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Hi everyone,

The minimal set of objects to create in order to model electric low temperature radiant heating is indeed :

(1) a Construction object with 2 or more Material objects as layers ; (2) a constructionProperty:InternalHeatSource object located between two layers of the previous Construction object ; (3) a Floor (or Wall, or Roof) object composed of the previous Construction object ; (4) a ZoneHVAC:LowTemperatureRadiant:Electric object linked to the previous Floor object ; (5) a ZoneHVAC:EquipmentList object containing the previous ZoneHVAC:LowTemperatureRadiant:Electric object ; (6) a ZoneHVAC:EquipmentConnections object linked to the previous ZoneHVAC:EquipmentList object and to the thermal zone deserved by the ZoneHVAC:LowTemperatureRadiant:Electric object.

Note that the first field of the ZoneHVAC:EquipmentConnections object isn't its name, but the thermal zone deserved by the equipment list, which can be misleading.

Best regards,

Julien Jakubowski

Hi everyone,

The minimal set of objects to create in order to model electric low temperature radiant heating is indeed :

(1)

  1. a Construction object with 2 or more Material objects as layers ; (2)
  2. a constructionProperty:InternalHeatSource object located between two layers of the previous Construction object ; (3) object
  3. a Floor (or Wall, or Roof) object composed of the previous Construction object ; (4) object
  4. a ZoneHVAC:LowTemperatureRadiant:Electric object linked to the previous Floor object ; (5) object
  5. a ZoneHVAC:EquipmentList object containing the previous ZoneHVAC:LowTemperatureRadiant:Electric object ; (6) object
  6. a ZoneHVAC:EquipmentConnections object linked to the previous ZoneHVAC:EquipmentList object and to the thermal zone deserved by the ZoneHVAC:LowTemperatureRadiant:Electric object.

    object

Note that the first field of the ZoneHVAC:EquipmentConnections object isn't its name, but the thermal zone deserved by the equipment list, which can be misleading.

Best regards,

Julien Jakubowski