A close friend of mine put one in the new house he was building 25 or so years ago. You should have seen his basement - it looked like the inside of a submarine with all the piping and valves. It would be intimidating to move into a house with that installed without a thorough instruction manual and good labeling of all the equipment.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Øsleby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Doomsday is coming upon us? > Ground water pumps have better efficiency yes. If you put it in from the > start or during a major renovation of the house you can also use it for > heating water. > The downside is that the investment is ten times of an air to air system. > So > for me it is out of the question I'm afraid. > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Kenneth Waller > Sent: 29. desember 2006 22:36 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Doomsday is coming upon us? > >>Are they making better heat pumps these days? > Ground water heat pumps have been available for many years & are able to > provide the primary heat @ much lower ambient temps due to the temperature > of the available ground water. > > Kenneth Waller > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gonz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Doomsday is coming upon us? > > >> >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Very well put Jostein. >>> >>> Add like to throw in a thought or two. The two main problems is >>> transport >>> and heating/cooling. >>> >>> We have all noticed that Godfrey has bought himself a fancy new >>> environmental car. By doing this he contributes directly. This has >>> started a >>> spin off of this thread. I believe it means that his purchase has had >>> impact >>> on our way of thinking. Kudos for that. >>> >>> By doing these small things we influences each others mindset. I on the >>> other hand have decided to put my heat pump on hold. Instead I have >>> decided >>> to isolate my house better. >> >> Good choice. Are they making better heat pumps these days? I lived in >> the northern USA for a while and a heat pump that was in one place I >> lived was only effective down to some lower threshold temp, then the >> electric heat (ouch, expensive) would take over. >> >> >> -- >> Someone handed me a picture and said, "This is a picture of me when I >> was younger." Every picture of you is when you were younger. "...Here's >> a picture of me when I'm older." Where'd you get that camera man? >> - Mitch Hedberg >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
