Patent ID: 9664433
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: F04B,F25B,F25D,Y02B

Claim:
1. A method of determining a time delay for turning off an evaporator fan in a refrigerator after a compressor of the refrigerator is turned off, the method comprising sequential steps of: (a) operating the evaporator fan in the refrigerator for a period of time; (b) operating the compressor of the refrigerator to cool the refrigerator to a predetermined temperature after turning off the evaporator fan; (c) determining a power consumption value, the power consumption value including power consumed by operating the compressor to cool the refrigerator; (d) repeating steps (a)-(c) to obtain a plurality of times and a plurality of power consumption values; (e) selecting a time based on a coinciding power consumption value; and (f) adapting the refrigerator to use the time as the time delay for turning off the evaporator fan in the refrigerator after the compressor of the refrigerator is turned off.