replacement geothermal heat pump
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heehaw-- Somewhat embarrassing... for my brother's company: apparently the fellow that came out to look over the original installation somehow got "42" stuck in his head. The original compressor was rated at 24,000 BTU according to its model number, and according to my calculations (gpm, TD drop on the water loop) it was providining 23,990 or so.
I wanted something a bit larger....
I think the 30K unit will be just right.
A shame that the first installation had to be pulled out, but N/C to me; they made good on it. I was happy to hear that the 42K unit has already been sold. (It was never powered up at my house.)
At 1800+ square feet and heavily insulated (R-29 or 34 all around, I forget which), the design heat loss when my house was built was only around 22K BTU. Hard to believe, but when I ran out of wood the first winter (and the heat pump wasn't yet hooked up), one of those small tan electric garage heaters heated the whole house --and the basement-- at 17,500 BTU output.
Didn't shut off much
and the electric bill reflected that, but it did do the job. I was amazed.
Now I suspect the house, after 24 years, isn't as tight as it originally was, but 42,000 was a bit much. I suspected this, but I've been out of the field for 20+ years, and didn't question it (too much).... My brother called a few days later to tell me to hold off on any further wiring, that it would be replaced with a smaller unit. He also questioned whether my 8gpm would have even been sufficient for such a large unit....
Hey, we've all made some classic boo-boos; what matter's is whether or not we own up to it and make it right. In this case, yep.
I wanted something a bit larger....
I think the 30K unit will be just right.
A shame that the first installation had to be pulled out, but N/C to me; they made good on it. I was happy to hear that the 42K unit has already been sold. (It was never powered up at my house.)
At 1800+ square feet and heavily insulated (R-29 or 34 all around, I forget which), the design heat loss when my house was built was only around 22K BTU. Hard to believe, but when I ran out of wood the first winter (and the heat pump wasn't yet hooked up), one of those small tan electric garage heaters heated the whole house --and the basement-- at 17,500 BTU output.
Didn't shut off much
and the electric bill reflected that, but it did do the job. I was amazed.Now I suspect the house, after 24 years, isn't as tight as it originally was, but 42,000 was a bit much. I suspected this, but I've been out of the field for 20+ years, and didn't question it (too much).... My brother called a few days later to tell me to hold off on any further wiring, that it would be replaced with a smaller unit. He also questioned whether my 8gpm would have even been sufficient for such a large unit....
Hey, we've all made some classic boo-boos; what matter's is whether or not we own up to it and make it right. In this case, yep.
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i actually have two ted 1001's: i bought the first one without the software to put the info on a computer an figured out pretty quick i didn't like that: then i spotted a used one on ebay with the software an bid on it: an actually won!! shock shock: i am in the process of getting the other one to work with the software: the co charges $50 to unlock the unit so the software will work: they sell the unit without software for about $120: not sure how much with software and unlocked...phone number is 800-959-5833 i dealt with Kelly: she was easy to deal with an very helpful: one unit is going to be on the garage and wifes pool: the other on the whole house: so i can see what my tinkering an the pool cost us per month.
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