Has anyone installed a geothermal heat pump? I'm thinking of looking into this route. I have 2 wells at 100' deep with 30' H2O each. I'm thinking of pulling from one well and discharging into the other. I would just like to hear about them from someone besides a sales rep. Any negative surprises or things to watch out for? Thanks.

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Just curious - are you thinking of using the well that's getting the discharged heat for your hot water heater source? You might save a little gas or electricity with the HW tank starting off with slightly warmer water.

Of course it's probably inconsequential compared to the savings you'll enjoy in the winter when an air exchange heat pump won't work well and you'd otherwise burn so much more gas and/or electricity to heat the house.

I don't have one but know several that do. The love the system but they say they will never see the $$ return on the investment, financially speaking. Check with your insurance company to make sure they will cover it without a special rider.

You will be limited on contractors that will service or install them. You may want to consider variable speed inverter systems if you are willing to spend the money.

It is likely you will have to have supplemental cooling in the hot part of summer.

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GeoThermal is great but I would figure up all of the costs involved and see how long it will actually take to start "Saving Money"

Of course, You are ahead of the game if you already have wells dug, etc and don't have to deal with having a lot of land work done.

Trane & American Standard have Great Systems at around 20seer right now using Inverter technology. These things are awesome. I'm not very familiar with the other brands.

http://www.americanstandardair.com/produ...heat-pump-.html

My parents had one installed back in 1984 for 5k. the well water went through the unit, then pumped into the creek. I know they never recouped initial investment. I would say that its worth it, if you install it yourself or if you have a use for the discharge water. but as with any a/c unit, by the time you pay somebody 5k to install a 1.5k unit you lose any savings for decades.

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Thanks for all the info. I talked to a guy today that mentioned something about a 30% rebate on the unit through the Gov. if geothermal was installed. If it is true, I'm way more interested.