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Posted by daytona° on July 28, 2007, 7:30 pm
:o)
and smokes a pipe
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>> On Jul 28, 5:16 pm, .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:
>>> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:59:27 -0700, an...@siu.edu wrote:
>>> >I recently had a Carrier geothermal system installed in my new home.
>>> >The question I have is about it producing hot water. There are 2
>>> >pipes that connect to my hot water heater going into the system, HWG
>>> >in and HWG out. The HWG in comes from the bottom of the hot water
>>> >heater and the HWG out goes to top of the hot water heater. I've been
>>> >unsure if the system is producing hot water like it should. The top
>>> >pipe comming out of the geothermal system is always either the same
>>> >temperature or colder than the pipe going in. I put a temperature
>>> >prope on it to test it. Would this be right, shouldn't the top pipe
>>> >coming out be hotter than the pipe going in? I tested it for several
>>> >days now all throughout the day and this seems to be happening, even
>>> >without running any hot water. It seems though that when we do run
>>> >hot water, the pipe comming out of the system going to the hot water
>>> >heater is very cold, yet the pipe coming in is hot to the geothermal
>>> >system. Is this normal, and how else can I verify that the system is
>>> >making hot water?
>>>
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>>> hand under it. See if you scream.
>>>
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>> That wouldn't be an accurate test because my electric hot water heater
>> is set to 110 at the bottom and 125 at the top. So the geothermal is
>> supposed to heat up what it can and leave the rest up to the hot water
>> heater.
>
> Either your an EE or you have an advanced degree in liberal arts.....which
> is it??
>
>
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