<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Hi Jesse:</SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: small" class=yiv6291258968gmail_default>Equest Users,</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: small" class=yiv6291258968gmail_default>Has anyone encountered the following problem?</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: small" class=yiv6291258968gmail_default>DD wizard incorrectly assigns the return path to "DUCTED" for "PACKAGED DX PARALLEL FAN-POWERED VAV W/ ELEC REHEAT". </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: small" class=yiv6291258968gmail_default>We discovered this problem after only changing "RETURN AIR PATH" from default "DUCTED" to "PLENUM" and then reviewing the SS-J report to find the SQFT/Ton is 2x what it should be (968 ducted vs. 526 plenum).</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: small" class=yiv6291258968gmail_default>Please let me know your feedback ASAP.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: small" class=yiv6291258968gmail_default>Best, Jesse</DIV>
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