Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Custom Weather file csv back to EPW

[Linda Lawrie <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The extra commas should not be an issued -- if you can't
figure it out, send it to the helpdesk.

At 08:57 AM 6/30/2011, Seth Moody wrote:


> Hello all,
>
> I have taken an EPW weather file and used the weather converter utility
> to convert it to CSV in order to paste in my own hourly weather
> data.
> I did the editing in excel 2007 and re-saved as CSV
>  
> Now I would like to convert it back to EPW and run it with my model.
> Converter doesn't like the edited CSV and claims I have a "Custom
> Data Format (requires DEF file)".
> I've tried overriding the default "Custom Data Format (requires DEF
> file)" requirement by selecting "Energy Plus Comma Separated
> Variable (CSV) Format" but it still kicks it back.
>
> Comparing the original output CSV with the new edited CSV, in notepad,
> reveals header month/day dates have been altered by Excel (I changed them
> back easily) and extra commas at all the carriage returns.  The
> extra commas are a bit more problematic as they're on nearly every line
> of code.
>
> Are the extra commas the issue?
> What would be the best way to edit the weather file and then output
> format for the converter?
>
>
> Seth
>
>
> -- 
> Seth S. Moody
> seths.moody@xxxxxxxxx
> Laboratory Manager, ME EIT
> Green Building Research Laboratory,
> Portland State University
> 503-367-5792

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