Patent ID: 11859869
Assignee: RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G  H  Y | IPC F  G  H

Claim 5:
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
in response to determining that the current water temperature is less than a second PV heat point lower than the normal lower threshold heat point, determining, by the at least one processor, at a third time, whether the required amount of the energy is less than or equal to a new updated amount of the available PV energy at the third time in the PV system; and
in response to the required amount of the energy being less than or equal to the new updated amount of the available PV energy at the third time, setting, by the at least one processor, the switch to transfer the PV energy from the PV system to the heating device.