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Summary

Schematic of the Strawbridge air/ground-source heat pump system. The Strawbridge air/ground-source heat pump system consists of a pipe from the top of the shelter down to a network of perforated pipes inside a plywood box filled with glass objects filled with water, or alternatively stones, ... The plywood box is placed under the soil. A fan is present inside the pipe to move hot air accumulating at the top of the shelter down to the glass/water (which works as a heat sink). The fan is run during the day (operated by a PCB or time switch, fed by a battery or from the mains electricity grid,) and deactivated at night. At night (when the shelter cools down and when sub-zero temperatures may be reached), the heat stored in the heat sink travels upwards out of box via a valve (this valve is then opened by the PCB aswell).[1] References:

  1. Practical self-sufficiency by Dick and James Strawbridge

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