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  Date Name Chapter Responsible TC Comment Status Attachment
2008-01-23 David Gaiewski
A26
 09.02
 Re: "Battery Rooms" Hydrogen limits of 2% are recommended based on IEEE Standard 484. International...    
2008-01-31 Bill Bahnfleth
F18
 06.10
 Page 18.13, list of symbol definitions. In this list, (h_f)_ta is defined as "enthalpy of saturated... Corrected in revised chapter for 2009 edition. -Ed.  
2008-02-08 Colin Whitmore
F28
 04.02
 We are in the process of designing some buildings requiring HVAC that are situated in Leadville,... See new Ch. 14 of the 2009 Fundamentals volume for information on criteria used for including stations....  
2008-03-29 Richard W. Ford
A52
 05.06
 Correction needed in 2007, Applications, page 52-3, in the second paragraph under... Thank you, Mr. Ford. Correction noted. Will be posted. --Ed.  
2008-06-06 David H. Brown
R45
 08.01
 On your webpage http://www.ashrae.org/publications/page/158 under Handbook Corrections,... Thank you, Mr. Brown. Corrected errata have now been posted. --Ed.  
2008-06-10 Dom Ramos
S20
 05.11
 Re: 2008 Handbook Figure 1 of Chapter 20 and Figure 1 of Chapter 21 are erroneous the same. Thank you, Mr. Ramos. We have been alerted to this error and are posting errata on the Web site under...  
2008-06-16 Michael Miller
A47
 02.06
 Equasion 29 on page 47.37 would seem to be need to be a 10, in lieu of the 20. Mr. Miller, Thank you for taking the time to notify us of this error. We have previously noted the...  
2008-06-19 Mohammad Naraghi
A00
Dear Sir/Madam, It would nice if ASHRAE handbooks were available to the members electronically... Thank you for your comment, Mr. Naraghi. Preliminary work on providing the Handbook online in searchable...  
2008-06-27 John Lubiewski
F35
 05.02
 I am new to HVAC - but am learning - I have a question in the 2005 Fundamentals book chapter 35... Values corrected to 22.15 in the 2009 edition. -Ed.  
2008-06-30 Douglas E Hughes
A46
 01.04
 Page 46.15, Figure 34 should be titled: Dual Maximum Control Sequence, in lieu of Dual Minimum...    
2008-07-18 Douglas E Hughes
F28
 04.02
 Weather data for Orlando Executive AP, Fl, USA (WMO# 722053) has an error in the heating DB (Item... Values have been corrected in the 2009 edition of this chapter. -Ed.  
2008-08-05 Robert Calvillo
A49
 06.06
 My co-workers and I use this handbook to help us design buildings for NAVFAC, unfortunately some of...    
2008-08-22 John R. Masson, P.E.
R09
 10.09
 Table 2 - I have uncovered three incorrect coefficients in the IP version (as compared to the SI version)...    
2008-09-23 Mohamed Kamel
A00
separate chapters for terms, systems, and equipment definations is necessary in order to have ASHRAE... Dear Mr. Kamel: Thank you for your comment. Many chapters have their own Terminology sections, and...  
2008-10-09 Ragib Kadribegovic
A00
It would be useful if you provide bonus features files in SI units. Thank you in advance. Dear Mr. Kadribegovic: Thank you for your comment. We would like to provide all features in both...  
2008-12-17 Steven Rody
F04
 01.03
 With regard to equations (11b) and (11c), on page 4.11 of the Handbook, the variable "G" , standing... Equations were unchanged in 2009 edition of this chapter. -Ed.  
2009-02-10 Ruben Sidranski
A25
 09.02
 Revisiting to David Gaiewski comments on battery rooms. Info is on Page A25.9. Verbiage states "...lowest... Dear Mr. Sidranski: Thank you for your comment. My search of Handbook content for LELs led to Table...  
2009-02-13 Ted Kussow
A07
 09.06
 2007 ASHRAE handbook page 7.5. The 2nd paragraph under Surgery and Critical Care references ACS 2000.... Dear Mr. Kussow: Thank you for taking the time to alert us to this oversight in editing. We believe...  
2009-02-17 Itani Shigeru
F30
 04.01
 On table26A Solar Azimuth at 12Hour is not +39 but -39 ? So,After values ,concern with , are all... Value for Solar Azimuth changed to -39 in 2009 edition of chapter. -Ed.  
2009-03-09 Lloyd Slezak
S12
 06.01
 Chapter 12 - Fig. 29... In migrating from 2000Edition Fig 19 to 2008 Edition Fig 29, an additional...    
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