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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am trying to simulate the following system:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A DX cooler with VAV (HW reheat) that uses 100% outside air and an indirect/direct evap cooler in the cooling months (the climate is Las</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">V</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">egas</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> very</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">hot and dry).</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> I</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">n the winter, the outside air should be at a minimum as determine by the OA/person specified at the zonal level.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I created a Minimum</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">OA Schedule and set the fraction to 1.0 for the cooling months. I</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">n the help menu, and in the DOE2.2 documentation, it says to set the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">schedule</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">value to -999 when you want the fraction to revert to the minimum calculated OA.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> W</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">hen</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">tried to</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">enter -999, I get an error saying that negative values are</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">n</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ot</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> accepted.</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> I</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> tried changing this in the input file, but when I open the file in eQuest, I receive errors as well.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Does anyone know how to get eQuest to acce</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">pt the -999 value in the minimum OA schedule?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thank you!</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Kendra</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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