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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Gregory Young, Richfield, MN (US);
James Holmberg, Champlin, MN (US);
Fritz Hazzard, Plymouth, MN (US);
Donald J. Kasprzyk, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Bruce L. Hill, Roseville, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
A water heater system that includes a first water storage tank plumbed in series with a second water storage tank, and methods for controlling such a water heater system. In some instances, and in response to a water draw, a controller may activate both a first heat source associated with a first water storage tank and a second heat source associated for a second water storage tank. This rapid turn-on control may help reduce a drop in water temperature in the first water storage tank that might otherwise occur. The controller may also increase the setpoint temperature of the first water storage tank and/or the second water storage tank in response to a water draw.