Article 1030476 of alt.home.repair: Path: news.misty.com!not-for-mail From: nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu Newsgroups: alt.home.repair Subject: Re: Heat pump in basement? Date: 3 Jul 2008 08:08:47 -0400 Organization: Villanova University Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <204ec32b-f0c6-4151-9e8e-a74152291567@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com> <2b3d6e16-8c8e-4213-bde3-f8f383f593ee@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: acadia.ece.villanova.edu X-Trace: max.inside.misty.com 1215083227 9514 153.104.44.130 (3 Jul 2008 11:07:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@misty.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:07:07 +0000 (UTC) Xref: news.misty.com alt.home.repair:1030476 dpb wrote: >rgoldste@gmail.com wrote: >> dpb wrote: >>> rgold...@gmail.com wrote: >>>> I live in the upper Hudson River Valley(Albany, NY). The temperature >>>> in the winter hovers around 25 degrees for about 2 months. My full >>>> basement stays around 55 degrees. I know that it is considered very >>>> impractical to install it outside. What are the pros and cons of >>>> installing an air source heat pump in the basement? Good idea, esp if it's damp. If it isn't, you might use a soaker hose and a solenoid valve and humidistat to keep the basement air 50% RH while you put a window AC through a stairwell wall, with the warm side in the living space. The main mechanism for upward heatflow in soil is evaporation from lower soil layers and vapor movement through voids and condensation above. >>> Far too small a volume--you'd heat or cool the basement faster than the >>> rest of the house... That's irrelevant, since the heat would come from the ground. >>> In that environment, your best bet is ground source of one kind or >>> another. They're great--had one (Water Furnace brand, one of the best). That also sounds good, with a large cheap swimming pool in the basement with a thick layer of ice on top and a little fresh water flow as needed. The Climatemaster 27 is a nice $5K 3-ton water source heat pump with a COP of 5. >It simply can not work... Balderdash :-) Nick