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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1986
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1984
Charles H Culp, Mundelein, IL (US);
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A system for leveling energy consumption of loads being controlled by a duty cycle routine, the loads having on times and off times within a predetermined period of time established by the duty cycle routine, the system having a plurality of loads, a communication channel connected to each of the loads, and a controller connected to the communication channel, the controller determining a gap time during which no load is off, the gap time being a function of the period of time, the sum of all of the off times for each of the loads, and the number of loads, the controller scheduling the loads to be off, the off times being distributed over the period of time with a gap time existing between adjacent off times.