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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2023
Sundance Spas, Inc., Chino, CA (US);
Larry R. Ovalle, Glendora, CA (US);
Erica A. Langpeter Moir, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Brian Pierson, Beaverton, OR (US);
Sundance Spas, Inc., Chino, CA (US);
Abstract
A spa system including an operating mode that results in efficient and/or reduced electrical energy consumption while ensuring the use temperature is achieved no matter the time and/or date at which the user desires to enjoy the spa. The operating mode described herein obtains information indicating a time at which a user may like to enjoy the spa, precisely determines a time it takes to heat water in the spa from an ambient temperature to the use temperature, and causes the spa pump and/or heater to begin the process of heating the water to the use temperature at least the determined time prior to the time at which the user may begin enjoying the spa. A spa may not achieve peak efficiency without a spa operating mode that calculates the estimated time to heat a spa from an ambient temperature to the use temperature.