Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Sukumar Arrojula

Jeffrey Thomas Kiesler

Abhisek Agrawal

A water heater and methods of operating the water heater are provided. The water heater appliance includes a tank, a cold water inlet conduit extending into the tank, a heating element within the tank, a hot water conduit extending from the tank to a mixing valve, a mixed water conduit downstream of the mixing valve, and a user interface. The method includes and/or the water heater is operable for receiving, from the user interface, a user value for a tank temperature setpoint. An upstream water heater is detected and a capacity thereof is predicted. The tank temperature setpoint is then adjusted based on the predicted capacity of the upstream water heater.

Water heater with upstream water heater detection

A dishwasher appliance includes a carrier roller assembly for supporting a rack within a wash chamber. The carrier roller assembly includes a carrier body defining a receiving slot for receiving a wire of the rack. A first and a second retention clip extend from the carrier body into the receiving slot for securely locking the wire in position after it is fully inserted into the receiving slot. The first retention clip and the second clip are different sizes for snapping around and securing wires having different diameters such that the carrier roller assembly is versatile and may be universally used with dishwasher appliances using differing wire sizes.

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Sukumar Arrojula