Slant/Fin Hydronic Explorer 2 Water Heater User Manual


 
Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................1
USING HYDRONIC EXPLORER 2 .....................................................................................................1
INSTALLING HYDRONIC EXPLORER 2.............................................................................................1
STARTING HYDRONIC EXPLORER 2 ...........................................................3
OPENING THE MAIN MENU............................................................................................................3
HEAT LOSS EXPRESS........................................................................................5
PURPOSE........................................................................................................................................5
HEAT LOSS EXPRESS .....................................................................................................................5
Menu Bar..................................................................................................................................6
Toolbar.....................................................................................................................................6
Data Entry Area.......................................................................................................................7
PERFORMING HEAT LOSS CALCULATIONS.....................................................................................8
Adding a Room.........................................................................................................................9
Adding a Floor.........................................................................................................................9
Entering Room Data...............................................................................................................10
EDITING AND DELETING ..............................................................................................................13
Jobs ........................................................................................................................................13
Rooms.....................................................................................................................................14
Floors.....................................................................................................................................14
Room Data .............................................................................................................................15
SELECTING BASEBOARD..............................................................................................................15
SELECTING RADIANT TUBING......................................................................................................16
Description of the Radiant Tubing Screen .............................................................................16
Calculating Radiant Tubing Requirements ............................................................................19
PRINTING A HARDCOPY...............................................................................................................22
EXPORTING AND IMPORTING DATA FILES ...................................................................................22
Exporting Data Files..............................................................................................................22
Import Data Files...................................................................................................................23
SELECTING A BOILER....................................................................................25
FINDING THE RIGHT BOILER........................................................................................................25
Heat Load is Known...............................................................................................................25
Calculated Heat Load ............................................................................................................25
Boiler Selection......................................................................................................................26
GENERATING A PROPOSAL...........................................................................................................30
VIEWING PRODUCT INFORMATION .........................................................32
OBTAINING PRODUCT DATA........................................................................................................32
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