where it didn't
get too cold. I'm also disappointed to find out that the supplemental heat has
to come on at 10F with geothermal. I was under the impression that 300' down
the temp was pretty steady. Is it because OK is so dry that there is trouble
shedding cold down there?
-Curt
From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: OK Don <okd...@gmail.com>; Mercedes Discussion List
<mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OK Don's Geothermal Setup [was: Re: Burnin' daylight]
You have the perfect climate for a geothermal heat pump. Not too cold in
winter.
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 1:04 AM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
> As I said in the original thread:
>
> Ours is a closed loop system from Climate Masters (located in OK). There
> are two bore holes, each is 300'. The install took two days for the loop,
> and three days for the unit, but you have to factor in that we moved the
> location of the unit to another room, installed the new hot water heater
> where the old furnace was, and had to install all new ductwork in the
> attic. I'm hoping that we'll get 20-30 years out of this system. We are
> expecting at this time anyway, to spend the rest of our lives here, so the
> up front investment made sense to us. I think that the only time we've had
> the auxiliary heat strips (electric) come on was when we were below 10F.
> Yes, we'd do it again - my wife loves it!
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 11:58 PM, Craig via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:32:36 -0500 Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
> > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hey Don,
> > >
> > > Could you tell us more about your geothermal setup?
> >
> >
> > YES, PLEASE!
> >
> >
> > Craig
> >
> >
>
>
> --
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