Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] severe error

When you have an interior wall that has another interior wall as its outside boundary condition, both walls need to have coordinsted construction. They need to have the same layers, but in opposite order. The easiest way to achieve this is to use symmetrical construction for interior surfaces. For example:

Construction,
Gypsum,      ! Outside layer
Air gap,        ! Layer 2
Gypsum;      ! Layer 3

You are receiving this error because the construction of BLOCK1:ZONE6_PARTITION_2_0_0 is not matched to the adjacent surface: BLOCK1:ZONE14_PARTITION_4_0_ 10032.

On Dec 8, 2012 11:27 AM, "ERIETA DIMITRIOU" <erietadimitriou@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thank you very much, this was the mistake!But now I run the simulation and I have again one severe error which I am trying to find out what is..but again nothing: the error is:

GetSurfaceData: Construction INTERNAL WALLS of interzone surface BLOCK1:ZONE6_PARTITION_2_0_0 does not have the same number of layers as the construction INFRARED 14 FIRST of adjacent surface BLOCK1:ZONE14_PARTITION_4_0_10032

** ~~~ ** ...this problem for this pair will not be reported again.

I am in the constuction field to find out what I have to change but I don't know.I'm sending you again the file to chech if you can, and a plan of my building.
I am so sorry that I bother you, but it's an emergency..thank you again!!

Erietta!

From: Linda Lawrie <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2012 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] severe error

This is your schedule.

Schedule:Year,
    Zone control Type,       !- Name
    Fraction,                !- Schedule Type Limits Name
    Winter Control Type Week Sch, !- Schedule:Week Name 1
    1,                       !- Start Month 1
    1,                       !- Start Day 1
    3,                       !- End Month 1
    31,                      !- End Day 1
    Summer Control Type Week Sch, !- Schedule:Week Name 2
    4,                       !- Start Month 2
    1,                       !- Start Day 2
    9,                       !- End Month 2
    30,                      !- End Day 2
    Winter Control Type Week Sch, !- Schedule:Week Name 3
    10,                      !- Start Month 3
    1,                       !- Start Day 3
    12,                      !- End Month 3
    31;                      !- End Day 3

Change it to:
Schedule:Year,
    Zone control Type,       !- Name
    Control Type,                !- THIS IS THE CHANGED LINE
    Winter Control Type Week Sch, !- Schedule:Week Name 1
    1,                       !- Start Month 1
    1,                       !- Start Day 1
    3,                       !- End Month 1
    31,                      !- End Day 1
    Summer Control Type Week Sch, !- Schedule:Week Name 2
    4,                       !- Start Month 2
    1,                       !- Start Day 2
    9,                       !- End Month 2
    30,                      !- End Day 2
    Winter Control Type Week Sch, !- Schedule:Week Name 3
    10,                      !- Start Month 3
    1,                       !- Start Day 3
    12,                      !- End Month 3
    31;                      !- End Day 3

and the error will go away, I suspect.

It is not inhibiting the actual run.