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





Have you tried deleting " \minimum 0" in the IDD for the input field Watts per Zone Floor Area? You can also set the minimum to some negative number.

On 8/24/2011 12:31 PM, Jean marais wrote:
 

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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