Their shop address is 180 miles away from my construction location. I'll give him a ring today, but that's a pretty good round-trip drive for a...
Hi folks, Are there any geoexchange driller junkies near Allentown, PA that would be interested in drilling the vertical loops for my 4-ton...
Hi folks, I'm a homeowner getting a 4T ClimateMaster 27 installed in the next month or so. The well driller came out to the property yesterday...
Here is an updated diagram with the pressure relief valve: [IMG] I also realized there was a redundant shutoff valve on the DSH supply line, so...
Joe, thanks so much for your reply, and for adding some clarity to the past discussions in this thread! I also appreciate your heads-up about a...
Hi everyone, I am building a new house with a ClimateMaster 27 geothermal unit. I asked the plumbing contractor (who is fortunately also the...
Hi Looby, Looking at my diagrams again, I realized that you are right and there is not really any difference. The scenario I was thinking about...
Hi Joe, You raise two good points. In my case, it's new construction so yard damage is no big deal. However, extra excavation time would indeed...
Ahh, cool! That looks like it matches the first diagram I posted (in the ordering of the tees), although my final pipe routing was a bit...
Hi Dewayne, Note that both are piped in parallel - it's just a question of how the plumbing runs to the tees. I'm curious if there's any...
Hi guys, I have an idle question... Is there any efficiency advantage to running the plumbing in either of the ways shown below? [IMG] [IMG]...
Noob question here... My geothermal system is going to have two vertical wells. Will I have four lines coming into my basement like this, or...
Hi NiceGuy, I'm located in eastern PA (Lehigh Valley) and I can tell you what I've found. I'm currently pursuing new construction of a 3200sqft...
So if there really is such a long-term temperature drift in the ground region surrounding the loop, does this lend more support to keeping...
Thanks for the clarification! This puts things in perspective. Yep... I guess I was overthinking it. My wife would not be surprised.
I'm an electrical engineer and homeowner. My wife and I are pursuing new construction, and since geothermal has always been a dream of mine, I...
Hi docjenser, Can you clarify what you mean by "distribution system"? If I'm going with normal electric water heaters for the buffer and...
At 20' deep, if you pulled from the bottom and dumped back into the top, perhaps you'd bleed enough heat into the surrounding water table to make...
I am planning to do dual 80 gallon electric water heaters. I'm going to use the Whirlpool Energy Smart hot water heater: Whirlpool Water Heaters...
Thanks ralphd, I appreciate your cautions. I have an indoor/outdoor temperature and humidity monitor, and I plan to monitor the indoor humidity...
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