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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Kirk,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is a common enough issue that I think it merits repeating for the [equest-users] community – I hope you don’t mind my CC’ing them here.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That particular fan curve (“Variable Speed Drive FPLR”) has a storied history of throwing this particular caution. Commonly the the very first or last hour of the simulation is flagged (noting in your example below, 12/31/24 below infers
the hour containing everyone’s new-year’s countdown). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think there’s consensus among the community that this is one of a family of cautions/warnings which you can safely ignore as erroneous.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">~Nick<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3A7A46">Nick Caton, P.E., BEMP</span></b><span style="color:#3A7A46"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Kirk Plum <kplum@bhbinc.com> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 26, 2019 4:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Nicholas Caton <Nicholas.Caton@se.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> eQuest Fan Curve Question<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nick,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I appreciate the help earlier! I was wondering if you have ever gotten this error message?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">**CAUTION**********************************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> In curve: Variable Speed Drive FPLR the dependent value<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> is exceeding the limits.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Value/Min/Max/First time: 1.257 0.100 1.000 12/31/24<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I tried looking at the fan curves, but I do not have any experience in editing these in eQuest. I appreciate any help!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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