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Slant/Fin Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual

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Slant/Fin
Hydronic Explorer 2
User Manual
Slant/Fin Corporation
100 Forest Drive
Greenvale, NY 11548
(516) 484-2600
www.slantfin.com

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  • Page 1 Slant/Fin Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual Slant/Fin Corporation 100 Forest Drive Greenvale, NY 11548 (516) 484-2600 www.slantfin.com...
  • Page 2 No part of this document may be reproduced, transmitted, processed or recorded by any means or form, electronic, mechanical, photographic or otherwise, nor be released to any third party without the express written consent of Slant/Fin Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    INTRODUCTION...1 SING YDRONIC XPLORER NSTALLING YDRONIC STARTING HYDRONIC EXPLORER 2 ...3 PENING THE HEAT LOSS EXPRESS ...5 ...5 URPOSE ...5 XPRESS Menu Bar...6 Toolbar...6 Data Entry Area ...7 ERFORMING Adding a Room ...9 Adding a Floor ...9 Entering Room Data...10 ...13...
  • Page 4 How do I select radiant tubing? ...37 How can I view Slant/Fin’s product literature? ...37 How can I get a hard copy of Slant/Fin’s product literature? ...37 What is Adobe Acrobat Reader, and how can I get it?...37 Slant/Fin Corporation...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Hydronic Explorer 2 does the rest. To further help you in selecting the right equipment, Slant/Fin’s Hydronic Explorer 2 allows you to view product literature on boilers, baseboard, and radiant tubing with the simple click of your mouse button.
  • Page 6 2. In the Open box, type the drive letter of your CD-ROM followed by a colon and a backslash, then “setup.exe” (omit the quotation marks). For example, if the drive letter for your CD-ROM is D, you would type: D:\setup.exe. 3. Click OK. When the Install screen appears, click Install. Select Directory Slant/Fin Corporation...

  • Page 7: Starting Hydronic Explorer 2

    Starting Hydronic Opening the Main Menu You can start Hydronic Explorer 2 by double-clicking on the Slant/Fin Hydronic Explorer 2 icon on your desktop, or you can do the following: 1. Click the Start button on the taskbar, and then point to Programs.

  • Page 9: Heat Loss Express

    Heat Loss Express Purpose The primary objective of Hydronic Explorer 2 is to help you design a heating system that will provide the required heating comfort for a specific job. The first step towards this goal is to determine the structure’s heat loss (Btu/hour).

  • Page 10: Menu Bar

    Heat Loss Express To open the Heat Loss Express screen, do the following: 1. Double-click on the Slant/Fin Hydronic Explorer 2 icon on your desktop. The Main Menu screen is displayed. 2. Click on Heat Loss Express. The Heat Loss Express screen appears.

  • Page 11: Data Entry Area

    • construct a list of Slant/Fin Terra Therma components. See Selecting Radiant Tubing. Help button – opens a menu where you can either open the Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual (this • document) for information to help you run the Hydronic Explorer 2 programs, or if you are connected to the Internet, access the Hydronic Explorer 2 website located at www.slantfin.com/he2.

  • Page 12: Performing Heat Loss Calculations

    Create New Job Screen F) to be maintained by the heating system. F) and Altitude (Ft.) for use in boiler selection http://www.gamanet.org/publist/hydroordr.htm F) as the default value for System Design Water Units of Measure to order a New Room Screen Slant/Fin Corporation...

  • Page 13: Adding A Room

    3. Enter the name of the room and click OK. The Heat Loss Express screen will show the new floor and room. Slant/Fin Corporation Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual floor (i.e., kitchen, den, etc.) and click OK. The Heat Loss Create New Floor Screen...

