Slant/Fin Hydronic Explorer 2 - Manual (Page 3)

Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................1
U SING H YDRONIC E XPLORER 2 .....................................................................................................1
I NSTALLING H YDRONIC E XPLORER 2.............................................................................................1
STARTING HYDRONIC EXPLORER 2 ...........................................................3
O PENING THE M AIN M ENU ............................................................................................................3
HEAT LOSS EXPRESS........................................................................................5
P URPOSE ........................................................................................................................................5
H EAT L OSS E XPRESS .....................................................................................................................5
Menu Bar..................................................................................................................................6
Toolbar.....................................................................................................................................6
Data Entry Area .......................................................................................................................7
P ERFORMING H EAT L OSS C ALCULATIONS .....................................................................................8
Adding a Room.........................................................................................................................9
Adding a Floor .........................................................................................................................9
Entering Room Data...............................................................................................................10
E DITING AND D ELETING ..............................................................................................................13
Jobs ........................................................................................................................................13
Rooms.....................................................................................................................................14
Floors .....................................................................................................................................14
Room Data .............................................................................................................................15
S ELECTING B ASEBOARD ..............................................................................................................15
S ELECTING R ADIANT T UBING ......................................................................................................16
Description of the Radiant Tubing Screen .............................................................................16
Calculating Radiant Tubing Requirements ............................................................................19
P RINTING A H ARDCOPY ...............................................................................................................22
E XPORTING AND I MPORTING D ATA F ILES ...................................................................................22
Exporting Data Files..............................................................................................................22
Import Data Files ...................................................................................................................23
SELECTING A BOILER....................................................................................25
F INDING THE R IGHT B OILER ........................................................................................................25
Heat Load is Known...............................................................................................................25
Calculated Heat Load ............................................................................................................25
Boiler Selection ......................................................................................................................26
G ENERATING A P ROPOSAL ...........................................................................................................30
VIEWING PRODUCT INFORMATION .........................................................32
O BTAINING P RODUCT D ATA ........................................................................................................32
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