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Vertical Loop Design Question
Last Post 08 May 2008 09:06 AM by
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pjc57
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08 May 2008 12:06 AM
#1. Is there a difference between installing 4- 200 foot deep vertical loops and 8- 100 foot deep vertical loops, leaving installation cost out of the equation?
#2. I live in CT. the temperature 30' down should be aprox. 52 degrees with very little variation year round. At a depth of 4' down that temp can swing + or - 10 to 15 degrees with the seasons. If I am correct in those statements should all the runs connecting the loops be insulated?
Thanks, Paul
Palace Geothermal
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08 May 2008 09:06 AM
#1, the difference is so small as not to be considered in the decision making process.
#2, there might be some benefit to insulating the header pipes, but I have never seen it done and I have seen hundreds of systems.
Good luck
Dewayne Dean
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