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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You need to make changes in the .inp file,
not the bdl file. Cut the dummy MAU system in the .inp file and paste it
before the Fan Coil System.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Good luck,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
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LEED AP<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Madison</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 color=navy><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">WI</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">53719</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Tel: (608) 231
9664 x 13<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Fax: (608) 231
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>E-mail: jevans@sustaineng.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Web: </span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><a href="www.sustaineng.com"><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.sustaineng.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Kimberly Killian
[mailto:kimberly@northernarchitects.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, June 17, 2009
8:29 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Equest-users] (no
subject)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>I am trying to add a mixed air unit onto a four-pipe fan
coil system through the use of a dummy zone, from which my real zones will get
their outside air. I get the following error:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>"EL1 Sys1 (FC) (G.E16) defined before its
OA-FROM-SYSTEM. This will cause incorrect OA temperature calculation. Move this
SYSTEM to be defined before its OA-FROM-SYSTEM in the project BDL input
file."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>The catch is that there is no BDL file, as the simulation
aborts before it is complete. Is there another way to define the MAU before the
Fan Coil System. I have searched a number of terms in the user's group and
there are many questions related to this topic, but I can't find any answers.
Any help would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Kimberly Killian<br>
Northern Architects, Inc.<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">207 King Street Suite 3</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Burlington</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">VT</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">05401</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
T: 802-658-1953<br>
F: 802-658-2975<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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