For example, if I switch the pre-heat source type from Furnace to Electric there is no change in energy use for either fuel type.  <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Robby Oylear <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robbyoylear@gmail.com">robbyoylear@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">John,<div><br></div><div>With a system with heating-type = FURNACE, I add a pre-heat coil of type = FURNACE and the total heating energy use drops from 900 MBTU to 50 MBTU, yet there are no unmet load hours.  </div>
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</div><div>I don't see how the system could be meeting the loads yet using no energy.  If I look at the SS-B report there is a fractional use of energy for preheat.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="im"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.0pt">

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<br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 9:58 AM, John Aulbach <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jra_sac@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jra_sac@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>

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<div><span>Robby, I believe the preheat and other heating coils combine in HVAC heating notation<var></var>.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 12, 2011 9:49 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [Equest-users] Preheat Coil Energy Use<br></font><div><div></div><div>
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<div>I've been experiencing a problem with preheat coils in eQUEST that meet the load requirements but none of the energy use shows up in the BEPS report.  Is there any solution to this or is it a bug in the program?
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