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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2017
Bradford White Corporation, Ambler, PA (US);
Bruce Hill, Middleville, MI (US);
BRADFORD WHITE CORPORATION, Ambler, PA (US);
Abstract
A water heater system, including a water storage tank, an electrical heating element, a power switch, and a controller. The controller is configured to store a number of heating cycles completed to heat water in the tank. When electric power is applied to the water heater system, the controller controls the power switch to turn OFF power to the electrical heating element in response to the number of heating cycles being less than a threshold number of heating cycles, and controls a user output interface to output the indicator indicating that the controller is inhibiting operation of the electrical heating element, and control the power switch to turn ON power to the electrical heating element in response to receiving user input through a user input interface requesting power to be applied to the electrical heating element, and a sensed temperature of the tank being less than a setpoint temperature.