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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Takeshi Sugimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiro Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyoshi Obayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hot water supply system includes a hot water storage tank configured to store hot water, a plurality of temperature sensors that are installed in the height direction of the water storage tank and that detect temperatures at their installed positions, a main-unit-side hot water supply device that heats hot water in the hot water storage tank, a sub-unit-side hot water supply device, a main-unit-side control board equipped with control means that controls the corresponding hot water supply device, and a sub-unit-side control board. Signals sent from the temperature sensors are input in a distributed manner among the main-unit-side control board and the sub-unit-side control board, and each of the control boards are communicably connected to each other by a transmission line.