Patent ID: 9494955
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: F24D,F24H,G05D,H05B

Claim Text:
1. A method of controlling a heat-generating element that generates heat when electric current is passed therethrough to control an ambient temperature within a space in which a sensor for sensing temperatures is at least partially located, the method comprising: (a) sensing an initial temperature; (b) permitting passage of the electric current through the heat-generating element at a preselected output for a preselected initial time period; (c) after the electric current has passed through the heat-generating element for the preselected initial time period, sensing a second temperature; (d) determining a first temperature difference between the initial temperature and the second temperature; and (e) determining a maximum error between: in accordance with a predetermined relationship between the first temperature difference and the maximum error.