Geothermal heat anybody???
 

I have my own well and I 'm interested in installing open loop geothermal heat pump for heating and cooling my house.
Does anybody have any experience in this subject or any advice??
Thank you .
regards ..Andy

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I don't have any experience with geothemal but I am interested in it also.
It looks like the way to go for energy savings.

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common people it is better than collecting wood!!!:banghead:
anybody...???

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who you callin common??

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Vy popular in Canada & parts of Europe. I think the cost savings is 50-60% over conventional heating methods -- this margin will only improve as gas and electric become more expensive. It's like running a compressor, without a refrigerant, against a base temperature source and sink.

The main costs are installation (obviously) and the electricity for running the compressor.

It's mysterious that this is not more widespread in the United States, since so many other countries are embracing it.

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A buddy of mine has one. It works VERY well. He has a really big house (I'm guessing 4-5k square ft, but it could be bigger), and it takes 3 wells. His house utilizes all the energy saving features currently available, and his electricity bills are under 200 per month on that behemoth.

I talked to his dad (who built the house), and he said you could also use a pond instead of the well(s), which would make it a lot cheaper. His is set up such that the heat accumulated from the house also heats his hot water (2 closed systems, through a heat exchanger). His hot water heater only kicks on during about 3 months of the year, but we're talking College Station, Texas, which is pretty hot.

HTH.

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I have one. They heat your house in winter and cool it in summer. A well water heat pump is very efficient. There are two kinds: open loop and closed loop. The open loop is cheaper to install, but requires a 100% reliable well with a minimum flow rate of five gallons/minute. The pump uses three gallons/minute and the remaining two are for a typical household usage rate for the other things such as toilets, showers, and washing machines. If you go with the open loop, get a pump with a cuprous-nickel alloy water heat exchanger. If your water is highly acidic, go with the closed loop. Closed loops circulate an antifreeze solution through a long hose buried five feet underground, which costs much more to install, although their water heat exchangers don't corrode. My second well water heat pump was a pure copper heat exchanger and died after five years from corrosion. Well water heat pumps cost $6000 and up and since they have lots of active parts, tend to break down occasionally. The guys that fix them charge about $80/hour. I have a brick rancher: three bedrooms, 2-car garage and full basement in the Northeast USA. In the dead of winter my highest monthly electric bill was just over $200 and I keep the thermostat at 73 degrees year round. Same amount for air-conditioning in August. Since I use about $90 a month in electricity for two refrigerators, a meat freezer, a dehumidifier for the basement, and a cube fridge that all run 24/7, then I'm basically heating my house in February for about $120. Not too bad since the price of heating oil is now creeping toward $5/gallon. Just be aware that they WILL break down every other year or so since they are mechanical gadgets...

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Think long and hard is all I can will tell you.