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maximchuk

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02/11/2008 10:12 PM
Does anyone know anything about Geothermal cooling? I have an idea and I don't know if it will work in Arizona. In most parts of the country, if you dig down 5 feet, the temp is 50 degrees. I don't know if that holds true for Arizona. I do know that they bury the water lines 1 1/2 feet below the surface and during the summer you really don't need a water heater unless you like real hot showers. I live in northwest part of the state at an elevation of 3400 ft. The hottest it will get in the summer is about 110. I have idea for an alternitive to burying the lines in the ground and I'd like to kick it around with someone that is familer with Geothermal.

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02/11/2008 11:32 PM
Geothermal cooling works great as long as it is done right. Do it wrong and all you get is headaches, from the heat. There are numerous schools, offices and houses in St George Utah with geothermal cooling. Most of these have vertical loops. I doubt that you could bury pipe at 5' deep and do much cooling in your area. A drip system to keep the soil moist is also a good idea since dry soil has very little thermal conductivity.

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02/13/2008 7:22 PM
A DX geothermal system buried 6'-8' deep in your area would work fine. Also, the dry soil is not necessarily a problem. For DX, you just need to know the mean ground temperature. A soaker hose would be installed, but only needed to be used on the initial settling of the loop. It's run for 24 hours to compact/tightly fit the soil to the copper ground loop. After that, it never needs to be soaked again. It works wonderfully.

Clark Timothy (clark@pinksdx.com) VP sales, Tuff Luck Geothermal Drilling Geothermal, Heating and Cooling that's Dirt Cheap!

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03/14/2008 3:38 AM
Tuffluckdriller, I've seen some of your posts. Was wondering if you'd be willing to chat over email? -Nick

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03/14/2008 10:25 AM
Sure. clark@pinksdx.com is where you can get me.

Clark Timothy (clark@pinksdx.com) VP sales, Tuff Luck Geothermal Drilling Geothermal, Heating and Cooling that's Dirt Cheap!

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