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US 12,203,684 B2Granted
Water heater operation monitoring and notification
AssigneeRheem Manufacturing Company
InventorsRaheel A. Chaudhry, Michael C. Mitchell
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Abstract
A water heater monitoring and notification method includes determining that an intake pressure switch of a combustion system of a water heater or an exhaust pressure switch of the combustion system of the water heater is open and shutting down a blower of the combustion system in response to the intake pressure switch or the exhaust pressure switch being open.
Claims15
A water heater monitoring and notification method, comprising:
- determining that an intake pressure switch of a combustion system of a water heater or an exhaust pressure switch of the combustion system of the water heater is open;
- and
- shutting down a blower of the combustion system in response to the intake pressure switch or the exhaust pressure switch being open;
- determining that the combustion system of the water heater is degraded;
- and
- providing a notification indicating a possible defect with the intake pressure switch or the exhaust pressure switch in response to determining that the intake pressure switch or the exhaust pressure switch is open and the combustion system of the water heater is not degraded.
3 more elements
A water heater system, comprising:
- a controller configured to:
- determine whether an intake pressure switch of a combustion system of a water heater or an exhaust pressure switch of the combustion system of the water heater is open;
- and
- shut down a blower of the combustion system in response to the intake pressure switch or the exhaust pressure switch being open;
- determine whether the combustion system of the water heater is degraded;
- and
- provide a notification indicating a possible defect with the intake pressure switch or the exhaust pressure switch in response to determining that the intake pressure switch or the exhaust pressure switch is open and the combustion system of the water heater is not degraded.
4 more elements
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- determine whether an intake pressure switch of a combustion system of a water heater or an exhaust pressure switch of the combustion system of the water heater is open;
- shut down a blower of the combustion system in response to the intake pressure switch or the exhaust pressure switch being open;
- determine whether the combustion system of the water heater is degraded;
- and
- provide a notification indicating a possible defect with the intake pressure switch or the exhaust pressure switch in response to determining that the intake pressure switch or the exhaust pressure switch is open and the combustion system of the water heater is not degraded.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.