Load cycling with space temperature feedback
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1. A system for cycling loads in a building comprising:
- physical condition responsive means adapted to be mounted internally in said building for sensing a physical condition;
control means for cycling said loads on and off according to a predetermined cycle rate, each load having an on time and an off time within a cycle, said control means being connected to said physical condition responsive means for resetting said off time according to said physical condition; and
,connecting means connected to said control means and adapted to be connected to said loads for cycling said loads whereby said off time of said loads are reset by said physical condition responsive means.
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Abstract
A system for cycling loads within a building to save energy is disclosed having a control apparatus for cycling the loads on and off according to a predetermined cycle rate, each load having an on time and off time within a cycle and wherein the control apparatus is responsive to a temperature sensor located within the building for resetting the off time of the load during each cycle.
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1. A system for cycling loads in a building comprising:
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physical condition responsive means adapted to be mounted internally in said building for sensing a physical condition; control means for cycling said loads on and off according to a predetermined cycle rate, each load having an on time and an off time within a cycle, said control means being connected to said physical condition responsive means for resetting said off time according to said physical condition; and
,connecting means connected to said control means and adapted to be connected to said loads for cycling said loads whereby said off time of said loads are reset by said physical condition responsive means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for cycling loads in a builing comprising:
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physical condition responsive means mounted internally within said builing for sensing a physical condition; control means for cycling said loads on and off according to a predetermined cycle rate, each load having an on time and an off time within a cycle, said control means being connected to said physical condition responsive means for resetting said off time according to said physical condition; and
,connecting means connecting said control means to said loads for cycling said loads whereby said off time of said loads are reset by said physical condition responsive means. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. The method of cycling loads in a building comprising the steps of:
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sensing a physical condition within said building and generating a control signal in accordance therewith; determining the off time of said loads in accordance with said control signal; cycling the loads on and off according to a predetermined cycle rate, each load having an on time and an off time within a cycle; resetting said off time of said cycling step by the determined off time of said determining step. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for cycling loads in a building comprising:
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physical condition responsive means adapted to be mounted internally in said building for sensing a physical condition; control means for cycling said loads on and off according to a predetermined cycle rate, each load having an on-time and an off-time within a cycle, the total of said on-time and off-time for a cycle being of a predetermined length, said control means being connected to said physical condition responsive means for relatively adjusting said off-time and said on-time according to said physical condition; and
,connecting means connecting said control means adapted to be connected to said loads for cycling said loads whereby said off-time and on-time of said loads are relatively reset by said physical condition responsive means.
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