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[SciManAl]

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[clocker]

Not if you went below the frost line, Al.
The temp down there stays remarkably stable summer or winter, which is why that set up would be very effective.

[SciManAl]

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[clocker]

That's not the point Al.
It's the differential between your heat source and the medium that you are transferring into that matters.
Think about it...if a standard water cooling rig is effective using a radiator in normal room temperature air, then it would be even more effective if the transfer material was even colder ( like 60 degree ground).
Oui?

[atiVidia]

Originally posted by clocker@10 February 2004 - 23:28
That's not the point Al.
It's the differential between your heat source and the medium that you are transferring into that matters.
Think about it...if a standard water cooling rig is effective using a radiator in normal room temperature air, then it would be even more effective if the transfer material was even colder ( like 60 degree ground).
Oui?

just6 prevent exposure to sunlight: 6ft deep underground should do...

[Virtualbody1234]

Originally posted by atiVidia@10 February 2004 - 22:38
just prevent exposure to sunlight: 6ft deep underground should do...

I see dead people.

[SciManAl]

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[clocker]

If you do this properly Al, the season won't matter.
That's the beauty of a system like this.

I have seen heatpump/underground radiator systems used for the heat/cooling for houses ( I knew watching This old House would pay off eventually) and they are weather independent. The conditions are pretty stable six feet underground.

[SciManAl]

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[_John_Lennon_]

Hmm, that just reminded me.

If I ever move into a place with an unused well, I am SO using it as my watercooling hookup.