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Old 04-28-2008, 10:00 PM   #5 (permalink)
Arminius
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Sussex Wisconsin
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Wannabe - '05 Honda Civic LX
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Originally Posted by diesel_john View Post
In the past year I have dug a 20 foot deep pond that is only 75 feet from my house. It holds just under 1 million gallons. This spring I put in under ground conduits from the house to the bottom of the pond. Now i can just slip my heat exchanger lines thur the conduits and sink them in the pond. A heat pump will pump 10 times the energy that it uses in to the hot water and the house. Not perfect but 90% renewable.
Sweet!
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