Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for determining whether a water heater appliance is operating with a timer switch
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Application No.: US14489579Application Date: 2014-09-18
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Publication No.: US09618233B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Brett Alan Farris , Barrett Wilson Brown , Michelle Diana Gross
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: F24H9/20
- IPC: F24H9/20 ; H05B1/02
Abstract:
A method for determining whether a water heater appliance is operating on a timer switch is provided. The method includes determining a power on time interval between a previous power interruption and a current power interruption if the current power interruption is a long power outage and establishing that the water heater appliance is not operating with a timer switch if the power on time interval is greater than a threshold time interval. A related water heater appliance is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160084526A1 A METHOD FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A WATER HEATER APPLIANCE IS OPERATING WITH A TIMER SWITCH Public/Granted day:2016-03-24
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