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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Robert,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The first thing you can try is to edit the INP file and manually change the SUBTYPE back to PRIMARY. You will most likely see a couple of “INP” files in your project folder. It will be the one that exactly matches the name of your project. The INP file that has a “- Baseline” after the name is not the one you want to edit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>A good tool for reviewing and editing the INP file is <a href="http://www.notetab.com/">Notetab Light</a>. The free version of Note Tab. One benefit of this editor is that it will not put access restrictions on the INP file. You can make changes (and save) in eQuest while the file is open in Notetab and it will notify you to update the file. Just be careful though. You must re-open the equest project (without saving first) after any changes are made directly in Notetab or your changes will get over-written. In a pinch, you can use Notepad but just be careful on how you save it (I’m not sure of the exact way). You should be able to clear up your circulation loop issues this way and eQuest should reload fine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>John T. 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The error is associated with the subtype being secondary for the chilled water loop, however, when I switch it back to primary, I immediately get kicked out of equest. I have attached the screenshot of equest and the chilled water loop appears to be nested. I am not sure how this exactly happened, I was attempting to redefine the chilled water loop. Here is the excerpt from the bdl file. Is there any way to edit outside of equest interface so I can alleviate the crashing??<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> *3099 * "Chilled Water Loop" = CIRCULATION-LOOP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> *3100 * TYPE = CHW<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> *3101 * SUBTYPE = SECONDARY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> *3102 * LOOP-DESIGN-DT = 15<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> *3103 * SIZING-OPTION = PRIMARY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> *3104 * PIPE-HEAD = 55<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> *3105 * PRIMARY-LOOP = "Chilled Water Loop"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> *3106 * LOOP-OPERATION = DEMAND<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> *3107 * DESIGN-COOL-T = 45<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> *3108 * COOL-SETPT-CTRL = FIXED<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> *3109 * LOOP-PUMP = "CHW Loop Pump"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> *3110 * HEAD-SETPT-CTRL = FIXED<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> *3111 * HEAD-SETPT = 30<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> *3112 * ..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>*ERROR****************************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>*ERROR*****Chilled Water Loop cannot be specified as a PRIMARY-LOOP due to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> incorrect SUBTYPE; valid PRIMARY-LOOP must have a SUBTYPE of PRIMARY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FFFFFD'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Robert G. 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