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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2020
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Craig Iung-Pei Tsai, Louisville, KY (US);
Paul Goodjohn, Crestwood, KY (US);
Andrew L. Reder, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A water heater appliance includes a cold water conduit and a hot water conduit. The water heater appliance also includes a mixing valve and a controller. The controller may be configured for and/or methods of operating the water heater appliance may include detecting a start of a flow event from the water heater appliance and detecting a water temperature in the mixed water conduit of the water heater that is outside of tolerance limits after detecting the start of the flow event. The controller may be further configured for and/or the method may further include verifying that the flow event has not ended after detecting the water temperature in the mixed water conduit is outside of the tolerance limits. After verifying that the flow event has not ended, a count is added to a fault counter.