Energy conserving electrical power control circuit
Patent
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OSTI ID:6392726
An energy conserving circuit for controlling supply of electrical power to various loads such as a street lamp or a hot water heater comprises a photoelectric device for starting a timer when a change from daylight to dark is sensed at sundown, and a load power control responsive to the timer to switch between power-off and power-on states. With a street lamp the timer and power control means are connected to switch the power control means to power-on state at the beginning of the delay period at sundown and later, well before sunrise, to switch to power-off state. In the case of a household hot water heater the switching of the power control to power-on state is delayed until the peak demand hours have ended after sundown. The photoelectric device will normally cause the power control to switch to poweroff state at sunrise. But a second timer may be added which is responsive to the photoelectric device to start a second timing period ending after normal sunrise so that switching to power-off will occur if the photoelectric device does not or cannot respond to sunrise.
- Assignee:
- EDB-83-057346
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4362970
- OSTI ID:
- 6392726
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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