Patent · US Expired

Water heater control system

US4016402A · kind A · utility

19Cited by
2References
4Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 27, 1975
Grant dateApr 5, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 27, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D23/275
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A water heater control system for controlling the thermostat setting on a water heater which senses the temperature on an outflow line from the water heater and energizes a control for lowering the thermostat setting during periods of low flow demand and raising the thermostat setting during periods of high demand, thereby reducing overall required heating energy.

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