  • Page 14: Entering Room Data

    Single Room button in Data Entry Mode on the toolbar. The Single Room screen will be displayed. To switch back to the “see all rooms” mode, click the All Rooms icon. Rooms Single Room Screen Single Room Multi/Single Room Slant/Fin Corporation...
  • Page 15 Click on an option to select it or point to More Options under the Slant/Fin Corporation Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual Door & Glass (sq. ft.) Door & Glass Factor Wall Factor Options...
  • Page 16 The proper value will be entered in the Heat Loss Express screen. The figures below show examples of finding ceiling, floor, and infiltration factors. Cold Partition Factor Ceiling Factor Floor Factor Slant/Fin Corporation...

  • Page 17: Editing And Deleting

    1. Move your mouse pointer to Jobs in the toolbar and click on the down-arrow. A pull-down menu displays all of the jobs. 2. Select a job and click on the minus (-) icon. A confirmation screen is displayed. 3. Click OK. The job is deleted. Slant/Fin Corporation Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual Infiltration Factor Confirmation Screen...

  • Page 18: Rooms

    1. Move your mouse pointer to Floors in the toolbar and click on the down-arrow. A pull-down menu displays all of the floors. 2. Select a floor and click on the minus (-) icon. A confirmation screen is displayed. 3. Click OK. The floor is deleted. Confirmation Screen Confirmation Screen Slant/Fin Corporation...

  • Page 19: Room Data

    The length of baseboard (in linear feet) required. d. Available lengths of baseboard. e. Available accessories. Room Description Baseboard Type Select Baseboard lengths Select Accessories View Product Data Slant/Fin Corporation Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual Select Baseboard Screen Required Length Total Selected Length Scroll Bar...

  • Page 20: Selecting Radiant Tubing

    6. Repeat the above steps for the other rooms. Selecting Radiant Tubing If you intend to install radiant tubing, Hydronic Explorer 2 can help you with the calculations and selection of the necessary components. With the Heat Loss Express screen still displayed on your monitor, open the Radiant Tubing screen as follows: 1.
  • Page 21 Supplemental Heat (BtuH) – if the radiant floor heating cannot, by itself, maintain the required room • temperature, an additional source (e.g., baseboard) must be installed. This box shows how much heat must be provided by that source. Slant/Fin Corporation Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual Radiant Tubing...
  • Page 22 Max Floor Temp in the Heat Loss – Heated Area pane so that Floor Temp gets lowered. This may result, however, in requiring supplemental heating. Note - changing the tube spacing factor in the Tubing Calculator section does effect this calculation. F will be displayed in red to show Slant/Fin Corporation...

  • Page 23: Calculating Radiant Tubing Requirements

    Floor Area (sq ft) box. Calculate this value by subtracting the total area of all unheated parts of the floor from the Room Size (sq ft). b. Enter a value in the Max Floor Temp (F) box. The default value is 80. Slant/Fin Corporation Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual...
  • Page 24 Increase the Radiant Tube Spacing (in). This will decrease the Loop Length (ft). • Increase the Number of Radiant Loops. The will decrease the Loop Length (ft) of each loop. • 5. Before clicking the OK button, note the following: Slant/Fin Corporation...
  • Page 25 Express toolbar. This will display the Radiant Options Components screen. It will allow you to select components and indicate the quantities required. Click Preview to view all the items you ordered. Click Save. Slant/Fin Corporation Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual Radiant Options Components...

  • Page 26: Printing A Hardcopy

    Exporting and Importing Data Files Hydronic Explorer 2 creates folders on your computer’s hard drive where it saves all of your job data. There may be times when you want to transfer one or more of these files to another computer by transferring them to a floppy disk or CD-ROM or by email.

  • Page 27: Import Data Files

    Transfer files from a floppy disk or CD-ROM (these are files the may have been created on another • computer or saved as backup). Transfer files from another folder on the same hard drive (these can include files that were emailed to • you). Slant/Fin Corporation Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual Export Screen Browse Screen Export Screen...
  • Page 28 6. The Select Jobs to Export box shows all jobs saved in the file name. Check all the jobs you want to import. 7. Click OK. All selected jobs will be imported and appear in the Jobs menu. Import Screen Browse Screen Import Screen Slant/Fin Corporation...

