Geo has a much poorer pay back against nat gas, but should not cost more energy to operate if working correctly.
You'll notice I said energy not money. Earthlinked enjoys a good reputation.
Unfortunately as I often say, things that are made by people and installed by people have lots of opportunity to fail.
Folks who have Earthlinked problems may wish to start their own threads so they are not buried on page 20 of this one. That way folks who would like to help can read all responses before offering advice.
J

This is just a follow up of my continuing nightmare.  There was a visit in early February by the Earthlinked " expert", who cannot find anything wrong as expected.  I have stopped using geothermal entirely and back to my gas furnace(thank God, I have back up).  Also last summer, my entire house was Aerosealed and certified by them with all ductwork sealed to the best possible extent. 

The 5 Ton unit alone continues to use 58 kwh on 89 deg day over a 24 hr period(cost on 5T alone  per day around $10),  thermostat at 77F and my 4T unit runs all the time , struggling to even maintain 81F(the meter on this gave up, I won't know what it has consumed) and had to be turned off.  My 2T unit set at 78F uses 12 kwh. 

                       I have sent repeated requests to both the contractor and Mike(distributor of Earthlinked) to just replace them with my original air conditioners and they are still debating if 58 kwh is too much for a 5 Ton machine to use in a day.  I truly don't care.  At this point. I just want to get back to being able to afford being comfortable as I did with my original A/C set at 75F all day long.

 My entire bill with my original units(cooling, sprinklers everyday in summer and lighting circuits included and gas for cooking and hot water was $450), taking into account energy cost increases over 3 years.

At this rate, I will spend over $1000 per month on utilities alone!  

Earthlinked has done absolutely nothing other than visiting me once every year and telling me that their units are working as they should. 
Their unit needs to rated as a piece of junk!

I'm sorry I've no advice to add at this point.
I assure you perspective Earthlinked customers and dealers are following your saga.
j

I really wish they could figure it out for you. I have no suggestions at this point, either. Yours is definitely confusing, and it's also a big exception to the rule. My EarthLinked system is cooling my home wonderfully right this moment. And it's doing it very efficiently. We have numerous EarthLinked systems with sub-meters on them, and they all perform very well. I really would like to know what is going on with your system.

I have an Earthlink system in MIchigan and it works perfect. My suggestion to the customer with high electric use
first find out if Temperature diference across the coil multiply that by CFM and Multiply that by 1.08 The answer is the amount of btu's the coil is giving you in heating mode, or removing in the cooling mode.

Mine is 23TD X 1900cfm X 1.08 =47,196 btu's
If the performance is good. Check the Amp draw with a clamp on amp meter. A4 ton should draw 16- 17 amps. Mine draws 14.1-14.5 amps.

Multiply Voltage by the Amperage that will give you wattage. 14.5 X 240 =3480 divide by 1000 = 3.48KW X 6 and a half cents/KWH = aproximatly 23 cents and hour to run.

I would find someone who can measure COP for you.

I finally got my JUNK Earthlinked DX systems changed  back to my original ordinary A/C units and I figured that you all would be interested in knowing the results.

Here goes: 2T still on geothermal since I don't have regular A/C option on this .  The 96F high is the highest temp of this season yet!  I will post the geothermal reads before that on the next post.

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