Seasonal Heating [RE-wrenches]

[Todd Cory, Mt. Shasta Energy Services]

There is not enough thermal mass in any hydronic system I could imagine that would be capable to storing that much heat for that long. I just seasonally cover one of my 2 thermal panels in the summer to prevent overheating.

Todd

"James Lamb, Middle Fork Engineering" wrote:

> Has anybody tried running plastic tubes connected to solar collectors
> underground 2-3 feet below a slab under a living space.   to create a
> seasonal heating system.
> In mid-summer the solar collectors will start heating the ground under the
> slab and by the end of the summer the earth including the slab would heat
> up. In Fall the ground would still recieve heat from the solar collectors
> and the slab would heat the living space until December January?
> Has anybody done this?
> If so how well has it worked.
> JIM LAMB
> Middlefork Engineering

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