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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='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I have a proposed building in a tropical climate with CHW cooling and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>no heating. Per ASHRAE I’m installing electric heat in both the Baseline <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>and Proposed models. The heating in the Proposed is double what it is <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>in the Baseline. Worse yet, I am getting the following warning:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Normal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>**WARNING**********************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Normal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> ZONE EL1 East Perim Zn (G.E19) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Normal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> might have insufficient heating capability.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Normal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> Check that the SYSTEM or ZONE HEATING-CAPACITY plus this<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Normal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> ZONEs BASEBOARD-RATING is adequate to maintain the ZONE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Normal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> specified DESIGN-HEAT-T for the calculated peak ZONE load<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Normal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> (see LS-A or LS-B for the ZONE peak load.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Normal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Normal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> SYSTEM UMA 102 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Normal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> which supplies the above listed ZONE, has a design heating<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Normal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> coil exit temperature, HEAT-SET-T,(plus any zone reheat)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Normal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> below its MAX-SUPPLY-T or the ZONE DESIGN-HEAT-T, which<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Normal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> might account for the insufficient heating capability.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Does eQUEST overcompensate for an erroneous config for heating such that <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>it would behave this way? What should I look for?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>---</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Christian Stalberg<br>Principal<br>Natural Intelligence, LLC <u><br></u><a href="blocked::blocked::http://naturalintelligence.us/" title="blocked::blocked::http://naturalintelligence.us/">http://naturalintelligence.us </a><br>Tel. 919.986.9237<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>