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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2010
John P. Stachler, Plano, TX (US);
Stephen A. Walter, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Alan E. Bennett, Denton, TX (US);
Richard A. Mauk, Lewisville, TX (US);
John P. Stachler, Plano, TX (US);
Stephen A. Walter, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Alan E. Bennett, Denton, TX (US);
Richard A. Mauk, Lewisville, TX (US);
Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Abstract
An HVAC controller, a method of starting a HVAC unit and a HVAC system are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the HVAC controller includes: (1) an interface configured to receive a delay originating signal and (2) a processor configured to automatically generate an offset delay value for the HVAC unit upon receipt of the delay originating signal and delay starting identified components of the HVAC unit based on the offset delay value.