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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2012
Jozef Boros, Montgomery, AL (US);
Hector Donastorg, Waverly, AL (US);
Raheel A. Chaudhry, Montgomery, AL (US);
Jozef Boros, Montgomery, AL (US);
Hector Donastorg, Waverly, AL (US);
Raheel A. Chaudhry, Montgomery, AL (US);
RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Water heater apparatus is provided with features that allow for a horizontally compact water heater installation comprising upper and lower vertically stacked electric individual water heaters served by a single electrical branch circuit. Each of the upper and lower water heaters has a water storage capacity not exceeding 55 gallons, and the combined water storage capacity of the upper and lower water heaters is greater than 55 gallons. The electric heating elements of the two water heaters are non-simultaneously controlled so that at no time do the two water heaters heat water at the same time.