20 thoughts on “LEARN AND GROW !! GEOTHERMAL ENERGY !”

  1. I don't think that is enough water quantity to do much significant cooling my house uses a 1.5 inch line to circulate water to the lake floor and back, The coils in the lake are about 5 groups of 20 rounds approx 100 foot total of 1" pipe under water in the cold area of tubing in 5 different locations to dissipate heat better. The incoming cool water then goes into a heat ex changer where freon then moves even more heat as needed. Geothermal heatpump estimate 50-70 thousand btu capability. Yours i would estimate to be about 1000 btu not sure. Maybe cool a dog house that is about it.

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  2. While metal transfers the temp faster, various elements in water can corrode it faster.
    What about using PEX tubing, which lasts longer, and tolerates freezes?
    OR, might do what we did, and lay about 60' of 8" ducting on the ground of the crawlspace, put an intake box from the house that holds filters, and a variable speed fan to pull air through the system, and out via vents into our mid-century tract house.
    This has been helping keep our electric bills a bit lower, for a couple years now…both heating and cooling….our crawlspace holds temps pretty well, averaging about 10F warmer in winter than outdoor ambient air, and averages about 10F cooler than outdoor ambient air, summer. The ducting is sealed, with a Reflectix blanket over it. If it leaks, no damage anywhere.
    Could probably use the flex-drier duct much more cheaply….we choose to use the regular metal ducting.
    We also make deeply shaded areas off the south side of the house, for summer, to help hold-down indoor temps.

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  3. Well its been over 2 years sense you posted this video. Im not as interested in the cooling system but the well maintenance and security. As a 40 year water well worker/driller I get concerned when people are not safe around wells. May I suggest you add a riser to the well casing. A riser is a pipe the same size as the casing pipe. The casing pipe is the pipe in the ground and holds the ground from caving in on the well. The riser should come up 2 to 3 feet above the ground. And it should have a cap on it to prevent animals and trash from entering the well. You can use a PVC pipe for the riser. Adding a riser will help prevent mice and other animals and trash from entering the well. It will help keep your well clean. It will also make it safer for young children. So they won't fall in the well.

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  4. I did EXTENSIVE experiments of the sort you did. Here are some of my results: I discovered the water temperature about 20 feet underground is about 60 degrees F. Going deeper does not get any lower temperature. I live in the middle of the USA. If someone lives far NORTH they might get 50F water. Someone living in Florida or texas… it would be about 70F. Another thing is that water is EXTREMELY easy to circulate because the pump does not have to LIFT the water…. as you mentioned in your video. I also figured out that it is better to build your system with 2 water buckets at the TOP of the system. Then just put a submersible pump inside one of the buckets. Pump the water UP and out to the other bucket of water. The pump only LIFTS the water up about one foot to the other bucket. NOW… if there are any air bubbles in your pipes, they will not get in the pump. The air bubble just rises up and out of the bucket. You could use a TINY pump from a little water fountain. They only use about less than HALF an ampere! A smaller squirrel cage fan would blow plenty of air with lots less electricity used. Your squirrel cage blower looks rather large, it would use more amps. You can read more about my system on the website biblioboard.com You have to sign up, & log in but its FREE also.
    I have it posted there for FREE to read. It is about 80 pages with lots of pictures. Anyone who wants a copy, just email me and I will send it to you for FREE via Email attachment.
    My email address is framistan(at)sbcglobal.net David Mundy from St. Louis, Missouri

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  5. Heya, just a thought. If the spring/ground water level is not of concern then you would still be better off drawing the water out from the well and then dumping it down hill from where the well is. That way you are not introducing the heated water from the cooling unit back into the well itself. Even better would be if you had a section of land that was lower than the draw level from the well as you wouldn't even need a pump to move the water just use a syphon 🙂 also you need a fan that has the motor separated from the air draw so you dont go adding the heat from the motor to the whole system. However I am sure I am just talking shit right now so, fantastic work and great to see the innovator in people.

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  6. Please help me. I'm trying to find the other video you said you would make on the improvements of this one. You have a ton of videos for me to try and go through. Just not computer savvy. Got to figure out cooling problem. It means a lot. Thanks.

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  7. At least dude was smart enough to use copper pipe for his heat exchanger. These days, it's so common to see dipshits doing this kind of thing and use plastic pipe. Which WILL work, but if you're going to do it, then do it CORRECTLY. Also, freeze frame at 0:39 on the view of the well. Is that the shed skin of a snake, at the very bottom of the frame, in the middle??

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  8. This is a good idea for an inexpensive A/C solution. It would be even better if you put the water back into the aquifer (obviously without fear of cross contamination). Lastly, It would be great to add solar panels for the pump to make your ac entire of grid (but, I reckon a generator would be a better option if the power goes out). Great job!

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  9. Basically this is a Water Cooling Exchanger :)))  –  I would hate to see a Leak somewhere, LOL… YIKES !!!!

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  10. unless you live in a dry climate you will create a mold and moisture problem in your home from the condensation and the air should be blowing out about 30 degrees colder than 73. And you will rapidly rust those coils without filtering the water and neutralizing the ph of the water

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  11. Thermodynamics 101. Heat moves towards cold. We don't cool the air. We Unheat the air. An air cooling system pulls the heat from the air. It doesn't put cold into the heated air. So in this guys case. The heat being taken out of the air will be moved to the well. The well would have to have a good replenishment rate to keep the cool side of the system balanced. Good experiment. Keep on inventing.

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  12. Theory of ground source water/ with that type coil 5/8" water inlet/outlet with 70* air moving across, cool maybe 200 sq.ft. area. If you got a pump/grundflos/115volt.move water quicker and could keep the loop cooler. Try and find ole wide think horizontal coil or hydronic /coil. they are cheap under 80.00

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