How To Maintain Your Geothermal System
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- Опубліковано 10 бер 2022
- How to maintain your geothermal system - If you installed a geothermal heating and air system like I did, you do need to maintain it. Fortunately, if you built a closed loop system, the maintenance is simple and quick. Anyone can do it with about 5 minutes of time. Just make sure you do it, and always choose a high quality air filter.
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Ive had my system since 2001 X 2 meaning I have house decided into 2 halves. When first operating with a lot of carpet in bedrooms and hall ways. Had way more dust in filter, after getting rid of 99% of carpet, can go 1 year without changing filters. Mine are 20X20X1” I have 2 horizontal loops 1000’ 6’ deep in wet sandy loam. Only had 1 pump fail in 20 years, and it wasn’t even the pump it was a small stone from install, on me cause I installed the system. Very efficient system and would recommend this type system any time. Has worked down to 9* ambient which doesn’t affect ground water temp much at all.
Thanks for sharing.
I love how you sharpie'd on the warning. Reminds me of refinery work
The building inspector made me do it.
I think its awesome he caught it
Like your video very instructive
Thanks
I've been installing geo systems for almost 40 years now and no one has ever shown me a good reason to change an air filter. I have a small wet/dry shop vac and when I service units for people I just vacuum clean the existing filter which is usually mounted right beside the furnace and much thinner (1") than the one you have. The one you have you'll need the crevice tool attachment to clean, maybe, but honestly a vacuum cleaner will remove all of the dust gathered there easily. Also it's not a big deal taking the cardboard apart and putting it back together, if you're clever.
Oh yeah, you're also going to want to, periodically, get a visual on the air coil which is inside the furnace and behind where the 1" filter usually goes. That is just like any other radiator and has fins, and some dirt slowly gets there, slowly over time and keeping those fins clean improves performance while having dirt on them deteriorates performance. That's about a once every 10 years or so visual scan you want to make and also in new construction you may want to look at those fins after the first year and then every 10 years after that.
.... aaaand when you are temperature checking your in and out lines, put your hands on the metal connectors right beside the unit.
hey this may be abit late, but i have a guess why a may be beneficial to change the filters. Im not sure of their exact purpose, but when it comes to the fine dust, really small particles, they may get filtered unvisibly in the interior of the material, where is has some fine strucure. my guess is that after a time, particles accumulate, degrating the materials filtering ability and forming "air roads"/tunnels for the small particles to just flow though.
How much the cost for all of this? Closed loop, is it healthy stale air? And what if there's water leaks, is the repair easy or not?
Which is better pressurized closed loop or non pressurized closed loop, what are the cons and pros of each one?
We've got a closed loop vertical system installed by a company. Two things not mentioned is cleaning the coil and condensate pump. We let the company do the maintenance for a charge but for us it is well worth it. Also notice you have a whole house humidifier. Does the air get that dry in the winter? We had one for the oil furnace but with geo the air doesn't seem as dry.
In my area, it does get real dry. My hardwood floors require no more than a 10% drop in humidity between seasons.
I noticed you built the house with ICF's. I have been thinking of doing the same thing as I have installed machinery that makes Fox blocks, etc and have been very interested with the efficiency. Did you build only the basement with it or the entire exterior of the home? Also given today cost of lumber, would the price be close to the same with ICF exterior compared to 2x6? Thanks.
I made a video on that exact topic ua-cam.com/video/SspDrb7a0P4/v-deo.html
Keep in mind that lumber prices have dropped since I made the video, so the lumber numbers I provided will be a little lower.
I built in 2001 . Basement is ICF , main is stud frame . After finishing I compared the two costs . After all in the cost would have been equal to do it all with ICFs .
When building , one day the contractor said to get the backhoe operator to trench in the power , and then went to the basement to work . In a few hours he came up and started cursing the backhoe for not getting there . Meanwhile it had trenched ,backfilled and left and he never heard it working , three feet outside the wall
One cold day I measured the wall temps . With a room temp of 71 deg f . ICF below grade was 70.9 , ICF above grade was 70.5 . Stick frame r-20 wall , temp was 47 deg f
I have heard that in southern areas , termites can be a problem. But in northern areas I cannot see why not to use ICFs . I think they are great
@Garret Glaser is there a source you used to put together your DIY install?
I researched anything I could find, so no single source. I also talked to as many "pro's" as I could to get further insight.
@@Challenged1 I actually just found your full DIY series on this. Thanks!
What is the cost of the air filters? I remember having a fancy hvac system in one of my homes and the filters were 500 bucks. lol I won't make that mistake again. lol Sounds like this is the type of system I'll be needing in my new build.
Retail on my filters is $20
How did you acquire the equipment, Bosch do not sell to home owners, are you a licensed contractor?
We have accounts set up at different supply houses around town. I have an HVAC guy that I use to service most of our income properties. His license is tied to our account. I just go with him to pick out what I need.
I thought some of these geothermal units use similar liquids that are used in radiators in cars. I know some of these liquids should have limited exposure to oxygen. Ie. You shouldn’t keep peeking to see if fluid levels are ok. Is it the same for geothermal liquids?
its 70% h2o and 30% glycol ( in his case ) .You can open it all you want
70% distilled water
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