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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1982
Donald L Sidebottom, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Abstract
A central desk air conditioning control system wherein each individual room unit is connected to a central desk location by a pair of control conductors. At the central desk location a SPST switch is connected across each pair of control conductors and effective, when closed, to place the connected individual room unit in a low energy mode. In the low energy mode, power relay drivers for major energy-consuming loads such as refrigerant compressors and electrical resistance heaters are disabled, while other loads, such as fans and control circuitry, remain energized. For the event that voltages are inadvertantly connected to the control conductors, a protective network is included in each individual room unit to prevent damage to its circuitry. The control circuitry for each individual room unit includes 'Freeze Sentinel' circuitry for energizing a heating load when required to ensure that room temperature does not fall below 40.degree. F. regardless of user control settings. In the low energy mode the Freeze Sentinel circuitry continues to operate manually.