Help: External Gain conduction

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Imjohn
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Help: External Gain conduction

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What is the cause for the external gain conduction to be negative
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PCully
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Re: Help: External Gain conduction

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Hi,

the convention in VE (Apache/VistaPro) is for positive gains to represent a heat gain to the space and negative to be a loss from the space. Have a look at the definitions online to better understand what conduction gains (internal and external are split) are showing you

https://help.iesve.com/ve2021/room_variables.htm

Phil
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