TRACE 700 vs HAP 4.3 COMPARISON - WEATHER FILE 2

[pedromateus]

Hello

I am trying to compare TRACE 700 vs HAP 4.3. To do that i would like to have the exacly same full year 8760h weather file. For instance I have weather file for Coimbra - Portugal from Trace website "085490.IWC" and I have weather file for Coimbra - Portugal from Carrier website "PORTUGAL_COIMBRA_ASHRAE_IWEC.HW1".

Anyone knows how can I convert one of the files so that I use the exacly same file on both programs.

There is any tool that I can use to actualy view and compare both programs.

I would realy apreciate your help.

Best Regards

 

[RossABQ]

I would guess that both files have the same weather data source ultimately, but you'd have to print out the weather data from within each program (HAPS and Trace) to compare.

 

[pedromateus]

Thanks

HAP file I can print out but the Trace file i can't...Do you have any ideia how can i print out the data from the file "085490.IWC"...

Best Regards

 

[gepman]

eQUEST has a weather file conversion utility that may work with TRACE and HAP. I use HAP and eQUEST and they are similar but eQUEST is more powerful. I haven't used TRACE although I have heard that there used to be some problems with the weather files.

You can get eQUEST for free (it is paid for by us folks in California) at

http://doe2.com/equest/index.html