On Jan 8, 5:46 pm, micha...@aol.com wrote: > Nick, > > Very long response. I read it. > > Amazingly, you made a response that didn't argue why everyone should do it > along with all the money they would save (like a typical salesman would > do).
I'm an engineer, not a random tree-hugger... > I am against the idea of solar and other power conserving ideas. Why? Appropriate technology is good - in our case, the heat pump is very very cost effective - no nasty chemicals or expensive life-cycle, and a very short payback (3.5 years or less). The heat pump is classified as solar (as opposed to geothermal which is what you get in Iceland...). > You have any pictures of your setups? Never seen a home turbine. :) We don't have a turbine - no possible economic argument stands up for it where we are. We buy green electricity from a commercial supplier. Here's a picture of the half assembled heat pump and thermal (hot water) store... the heat pump is on the left and is quite small - it just sits there and hums a bit. The big white box is a 300ltr thermal store for hot water - lots of insulation - even when -15C or more outside, it'll be re-filled about every 40 minutes... plumbing looks complex but is actually pretty straight forward - almost identical to a standard "main pressure" (no header tank) system - no special training needed. http://www.desmith.net/NMdS/Shack/DSCN2861.JPG http://www.desmith.net/NMdS/Shack/P2080021.JPG > You do have an impressive setup. I am sure the "project" was the payoff > to you, Not the actual savings. (Like making your own nixie clock is far > more expensive (time, money, etc) than simply buying premade. Its a matter of principle, but also has to pay for itself in under 5 years... Cheers Nick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
