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Heating Electricity (J) output less than the sum of the contributing parts

Hi everyone,

I am trying to figure out what contributes to the Heating:Electricity output. I have looked at .mtd output file and I can see that the following contributes to the Heating:Electricity:

Heating Coil Electric Energy [J] Heating Coil Defrost Electric Energy [J] Heating Coil Crankcase Heater Electric Energy [J] Heating Coil Electric Energy [J] (Supplementary)

However, when I look at the output the addition of all of these, it is much greater than the Heating:Electricity output. Everything is in the same units and timestep. Does anyone know why the heating is less than the sum what contributes to it? What am I doing wrong?

Heating Electricity (J) output less than the sum of the contributing parts

Hi everyone,

I am trying to figure out what contributes to the Heating:Electricity output. I have looked at .mtd output file and I can see that the following contributes to the Heating:Electricity:

Heating Coil Electric Energy [J] Heating Coil Defrost Electric Energy [J] Heating Coil Crankcase Heater Electric Energy [J] Heating Coil Electric Energy [J] (Supplementary)

However, when I look at the output the addition of all of these, it is much greater than the Heating:Electricity output. Everything is in the same units and timestep. Does anyone know why the heating is less than the sum what contributes to it? What am I doing wrong?