  • Page 29: Selecting A Boiler

    Use the following procedure only if you did not use Heat Loss Express to calculate the building’s heat load. 1. Double-click on the Slant/Fin Hydronic Explorer 2 icon on your desktop. The Main Menu is displayed. 2. Click on Select a Boiler. The Boiler Selection screen is displayed.

  • Page 30: Boiler Selection

    Pane #2: Prompts for additional data based on fuel type selected. Also, allows you to view product sheets. Pane #3: Identifies boilers that meet requirements. Pane #4: Click OK to accept, Cancel to close screen, or Proposal to generate a proposal. Slant/Fin Corporation...
  • Page 31 (boiler, boiler with tankless coil, or boiler with indirect hot water heater) from the pull- down menu. c. You are not required to select a boiler type if you select Dual Fuel as the fuel type. Slant/Fin Corporation Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual Boiler Type...
  • Page 32 5. Select a boiler in pane #3. 6. If you have not selected a “Boiler with Indirect Water Heater” as the boiler type, you may click OK or you may click Proposal to generate a proposal (see Generating a Proposal) and then click OK.
  • Page 33 Models box. Click OK. e. In the Boiler Selection Screen, you may click OK or you may click Proposal to generate a proposal (see Generating a Proposal) and then click OK. Slant/Fin Corporation Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual Sizing Guide Sizing Guide...

  • Page 34: Generating A Proposal

    Viewing Product Information Generating a Proposal After selecting the boiler, you can have Hydronic Explorer 2 generate a formal proposal for your customer as follows: 1. While still in the Boiler Selection screen, click Proposal. The Boiler Proposal screen is displayed with the boiler data already entered.
  • Page 35 Boiler Proposal screen. 11. Click OK in the Boiler Proposal screen to return to the Boiler Selection screen. 12. Click OK to close the Boiler Selection screen. Slant/Fin Corporation Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual Print Preview Screen...

  • Page 36: Viewing Product Information

    Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing. You can install the reader from the Hydronic Explorer CD or visit Adobe’s website for the latest version. To view product data, do the following: 1. Double-click on the Slant/Fin Hydronic Explorer 2 icon on your desktop. The Main Menu is displayed.

  • Page 37: Quick Answers

    1. In the Heat Loss Express toolbar, click on the down-arrow under Jobs. A pull-down menu displays all of the jobs. 2. Select a job and click on the minus (-) icon. A confirmation screen is displayed. 3. Click OK. The job is deleted. Slant/Fin Corporation Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual Quick Answers...

  • Page 38: How Do I Add, Edit, Or Delete A Floor In My Heat Loss Calculations

    1. In the Heat Loss Express toolbar, click on the down-arrow under Rooms. A pull-down menu displays all of the rooms. 2. Select a room and click on the pencil icon. The Edit Room Name screen is displayed. 3. Enter the new name and click OK. Slant/Fin Corporation...

  • Page 39: One Of My Entries For Heat Loss Calculations Is Incorrect. How Do I Change It

    Locate the email’s attached file. Save it to another folder on your computer and import it from that • folder. Can I transfer job data files using “copy and paste” or “drag and drop”? No. You must use the export and import functions in Heat Loss Express. Slant/Fin Corporation Hydronic Explorer 2 User Manual...

  • Page 40: How Do I Export Job Data Files

    How do I select the right boiler for a job? 1. In the Hydronic Explorer 2 Main Menu, click on Boiler Selector. 2. Enter the required data in the Boiler Selection screen. The system will display the boiler(s) that meets your requirements.

  • Page 41: How Do I Select Radiant Tubing

    Click Preview to view all the items you ordered. Click Save. How can I view Slant/Fin’s product literature? 1. In the Hydronic Explorer 2 Main Menu, click on Product Literature. The Slant/Fin Product Literature screen appears. 2. Click on a product in the product tree. A single-page product information document will be displayed on your monitor.

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