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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2023
Balboa Water Group, Llc, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Chris Lee Wegehenkel, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
David W. Morris, Placentia, CA (US);
Charles Joseph Heiden, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Hoang Bui, Jurupa Valley, CA (US);
Balboa Water Group, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A bathing installation system includes a controller configured to communicate with one or more sensors, and interfaces, and is electrically connected to load devices of the bathing installation, the load devices including a heater. The controller is configured to generate a host authentication query for transmission to the heater, and to receive heater authentication responses received in response to the host authentication query. The heater includes a heater element and a client authentication IC configured to receive the authentication query from the controller and to generate a heater authentication response in response to the received authentication query. The controller system is configured to enable normal operation of the heater if the received heater authentication response matches the host authentication response, and, if not, to generate a notification to a bathing installation user that the heater is not an authentic heater or other action.