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Old 4/9/09, 7:22 PM
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Default Ran into my first geothermal system today

Is there any way to inspect these systems? I've never seem one before and to be honest other than looking at the filter I was a little lost.
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Old 4/10/09, 11:03 AM
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Default Re: Ran into my first geothermal system today

Funny, but I saw one of my first yesterday too ! It was sourced out of a lake north of Kingston, and other than operating it, there didn't seem to be much I could do either.
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Old 4/14/09, 7:57 AM
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Default Re: Ran into my first geothermal system today

Maybe the scriptwriters in Colorado can do a little research and mayhaps come up with something?



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some good info here www.waterfurnace.com



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Old 4/14/09, 7:41 PM
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Default Re: Ran into my first geothermal system today

Thanks for the link. Now I will know what I'm looking at.



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Old 4/14/09, 8:08 PM
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Default Re: Ran into my first geothermal system today

Looking at it is all I did at my inspection. There must be some way of testing the circulating system on these units. I feel I'm not performing a complete inspection until I've tested the HVAC.
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Default Re: Ran into my first geothermal system today

This was discussed on a previous thread at http://www.nachi.org/forum/f52/geo-t...systems-32904/ Some more info youmay want to check out.



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Default Re: Ran into my first geothermal system today

Having a geothermal system, the technology is so new, even those installing and repairing/troubleshooting them are clueless. I, myself, would advise the buyer to have the system inspected by a qualified person who specalizes in that system. There are just to many things that can and do go wrong, why increase you liability on a system you do not fully understand???
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