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It seems to depend who you ask. The link seems to indicate ~50" for my house and 90" for my farm... I've seen others that say 20" for my house (obviously wrong)... Just a question though. There are places outside the continental US after all. CT sits right on the ocean which moderates it. -Curt --- On Thu, 11/20/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Heat pump freezing up To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 1:30 PM Who in the continental U.S.A. has a 72" frost line? In Connecticut is about 42". Pete -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm not sure what we'll be doing, I need to look into it, I'm not sure we have > enough yard for a ditch, maybe a little of each... > > I wonder, if your frost line is 6', how much of a 6' pond would freeze? > > -Curt > > Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:25:07 -0600 > From: "harry watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Heat pump freezing up > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=response > > I have a geo unit. Due to a small lot on a golf course, I had to go > straight down. Three wells, 30 feet apart, 220 feet down each, 3/4 inch > looped tube in each well ties into a manifold and is pumped to the > compressor with a small pump, smaller than a soft ball. Temperature of the > alcohol water mix was 60 degrees F, 12 years ago and remains that now. > > Mine cost three times that of an air unit, but like Jim said, if you have > room to install the tubes in a horizontal ditch, its much cheaper. Having > a six foot deep pond nearby is even cheaper. > > Harry > > > > > >> There's a company up here designing some that can work down to -40F. I'm > >> considering one of the type that circulates coolant through a deep hole. > > > > I was told recently that the air-exchanger heat pump can run down > > to about 20F, and uses about 50% of the energy of electric heat. > > The newer ground-exchanger pumps will run down to whatever you > > get in your area, and use about 33% of the energy of electric > > heat. That's what I'd want, of course. We have acreage, so > > we perhaps wouldn't have to go deep, cutting the cost of > > installation. > > > > -- Jim > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
