John:
It may, and that was similar to the path I was headed down. I'm just not familier enough with the ins and outs of Equest to know what else that would effect down the line.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: John Aulbach [mailto:jra_sac at yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 4:19 PM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org; Eckwahl, Tom
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] PTAC system
Tom:
This may be a silly question, but if you chose a Packaged VAV with hot water reheat, then set the minimum flow rate faction to 1.0, would you not have the system you seek?
John Aulbach
--- On Mon, 7/20/09, Eckwahl, Tom <TEckwahl at karpinskieng.com> wrote:
> From: Eckwahl, Tom <TEckwahl at karpinskieng.com>
> Subject: [Equest-users] PTAC system
> To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> Date: Monday, July 20, 2009, 1:03 PM
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