Online Manual J load calculator

[garyed]

After about two years I finally got my online Manual J load calculator finished.
Its been a fun project so far & I hope someone can get some use out of it besides myself. I also plan to add some data for Canada in the near future.
I'd appreciate any ideas or feedback from anyone.
The site is at: http://www.loadcalc.net

[Cooked]

Thanks Gary! May I offer some constructive criticism?

[enb54]

After about two years I finally got my online Manual J load calculator finished.
Its been a fun project so far & I hope someone can get some use out of it besides myself. I also plan to add some data for Canada in the near future.
I'd appreciate any ideas or feedback from anyone.
The site is at: http://www.loadcalc.net

Hi Gary...
I tried to enter my house specs and could not find anything even approaching it... I'd suggest increasing roof R values up to about R70 or so (and above), and at least R50 (and/or above) for walls. Otherwise, looks like you are doing something good, give yourself a raise!

[garyed]

Thanks Gary! May I offer some constructive criticism?

Definitely, I would appreciate hearing it.

[Gunslinger]

drop down menus for constructions are cut off. Using this calculator, one would need to use manual J book to look up construction numbers, right?

nice job, I'm sure you have a lot of time in this project.

[garyed]

Hi Gary...
I tried to enter my house specs and could not find anything even approaching it... I'd suggest increasing roof R values up to about R70 or so (and above), and at least R50 (and/or above) for walls. Otherwise, looks like you are doing something good, give yourself a raise!

Thanks, I'll try to find some higher R-values to add.

[garyed]

drop down menus for constructions are cut off. Using this calculator, one would need to use manual J book to look up construction numbers, right?

nice job, I'm sure you have a lot of time in this project.

Thanks for the input,
No, you shouldn't need to use any manual J book.
Can you tell me what browser & OS versions you're using.
Not all browsers work the same, depending on the OS & version numbers there are sometimes features that can be left out or displayed different.
Sometimes its easily fixable & sometimes not. I've already made some adjustments to accommodate some different browsers but its hard to test every one so I would appreciate your info.

[Gunslinger]

you have mail. I am using windows IE

[Gib's Son]

Nice job. I might try comparing it against Trane Trace or Carrier HAP when I have some spare time.

[garyed]

Nice job. I might try comparing it against Trane Trace or Carrier HAP when I have some spare time.

I'd be curious to see how they compare.
The one thing I know I left some room for error is the duct load. I used a default spider duct system instead of allowing for the actual duct area. The problem with making things simple is it makes things less accurate also.