begin new readEPW functionality
@@ -388,8 +388,17 @@ class RadianceObj:
self.epwfile = csvfile
return self.metdata
-
def readEPW(self,epwfile=None):
+ '''
+ use readepw from pvlib development forums
+ https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/issues/261
+
+ '''
+ from readepw import readepw # epw file reader from pvlib development forums
+
+
+
+ def readEPW_old(self,epwfile=None):
'''
use pyepw to read in a epw file.
pyepw installation info: pip install pyepw
