RE: Ground Source Heat Pumps (Was Shop heater)

["Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>]

>   It has been a great system for me here in central Iowa and according  to
> the local power company the added cost of the system was recouped in
> ~6  years.

Compared to what, straight electric heat ?

Did that include an allowance for increased maintenance costs ?  Or shorter
lifetime ?

Not a flame, just interested in the facts.  And for some odd reason, I don't
trust calculations made by someone trying to sell me something, especially
energy.

Randall