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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jeremy Michael Miller, Louisville, KY (US);
Michael Thomas Beyerle, Pewee Valley, KY (US);
Thomas Charles Zimmer, La Grange, KY (US);
Robert Marten Bultman, Louisville, KY (US);
Myles Caley, La Grange, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solution, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method and system for operating a water heater appliance are provided. The method and system include initiating a vacation mode of the water heater appliance. An operating temperature of the water heater appliance is reduced from a normal operating temperature to a vacation operating temperature in the vacation mode of the water heater appliance. The method and system also include sanitizing the water heater appliance by raising the operating temperature of the water heater appliance from the vacation operating temperature to a sanitization operating temperature.