Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for operating a water heater appliance
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Application No.: US13716694Application Date: 2012-12-17
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Publication No.: US09702568B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Jeremy Michael Miller , Michael Thomas Beyerle , Thomas Charles Zimmer , Robert Marten Bultman , Myles Caley
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solution, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solution, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: F24H1/00
- IPC: F24H1/00 ; F24D17/00 ; F24H9/20 ; F24D19/10 ; G05D23/19
Abstract:
A method and system for operating a water heater appliance are provided. The method and system include initiating a vacation mode of the water heater appliance. An operating temperature of the water heater appliance is reduced from a normal operating temperature to a vacation operating temperature in the vacation mode of the water heater appliance. The method and system also include sanitizing the water heater appliance by raising the operating temperature of the water heater appliance from the vacation operating temperature to a sanitization operating temperature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140169773A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A WATER HEATER APPLIANCE Public/Granted day:2014-06-19
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