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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Scott Shaffer, La Grange, KY (US);
Michael Thomas Beyerle, Pewee Valley, KY (US);
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H 9/20 (2006.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01); F24H 4/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H 9/2021 (2013.01); F24H 4/04 (2013.01); G05D 23/1919 (2013.01); F24D 2200/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
A water heater appliance and method for operating a water heater appliance are provided. The method includes measuring a temperature of water within the water heater appliance, operating a heating element of the water heater appliance if the temperature of water within the water heater appliance is less than a threshold temperature and deactivating the heating element of the water heater appliance when the temperature of water within the water heater appliance exceeds the threshold temperature.