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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2007
Mark Allan Murphy, Nashville, TN (US);
Jeffrey Ray Baxter, Columbia, TN (US);
Mark Allan Murphy, Nashville, TN (US);
Jeffrey Ray Baxter, Columbia, TN (US);
A. O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A water heater including a vessel, a heating fixture (e.g., an electric-resistance heating element, a gas burner) having a rated maximum heating output, and a controller. The controller includes an interface and a temperature sensor. The controller can control the heating output of the heating element based on a sensed temperature of the temperature sensors. The heating output is a defined maximum heating output for the heating fixture. Also disclosed are methods of defining the capabilities of a water hater heater and methods of operating a water heater.