Patent ID: 9651271
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: F24F

Claim:
1. A method of controlling power consumption in a plurality of climate control appliances, each of which is connected to a plurality of neighbouring appliances and has a running cycle of predetermined length, each appliance having an active state in which it is actively controlling a climate parameter and an inactive state in which it is not actively controlling the climate parameter, each appliance being able to communicate with its neighbouring appliances in both the active and inactive states, the method including the steps of: setting a cap for the power consumption of each group of appliances comprising an appliance and its neighbours; setting a threshold value for the climate parameter separating values for said parameter into a preferred side of said threshold value and a non-preferred side of said threshold value; and when a first of said climate control appliances reaches the end of its running cycle: if so, said first appliance being placed in an inactive state for its next running cycle; if not, the first appliance: