Patent ID: 8360334
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: F24D,G05B,G05D

Abstract:
1. A computerized water heating control system, comprising: means for automatically monitoring and controlling a plurality of water heating units within a local water heating system; means for comparing parametric measurements associated with each of the water heating units; at least one sensor adapted for acquiring current water heating unit data from the plurality of water heating units in the local water heating system, the at least one sensor being connected to the automatically controlling and acquiring means; means for acquiring water heating unit historical data for both the local water heating system and for a group of similar heating systems, the means for acquiring including means for accessing a remote database through a network; means for comparing current and historical data of similar water heating units within the local water heating system; means for comparing current and historical data for a water heating unit within the local water heating system to similar water heating units within the group of similar water heating systems; means for recording current local weather conditions; means for factoring in said current local weather conditions with previous historical data from the network of controlled systems when constructing base and future calculations for heat loss from a body of standing water; means for calculating potential heat gain from the sun means for improving calculations for the predicted heater start time, said calculations improving means comparing predicted heater run time with actual heater run time, and adjusting for discrepancies; means for adjusting the system, the system adjusting means allowing the heater to remain off for as long as possible while maintaining desired temperature vs. time profile; and solar heat gain gauging means occurring on an hourly basis and corrected by the pool heater, if necessary.