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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2016
Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc., Sidney, OH (US);
Hung M. Pham, Dayton, OH (US);
Edward J. Trudeau, Jr., Covington, OH (US);
Sahil Popli, Troy, OH (US);
Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc., Sidney, OH (US);
Abstract
A system includes a variable-capacity compressor operable at a first capacity and at a second capacity that is higher than the first capacity and an outdoor-air-temperature sensor. A control module receives a demand signal from a thermostat and operates the variable-capacity compressor in a first mode when communication with the outdoor-air-temperature sensor has not been interrupted and in a fault mode when communication with the outdoor-air-temperature sensor has been interrupted. In the first mode, the control module switches the variable-capacity compressor between the first capacity and the second capacity based on the demand signal and the outdoor-air-temperature data. In the fault mode, the control module operates the variable-capacity compressor by operating the variable-capacity compressor at at least one of the first capacity and the second capacity based on the demand signal.