[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: OtherEquipment used to be able to take negative values--does v6 still support th

["Jean marais" <jeannieboef@xxxxxxxxx>]

I tried with

  OtherEquipment,
      AllZonesDistributed_FC_to_cool_electrical_room_loads,  !- Name
      AllZonesNotRoof,                            !- Zone Name
      On,                                         !- SCHEDULE Name
      Watts/Area,                                 !- Design Level calculation method
      ,                                           !- Design Level {W}
      -2.79159,                                   !- Watts per Zone Floor Area {watts/m2}
      ,                                           !- Watts per Person {watts/person}
      0,                                          !- Fraction Latent
      0,                                          !- Fraction Radiant
      0;                                          !- Fraction Lost 

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Richard Raustad <RRaustad@...> wrote:
>
> I just tried it in both V6.0.0.031 and 6.0.0.037 and didn't have a problem.
> 
>    OtherEquipment,
>      BASE-1 OthEq 1,          !- Name
>      BASE-1,                  !- Zone Name
>      ALWAYSON,                !- Schedule Name
>      EquipmentLevel,          !- Design Level Calculation Method
>      -6766.,                   !- Design Level {W}
>      ,                        !- Watts per Zone Floor Area {W/m2}
>      ,                        !- Watts per Person {W/Person}
>      0.5,                       !- Fraction Latent
>      0.3,                     !- Fraction Radiant
>      0;                       !- Fraction Lost
> 
>    OtherEquipment,
>      BASE-1 OthEq 1,          !- Name
>      BASE-1,                  !- Zone Name
>      ALWAYSON,                !- Schedule Name
>      EquipmentLevel,          !- Design Level Calculation Method
>      -6766.,                   !- Design Level {W}
>      ,                        !- Watts per Zone Floor Area {W/m2}
>      ,                        !- Watts per Person {W/Person}
>      0.0,                       !- Fraction Latent
>      0.0,                     !- Fraction Radiant
>      0;                       !- Fraction Lost
> 
> 
> On 8/24/2011 7:12 AM, Jean marais wrote:
> >
> > OtherEquipment used to be able to take negative values for case 
> > refrigeration etc.--does v6 still support this? Both documentation and 
> > trials with fatal errors msgs indicate that it does not. What is my 
> > easiest work around. I used this previously to simulate Fancoils.
> >
> > 
> 
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