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In 2007 Bought this 2 bed, 1 bath , basement, 2 driveways, with full intact Kit & Bath house for less than 2 months rent, almost 1/2 acre, taxes $636 yearly, needs work. WE Paid only $1,000 + $627.17 closing = $1,627.17 That's it, & were out of going down the tubes, Monroe County, Pa.
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Empty Roof tops in America - Designing & Building - Electronic Micro's Control Gadget's & Interfacing - For Solar Thermal for your Roof including Green Energy improvement for big apartment buildings Domestic Hot Water Systems & Car Wash service sites, is what I do in my Spare Time -" besides" balancing work to pay the Bills. we all should be thinking of Solar thermal for our own homes & Geo-Thermal power plants as the Big Picture replacing Dangerous Nuclear, Hydro Dams that stops the salmon reproductive cycle & fossil fuel Energy that adds Carbon Monoxide (C1) & make the government rich on every gallon of fossil fuel taxed at the pump & Natural Gas coming to your home. Did you know that your Hot water heater that runs in the summer (ele or gas )of your monthly power bill & second in the winter besides heating your home - average Homes use about $40 a month 24/7 just keeping the water hot for your shower, your sinks & the Laundry Unit. If the USA would go Solar for summer, we would be unhooked from the gas, electric & government Man that controls our lives.we would all be Solar Farmers for a period of the year 6- 10 months depending where we live. |
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Beta site - North East PA Paul's "smart" controller installed on 4/18/07- inside w temp 50F, outside temp 55F- unit ran fine on startup (today) 4/23/07- Non glazed loop gives +45F above outside temp as air temp is 75F- water temp down is 120F so far : 45F x 520lbs= 23.4 k btu's per 1 hour @ 3 gpm rate = 1 roof cycle 5/4/07 -11am - heated so far 440 gal + 20dF = 3hours in tank 440gal = 3.5k lbs x 20 degrees = 70k BTU's so far by 11am ( 3 hour tank cycle ) morning sun - not peak sun -by noon tank = 80f |
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main: sound 2,(50,100) ‘ freq 50, length 100 sound 2,(100,100) ‘ freq 100, length 100 sound 2,(120,100) ‘ freq 120, length 100 pause 1000 ‘ wait 1 second goto main ‘ loop back to start |
symbol LED = 4 ‘ rename output4 ‘LED’ symbol buzzer = 2 ‘ rename output2 ‘buzzer’ symbol counter = b1 ‘ define a counter using variable b1 main: ‘ make a label called ‘main’ gosub flash ‘ call the sub-procedure flash gosub noise ‘ call the sub-procedure noise goto main ‘ loop back end ‘ end of the main program flash: ‘ make a sub-procedure called flash for counter = 1 to 25 ‘ start a for…next loop high LED ‘ LED on pause 50 ‘ wait 0.05 second low LED ‘ LED off pause 50 ‘ wait 0.05 second next counter ‘ next loop return ‘ return from the sub-procedure noise: high buzzer ‘ buzzer on pause 2000 ‘ wait 2 seconds low buzzer ‘ buzzer off return ‘ return from the sub-procedure |
symbol LED = 4 ‘ rename output4 ‘LED’ symbol counter = b1 ‘ define a counter using variable b1 main: ‘ make a label called ‘main’ let b2 = 5 ‘ preload b2 with 5 gosub flash ‘ call the sub-procedure flash pause 500 ‘ wait a while let b2 = 15 ‘ preload b2 with 15 gosub flash ‘ call the sub-procedure flash pause 500 ‘ wait a while goto main ‘ loop back end ‘ end of the main program flash: ‘ make a sub-procedure called flash for counter = 1 to b2 ‘ start a for…next loop high LED ‘ LED on pause 250 ‘ wait 0.25 second low LED ‘ LED off pause 250 ‘ wait 0.25 second next counter ‘ next loop return ‘ return from the sub-procedure |
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For the semi Regular Person - This is my favorite - Geothermal , Ground-Coupling with Water Source Heat Pumps, below is some of the links i found, between my Epa Ac license to work on Heat pumps mixed with Heat Pump feature (Scroll type- variable speed inside air flow Fan control- Seer 18 -water to freon) Geothermal instead of the unit only be thermally connected with outside air them only (Ambient Outside AIR Temp) not the best, bury a Abs loop in the ground on your property, or if you had a Swimming Pool , dump it there, does 2 jobs then, good, anyway Heat pumps dumping there thermal transfer to good old mother earth is Geo-thermal / Heat pump configuration is in my option the best for the cost out of the box. the best for the price, ( $1 of energy in - $3 out - the fact ) with a regular heat pump ,air , transfer units are only good till the outside air difference is max out at 40F, 30F is considered the max before your $1 in, turns out to be $1 out, a Engineered correctly designed ground loop systems can yield 4 - 5 times Coefficient - it means $1 in - $5 out , 24/ 365 days a year this is correct, you need to study to lean "Y", because earth is a temporal temp is a constant 50F + - 5F year round I passed 4 cert. last winter 2005, My average score is 97% - if you do water type heat pump can be less than 1/2 the size unit as a air unit. see here > Gaiam - Heat Pump Water Heaters If you use electricity to heat water, heat pumps are three to five times more ... The good points of heat pump water heaters are they use only 33% to 50% as much power. Someone agrees Swimming Pool Heat Pump Today an emerging method of heating pools is the heat pump pool heater. A heat pump's efficiency is dependent on the outside temperature and since pools are usually used during warm and mild weather, heat pumps are a very efficient method of heating pools. Heat pumps do not generate heat, they simply capture it and move it from one place to another. How efficient is a swimming pool heat pump? That's not an easy question to answer. Heat pumps don't have a simple efficiency number to work with. Their efficiency is measured by Coefficient of Performance (COP). Just like other heating options, heat pumps can have low efficiencies or high efficiencies. Their COP can range from 3.0-7.0. The higher the number the more efficient the heat pump. What this means is that for every unit of electricity that you put in to run the compressor, you get 3-7 units of heat out of the heat pump. The higher efficiency units usually use scroll compressors versus the reciprocal compressors of the standard units. Arizona Geothermal Direct Use Conference Why Geothermal? Heat, from the earth's interior, can be extracted from hot water or rock and used to heat buildings, greenhouses, water and more. Using geothermal heat in this manner is known as "direct use." Heating with renewable geothermal energy can drastically reduce or eliminate natural gas, propane or electricity use. Arizona possesses a substantial geothermal resource that can be developed for direct use applications, which will stabilize energy bills, reduce energy costs, and increase energy independence. This one-day conference will provide comprehensive information on the state's geothermal resource, potential for development, project examples and steps to getting projects in the ground. ... featuring our InSpireTM Transpired Solar Collector that utilizes metal wall ... geothermal probe and collector pipes harness the constant 50°- 55°F from the |
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Above is based on Resistance heat , like baseboard electric heat 99% eff.., and oil & gas is only about 80% good since 20% goes up the smoke stack |
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Robur produces water heat pumps and gas absorption heat pumps ... Heaters field tests. Save with room heaters. Early GAHP. Gas air-conditioning. Heat pumps comparison ... |
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Closed loop System Presently installed in Stroudsburg in Early 2006 - Solar water returned from roof regularly @ 120 F Daily in April (System Cost : Parts about $1800 + 2 day installation) , A great Survey Site since the apt, is medium numbers, Funded By owner of Complex & My Time at Regular Rate. 40 apartment housing unit . Return Investment will be less than 1 year , only moving service parts is the pump, should last for 30+ yrs |
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in April @ 125 F. @ 40,670 Btu's) output & May 29 @ 140F output to a supply's H. W. preheat Holding Tanks - to the Input of the Electric Hot water Heaters |
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Update ---- May 30 - On time was 8 am, off was solar day peak time of 4 pm, ...... we stored up 520 gallons at 120 F in 8 hours. |
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Btu Math = 70 gallons on Roof = 581 Lbs X 70 F (present) Increase using 125F = 40,670 BTU's) coming down - Free Sun ( Collector liquid capacity should be min 10 % to 15% or 20% for good performance of storage capacity ) Metered flow output = 2 GPM Flow rate = water in sun area = 35 minutes , 4 hours per day to cycle full 520 gallons = 2 cycles per 8 hr. day |
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If you use - 1/2" pipe = 40 ' per gal / 500'= 12.5 gal / or 1000' = 25 gal / 1200 = 30gal $100 (15 min in sun) / 1500' = 37 gal. 1'' pipe = (20 ft per gal) (100 ft = 5 gal) 2.5 min (300 ft =15 gal) 8 min in sun (1000' = 50gal ) (1500' = 75 gal ) time = 37 min in sun - (all times) based on 2 gal per minute flow |
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We only have (2) 80 gallon water heater presently ON requiring Electric power from the power Company to heat the water for the Entire 40 unit Apt. Complex. Thanks to the all day Solar sun water coming down from the roof, soon we will be on only (1) 80 Gallon unit for all of the 40 Apartments, Update - 1 unit is not enough on cloudy days , 2 does just fine Survey of 2006, I will install this year the multi pump mirco-controller board, I designed , will update you, when I do another survey 2007
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Final Storage BTU's Before Electric Power Usage Will be 520 gallons X 8.3 LBS = 4,316 Lbs X increase temp from 55 well temp to about 130 degrees = 75 degrees increase or 323,700 Btu's from the sun before Electric Power is applied. ( 520 gallon of Night time 130 F degree Stored Solar Hot Water + Day time hot water usage included by system (24-7 ) System does +30 degrees increase on 65 degree cloudy days & about 75 degrees increase on 90 degree days / Remember were dealing with the full light spectrum ( Ir to Uv wave length ) not just Visible light @ 400-700 nanometers |
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Solar Power - There are many ways to take advantage of the heat and light generated by the sun. During the energy crisis of the 1970s, a solar energy future was the rallying cry for many environmental activists concerned about America's addiction to fossil fuels. Consumers continue to prefer to rely upon sunlight for electricity over any other supply option. read more |
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All My Research for over a yr. say that 3 gallons per min is a good flow for solar, you must consider piping size resistance > the length of the loop to get your figure, not just head height when choosing a pump, a good idea after choosing your parts and building your system is to install a flow meter on the return to the roof, since that's the cooler side, to check the exact flow, flow alone is not the most important factor when tuning your system, Flow x Temp to the heat exchange give the thermal transfer, and is the same for the collector time to pick up the heat again. that's why you should be able to change the flow in a Range during the day to get 140F coming down at the slowest flow rate at the same time, and to get 140F + down if you can at the max flow rate, the perfect system. (1 Lb of water x 1 degree = 1 Btu) ...slow flow when the sun comes up/max flow in mid day/slow flow heading to the evening. Were in model T times, As most installers slap a system up and get some heat out and there down the road to the next job . its like a car without a gas peddle, crude ! No fine or medium way of changing the differences the sun hits the roof from morning to peak to dusk ! Thermal Exchange is what the solar market does, it has allot of differences during the day. Either get( min. 2 single pumps, plumb inline together ) or get one 3 speed pump and use a Auto temp watch dog controller ( is very simple to do this) to change the flow speed with the cir. pump or pumps,.... Just like a box fan you like the 3 speed control the air flow, just think water flow. Solar Showers Collectors 20 gal $1,025
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And The Taco pump chart 007-BF5 Cartridge Circulator site for lift info site2 5000 Series Mixing Valves Design Idea Below you could install a tempering valve that would not be as good because it would add resistance to the pump when not fully open and that would cost more energy to the pump and make the pump run hotter. the controller is the best design again, but this would be a simple add on, but you will still need a temp watch dog comparator to see the temp on the roof and the storage tank and know when to come on and shut off the system. a cheap timer to set on at 9 am and off at 6pm and the tempering valve would be a start of a running system.
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with the 3 speed controller, this way would get the temp down to the bottom of the system faster since the software, say for the system to come on at Med speed for 5-10 minutes and then the controller to set the proper speed for the water temp coming down after that time out, and is smart after that for the full range of the day, cloudy or full sun. |
with the tempering type the flow would be 1/2 rate until the tempering valve had to adjust the output temp to maintain the set temp of the tempering valve, after the full open range it would be out of range to control since it does not have control over the top window - so the tempering way would be to come on at 50% to and stay there until higher temp, but on cloudy days, it would still be at 50%, since its not a smart controller, you would not get fine tuned temp below 50% and would still have resistance against the pump for those days, not a perfect world for the pump, maybe Ariz or Florida it would not be as noticed, since the curve is better maintained in hotter areas |
It might be possible to have both in line since the pump is on low speed anyway, that should not add resistance, but could add resistance later when the pump or pumps are at full speed, if you turned the tempering valve set temp. it could add Linearity to the steps and be a fine tuner as a great outcome overall. Hope I can Research this in real time - online to see if I'm come across a terrific New Engineering Design for solar thermal., what's the sense of building a $1000 system and you don't include a $50 tempering valve in the design if it will increase the performance outcome + 10 to 15 %, not smart ! Time will tell on my research this year. |
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