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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2005
Applicant:
Terry G. Phillips, Meridianville, AL (US);
Inventor:
Terry G. Phillips, Meridianville, AL (US);
Assignee:
Synapse, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A water heating system has a tank, a first heating element, a first temperature sensor, and a controller. The first heating element is mounted on the tank, and the controller is electrically coupled to the first temperature sensor. The controller is configured to detect a stacking condition based on the first temperature sensor and to disable the first heating element in response to detection of the stacking condition.