Systems and Methods to Quick Start a Water Heater
AssigneeRheem Manufacturing Company
InventorsDavid Mark Pharis, Alex L. Williams
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Abstract
A water heater including a heat pump assembly, a heating element and a controller is disclosed. The controller is configured to activate a quick start mode of the water heater responsive to obtaining a user request and activate the heat pump assembly and the first heating element simultaneously responsive to activating the quick start mode. The controller may obtain an operational parameter associated with a water heater component responsive to activating the heat pump assembly and the first heating element and output a notification indicating the operational parameter.
Claims20
A water heater, comprising:
- a heat pump assembly;
- at least a first heating element;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- activate a quick start mode of the water heater responsive to obtaining a user request;
- activate the heat pump assembly and the first heating element simultaneously responsive to activating the quick start mode;
- obtain an operational parameter associated with a water heater component responsive to activating the heat pump assembly and the first heating element;
- and
- output a notification indicating the operational parameter.
A water heating method, comprising:
- activating, by a controller, a quick start mode of a water heater responsive to obtaining a user request;
- activating, by the controller, a heat pump assembly and a heating element associated with the water heater simultaneously responsive to activating the quick start mode;
- obtaining, by the controller, an operational parameter associated with a water heater component responsive to activating the heat pump assembly and the heating element;
- and
- outputting, by the controller, a notification indicating the operational parameter.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- activate a quick start mode of a water heater responsive to obtaining a user request;
- activate a heat pump assembly and a heating element associated with the water heater simultaneously responsive to activating the quick start mode;
- obtain an operational parameter associated with a water heater component responsive to activating the heat pump assembly and the heating element;
- and
- output a notification indicating the operational parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.