[Equest-users] Basic Report Output (i.e. Excel output) Questions

[Mike Karpman]

Jay,

See my answers below in maroon.

Regards,

Mike Karpman
Karpman Consulting

On 2/7/2013 8:16 PM, Jay M wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Thank you thus far for helping me learn eQuest, I have some very basic 
> questions which are 30 second answer type questions much is 
> appreciated thank you!!!
>
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> Question 1:  For hourly loads when I choose:
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> a)Does the following give me the total electricity consumption by the 
> AC for cooling in kWh?  how would i get the associated power 
> consumption by the fan/system? or does this includes it as well?
> electric meter --->  cooling end-use energy
> There is a separate end use for fans ("vent fan end-use energy")
>
> b) same as a but for  Electric Furnace....  This I assume is the 
> electric consumption for heating... how would i get the power 
> consumption used by fans etc for the electric furnace? or does this 
> includes it as well?
> electric meter --> heating end-use energy
> Ditto
> c) Does the following give me total Gas consumption by the furnace 
> only?  how would i get the fan power consumption associated with the 
> furnace?
> electric meter ---> heating  end-use energy
> Same idea as above, but I am assuming you mean Fuel Meter - Heating 
> end-use energy. In any case the fan energy would be under the electric 
> meter.
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> d)   For the Natural Gas Furnace, does the Btu/hr = input or output?  
> ( I assume input since it is consumption)
> My understanding is that capacity = output. Many times mechanical 
> schedules list input rather than output capacity for gas-fired 
> equipment, so this is something to watch out for.
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> Question 2: are the hourly readings   for the output  i.e.  hour 
> 1,2....20....24     beginning of the hour or After the hour... becuase 
> scheduling works :  1-2. 2-3.... etc  but the output in excel is hourly...
> It depends on the variable you're referring to. Most are constant 
> throughout the hour since it's an hourly tool and there's no 
> differentoatoion between 12:01 and 12:59 data wise. But some varibles 
> specifically say that they are an average (e.g. "the average temp 
> during this hour [deg F]" under variable type Thermal Zone). As far as 
> schedules are concerned, hour 1 in the hourly report refers to the 
> schedule input labeled "midnight to 1", i.e. the first hour, or hour 1.
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> Question 3:
> in SD wizard I can easily enter SEER  or   AFUE   for the systems... I 
> can't find that anywhere in DDedit... I dont want to go back to SD 
> becuase all my changes will be erased!
> AFUE and SEER are not valid input in detailed mode, only in the 
> wizard. The wizard makes these conversions for you hwen you click 
> Finish. In Detailed mode you have to conver to EIR and HIR (electric 
> input ratio and heat input ratio respectively).
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> Thank you very much !!!  I may have a few beginner questions as I run 
> into them But much is appreciated!
>
> regards,
> Jay
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