[Staff] UUCB Heating System

[Wes Ernsberger]

Update: I've switched us back to the GSHP system a bit quicker than I had
expected because the backup system stopped working.  That means that the
overtopping of the discharge well is back.  We can work on the backup
system starting Tuesday when Ed gets back home.  Meanwhile, looking at the
weather forecast, I believe we'll be ok although there may be some ice
forming on the back parking lot on some mornings, melting later in the day.

Wes

On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 7:46 AM Wes Ernsberger <wesernsberger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> FYI, the GSHP discharge well (near the bottom of the steps to the back
> parking lot) overtopped again yesterday, resulting in water flowing over
> the back parking lot.  I talked it over with Ed and Scott.  Since there is
> below-freezing weather coming up and we don't want ice to form on the back
> parking lot and become a potential safety hazard, we decided to switch to
> the backup system, which I did yesterday evening.
>
> Note: We continue to use the GSHP system to heat the Fireside Lobby and
> the Chapel because those areas are not covered by the backup system.  The
> amount of water used for just this area is small enough that the discharge
> well can handle it and it doesn't overtop.
>
> We don't use the backup system much so there may be uneven heating in some
> of the rooms. Feel free to adjust the temperatures on the old system
> thermostats, as necessary, and also feel free to contact me
> about anything.  If you adjust the temperatures, be sure to use HOLD so
> that it won't revert back to its program (of 60 degrees) at the start of
> the next setback time period.
>
> I have notified Dailey Geothermal, our installer.  Until this problem is
> resolved, my plan is to go back to the GSHP system once we get warmer
> weather because then there is no freezing issue in case it overtops again.
> We would just get some water on the back parking lot.
>
> Wes
>
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