Refrigerator having power outage duration feature

Methods and apparatus for monitoring power outages in a household appliance such as a refrigerator are disclosed. According to the method, a household appliance determines a prior occurrence of a power outage to the appliance. The household appliance then computes a duration of the power outage. Fur...

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Hauptverfasser:	MONTUORO LOUIS, MC NAMARA JOHN L, FERRAGUT, II NELSON J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ALARM SYSTEMS BLASTING COLD ROOMS COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT COVERED BY ANY OTHERSUBCLASS HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS HEATING ICE-BOXES LIGHTING LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE MEASURING MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT MEASURING TEMPERATURE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ORDER TELEGRAPHS PHYSICS REFRIGERATION OR COOLING REFRIGERATORS SIGNALLING SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS TESTING THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	Methods and apparatus for monitoring power outages in a household appliance such as a refrigerator are disclosed. According to the method, a household appliance determines a prior occurrence of a power outage to the appliance. The household appliance then computes a duration of the power outage. Further, the household appliance alerts a user of the duration of the power outage.