Patent ID: 9657974
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: F25B,H05B

Claim:
1. A system of linked appliances comprising: a microwave oven connected to a source of power and having a control circuit for controlling the operation of the microwave oven; a first power supply outlet provided on the microwave oven; a refrigerator connected to the source of power by connection to the first power supply outlet; a second power supply outlet connected to the source of power through the control circuit, the second power supply outlet adapted to be electrically connected to at least one device having lower power consumption requirements than power requirements of the refrigerator; sensing components connected to sense current draw at the second power supply outlet, and generating signals indicative thereof; wherein the control circuit is configured to enable or disable power to the microwave oven, the first power supply outlet and the second power supply outlet, and wherein the control circuit: