On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:50:57 -0600, "John, in MN"
wrote:

On 18 Dec 2004 10:57:16 GMT, otforme (Charlie Self)
wrote:
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And maybe I'm getting screwed. Hard to tell. I was told that when the air is
much below freezing, heat pump efficiency drops dramatically. I'll have to dig
out some information on the thing, as we seldom get down to 10 degrees here, so
a setting of, say, 20 or so if it is reasonably efficient, might prove a money
saver when the guy in the rolling propane bottle pops down the drive.

IF I only had more ground water.... lol...

If I did I would sink 2 wells and install a water to air heat pump ,
pulling water out of one well then putting it back in teh other...

Ground water her in Mid to Western Maryland is a constant 55 degrees
year round... just about the perfect difference from the desired room
tempature...

Got to be some reason Water to Air heat pumps are not the "thing"...

Oh well... house is total electric baseboard heat.... see the meter
spin!...Shop is heated with a Propane furnace... watch the guade drop
....
Bob