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<br />000942 <br /> <br />~u~r, @ltoRIAL <br />Heat'umpNearsPracticality; <br />Cools in Summer, Heats in ,Winter <br />Editor's note:, Just what Is a ''heat pump" and how does It work? PhU <br />Patterson, managing editor 01 Western Fann Life, recentlY took a good look' <br />at this revolUtionary n'ew heat.cool d~lce and 'we reprint below his me. <br />t1ons. wl.th thanks. <br />. "ComliIg:, Climate- Control in One Package." That's tbe title <br />of B' copyrighted article in .the Du Pont mar-zlne. The ~cle _points <br />out that all we'll need lit the near future to eat and cool ,our h01lSe 19 <br />a heat pul:Dp. Rlght now the gadget has been developed to -the pomt <br />where It Is alfslmple ~nd kauble-free as your refrigerator. <br />It you've got electr1ctty ,on the <br />farm, Yo~'re In -a pqsitlon to shop for <br />thls ,new electrIcal appliance. This <br />utopian piece of apparatl,ts Is nothing <br />more titan a, refined heat, pump. A <br />ty:ipical household air.to-alr unit takes <br />up ,only 2%' by 4 fet)t of floor space <br />and can be put almost anywhere. No <br />chimney Is needed, unlesS all or gas <br />fs. u~ fOT auxlllary heatlng-and <br />. storage tanks or, fuel 'blllif, are not <br />'nece~ry. 'rhe pump Is safe, ,clean <br />and -Q.ulet in operadon. <br />There ate only 8,000'01 them J.n the <br />COUDii7 today, abeut equal!i dlvfded <br />behveen homfIB ,and eommercJal elIab- <br />1bJmIerits.:'''ll&G4,~eforeoasterl <br />BAY, there will be B'l'O,OOlI ~Jhe Cl)Wl- <br />try-% ot tbem in"I'esklentIaI or farm <br />.... <br />In, the summertime the heat pump <br />works llke a convent,l.oiUll air condl.. <br />. tlone~, e}/.tta~tJng heat rrom,lfvlbg or <br />worldna space' and 'discharging It Into <br />the alr, ground OJ' water, depending <br />on h~ you .hook up your pump. In <br />winter, it reverses JtSeU., It tskes heat <br />tront outdoor air, ground or water to <br />warm' the indoors. 'Rlght now more <br />efficient models are being developed. <br />The electric 'refrigerator in ,your <br />kitchen Is: a form pf h~t PI,l1nP, al. <br />though It happens to be used 'only tor <br />coolllJ8. - <br />The heat pump works In -exactly <br />the same way. Du Pont refrigerant, <br />~''Freon,''extractsheatb:om <br />Indoor air In the summer and .trans. <br />fers It to the outdoor air,-to water <br />or ground, depet'ldtng on your hookup. <br />In the winter It does the opposite. <br />''Bul how caD amy JntCb1ne t8.ke <br />heat hGm QutdOOI'lil when' It's _below <br />treezIng:?" many people ~ ask. 'J1he <br />answ6l' .Is: - that "Ft'eon," , ~er low <br />pres:sm-e, Is COlder thllD the oulsl~e <br />alt, even on the coldest day_ Thus: <br />the riftJgetant Is In a condltIon to <br />absotlt heat. <br />If you live too far north to feci <br />sale- With !;\fl:1\ a ootup-, Yi>~ ca~ hook <br />up such a heat pump witl\ a's1.l,Pple- <br />mentary heating unit. A' heat plllI;l.p <br />can be made, large enough to do it <br />heating job in tar J10tthern ,climates. <br />FaCC!d with this northern-cllmate <br />1hnltatl.on,' soroe heat pump deslgn.ers <br />go underground to use the ea.,tilt, 'and <br />well water as, heat so_UrCes. For <br />example, ~o~ below thldi-olitJIne <br />WUl ~taln a