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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2016
Aos Holding Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Andrew Robert Caves, Hartsville, SC (US);
Andrew William Phillips, Columbia, SC (US);
Brian Thomas Branecky, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
William Louis Mehlhorn, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Thomas G. Van Sistine, Hartsville, SC (US);
Robert Eugene Olson, Milton, WA (US);
Zhongsheng Niu, Columbia, SC (US);
AOS HOLDING COMPANY, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A storage-type water heater including a tank for supporting water to be heated, a first heating element, a first relay connected to the first heating element, a second heating element, a second relay connected to the second heating element, and a controller for selectively operating the first relay and the second relay. The controller includes instructions for selecting a mode from at least, a no-sequencing mode, wherein the first relay and the second relay are operated concurrently, and a sequencing mode, wherein the first relay and the second relay are operated sequentially. The controller also operates the first relay to supply power to the first heating element, and operates the second relay to supply power to the second heating element, based on the selected mode.