Clothes treating apparatus and method for controlling the same

Abstract

A clothes treating apparatus is provided. The clothes treating apparatus includes a housing, a tub disposed in the housing, a drum disposed in the tub and configured to accommodate laundry, a hot air supply device including a heater configured to heat air, a fan configured to blow the heated air into the tub, and a fan driving device configured to provide a driving force to the fan, a temperature sensor disposed in the hot air supply device and configured to detect a temperature of the heated air, a discharge device including a discharge flow path configured to guide air discharged from the tub to an outside of the housing, memory, including one or more storage media, storing instructions, and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the temperature sensor, the discharge device, and the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the clothes treating apparatus to dry, by driving, the hot air supply device, and, based on an average power consumption of the fan driving device and a temperature change amount of the heated air over time, determine whether the discharge flow path is blocked.

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