fairly even yeat']round <br />lemPeJ;ature 01 about 45, to 50 degrees <br />J'. An,', undergroUnd' grid of copper <br />pipe tl1en serves, as a source, "ot, h,~, t <br />In the winter and an absoi~, of <br />heat In tl\e,,$UnU1l11r. Well ,water <br />which is alao talrly eons~nt h'l-:tem. <br />. perature around the calendar, can be <br />used, In II, heat pump ',In the same way. <br />The WP.shlngton Wa:ter Power Com. <br />pany of Spokane recommends a, heat <br />pwnp:oll burner comblnation for that <br />,cllmate. Citing Its,own research, the <br /> <br />'~(? <br /> <br />MINER and MINER;, ' <br />Coltllllll", fa,JItHrJ . <br />',"o"flol'-ofecl " <br />COL04'JO <br /> <br />&1I.eeLEY <br /> <br />If Ruptured <br />TryJ.isOut <br /> <br /> <br />comj;lany says the combination CfU! <br />heat a Spokane house tor fn _per cent <br />less' than - cOUld an oU burner_ alone. <br /> <br />In B.~dJtton:,?Uie _-heat .~timp-'tll' there <br />to cool ;the_ houoo"-ln ~ununer.' <br />InJtbJ: cost 6r a heat PumP at prim- <br />~t is, I/> to 20 pet-eent ,ltfther ,than <br />the combined cost of a oortven-tlonal <br />air ~dltl:01!.eJ:' and, a 'fm'.naOe. But <br />manutitcturets predict 'that, volume <br />_JII'odnctloIl eVeimml1y wUl knook Pres. <br />en~ beat PumP prices down 1lS much <br />as 711 pel' cent. <br />So' flexjble it; the heat pump's abil. <br />Ity to transJer heat_ front one place <br />to' another thp.t the_ experts' say, <br />sometime In the tuture,one at ~ese: <br />mltactilouifmachlnes Wlll not only be <br />heating and CQoling our homes, but <br />keepIng our :refrIgerators cold. rim. <br />nfng oui tood freeiers and turnIsh- <br />Ing heat to dry,our laUI\<lrY ~_ at one <br />time. Convenience, it's wonderful, <br /> <br />\ly.."MHler , <br />LeavesHi9~lIne <br />Byrle MlI1et, wiN> had 'helm el~ <br />trlflcatlon .ad~ef J91"' H1ghnne Elec. <br />trlc'~ation .?,f ~olYoke, CoIorttdo, <br />for .seyetal years" has ,moVed.: to <br />B:artIesv1Ue, Oklahoma; where_ he "win <br />be employed In the, design dlvlslQn of <br />the englneeclng del'{lrtment ot the <br />Philllps-PetrOleum-Company, <br />Mlller_-hM been With Hlghllne since <br />1950llI1dhlswife,lI.reglste~nurse, <br />had- been working In a 'HOlyoke doc-. <br />tor'sotfice. . <br /> <br />Farmers a:nd rancher", are_ eligible <br />to plant trees on cropland ,theY-place <br />under_ tha ool!servatlon reserve' phtl.'Se <br />oi the-Soll Ban!':. <br /> <br />LOOK! NO WIRES! <br /> <br />Only Westinghouse electric ranges give you this work-saver! <br /> <br /> <br />Units plug-out for easiest cleaning ever! <br /> <br />'JllinkYOUl'eyeaand1ookflgain...surfaceunibldon'tiustllftup, <br />or'tUhp... theY plug-out cOlD_plstely-liks a lamp cold so you can <br />wipe Up spill.(,vers in a flSllh(Aud oooking is more fun-on the l1ew <br />.t9!i7 Westlngbouse. Range, too... <br /> <br />11. yoo,get Unlimited Heat Settingsl Color Glance ContfOm <br />\light up to MOW Ii beat-aattings-glve 1001 heab in between. <br />1'We$bithouse super.corox is the fasteBt heating unlt,made. <br />2. yOU get A.utolllatle CooklDil Evtl1 if foods 'an OWl'- <br />looked,th9YIlr1lll.'t-oV8l'eOOlI:ed.'l'h1sAutomaticUDitWlltehSll <br />the pot even whenyouforget,sofoodscan't'burn. <br />3. 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