Fireless Furnace, Inc. ?

Originally Posted By: mlong
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Does anyone know anything about HVAC units manufactured by Fireless Furnace, Inc.,manufactured in Fullerton, CA? Saw one today, no problem with it, but I’m just curious. The system had an A/C compressor, with an air handler inside of a closet. (Difficult to access). At first I thought it was a heat pump, but then I saw two water lines, one in and one out, like the type that are used to heat flooring. The crazy thing was, when I turned the heat thermostat up, I felt heat coming out of the forced air registers. Not sure what was going on here, but since I had heat and I had cool, I was’t too concerned about it. Just want to learn a little bit more.



Mark Long


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Originally Posted By: rcooke
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Sounds like a water powered heat pump using underground water . Depending on you area the water should be about 50 + degrees. It works similar to an air heat pump but much more efficiently . They use a liquid in the lines ( Salt water I think and it goes in a continuos circle from down in the ground )


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Originally Posted By: bgentry
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GoeThermal Heat Pump. They work much better that conventional heat pumps in colder weather because the water in the lines stays a constant temperature all year.



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Originally Posted By: mlong
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A GeoThermal Heat Pump makes sense. The only thing that causes me doubt is that this is in a townhouse with a relatively small backyard, but I suppose it’s possible. I’m just surprised to see it here.



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Originally Posted By: jhagarty
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Inspected a Spectra Water Furnace today.


Townhouse community with vertically drilled wells.

http://www.waterfurnace.com/content.aspx?section=residential&page=loop


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Originally Posted By: lkage
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mlong wrote:
The only thing that causes me doubt is that this is in a townhouse with a relatively small backyard, but I suppose it's possible.


I had an open loop system (directly out of the well through the furnace and dumped it in a small drain bed) aon a relatively small piece of property.

It worked great...cost $25/month to heat in the dead of winter here in northern Michigan and $5/month for air conditioning.

This was 5 years ago so it would cost a little more now with the energy costs but they can be installed almost anywhere.


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Originally Posted By: mlong
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Thanks for the info, guys! I learn something new everyday.



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