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| Thread ID: 100204 | 2009-05-30 04:02:00 | Heat Pump question | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 778266 | 2009-06-05 02:25:00 | C'mon you guys, real men don't RTFM :help: Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 778267 | 2009-06-07 12:54:00 | Ground heat pumps seem to be mentioned regularly on a certain British program, but I've never seen them mentioned here in NZ. They are meant to be more efficient than 'air' ones because sub-surface temperatures are apparently warmer than the air temperature! |
Robinz (9362) | ||
| 778268 | 2009-06-08 00:58:00 | is that those under ground heat pipes they dig into the ground? if so i imagine the extra cost for that would be overkill for a lot of people, especially if they don't have a big enough section to accommodate it. better to have a fireplace, they don't require power to work. the underflor heatpipes from the fireplace is a neat idea. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 778269 | 2009-06-08 01:12:00 | I agree with Tweak, no need to reinvent the wheel nothing wrong with a fireplace in a place like New Zealand. With conditions for pollution prone places like CH CH no coal or open fire places but no conditions needed for places like Wellington. Smoke wouldnt get a chance to go vertical would it before being blown out to sea. Anything that uses electricity generated by burning material from dead plants and dinosaurs for heating sucks big time. I would like to know energy efficient a heat pump is ie how many BTUs you put in to how many you get out. We get told leaving your phone charger plugged in and on requires a 10,000 amp cable direct to your house from the power station. Well you know what I mean. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 778270 | 2009-06-08 04:07:00 | We get told leaving your phone charger plugged in and on requires a 10,000 amp cable direct to your house from the power station. Well you know what I mean. No!!!! |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 778271 | 2009-06-08 07:58:00 | Open fires are horrible - you go through heaps of wood & most of the heat is lost. | Greven (91) | ||
| 778272 | 2009-06-08 08:59:00 | Ground heat pumps seem to be mentioned regularly on a certain British program, but I've never seen them mentioned here in NZ. They are meant to be more efficient than 'air' ones because sub-surface temperatures are apparently warmer than the air temperature! If you go three feet down the temp is almost a constant 10C. That might not be so when in pcteck's part of the world. So basically you always have heating in winter and cooling in summer |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 778273 | 2009-06-08 11:12:00 | www.energysavingtrust.org.uk :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 778274 | 2009-06-08 11:20:00 | Open fires are horrible - you go through heaps of wood & most of the heat is lost. Yeah but a bit of you know what in front of an open fire is better than in front of a heat pump vent. |
prefect (6291) | ||
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