Patent ID: 6845536
Filing Date: 2005-01-25
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. The method in a system having an appliance and a plurality of inlet valves operably connected to the appliance, each inlet valve is connected to a respective one of a plurality of lines supplying a fluid to the appliance, the method comprising the steps of: sensing a temperature of a fluid supplied by a first of the lines connected to a first of the inlet valves; associating the first inlet valve with one of a plurality of predetermined temperature ranges, the sensed temperature of the fluid supplied by the first line being within the one predetermined temperature range; activating the first inlet valve upon a request by the appliance for a fluid in the one predetermined temperature range; sensing a temperature of a fluid supplied by a second of the lines connected to a second of the inlet valves; associating a second of the plurality of inlet valves with another of the plurality of predetermined temperature ranges, the sensed temperature of the fluid supplied by the second line being within the other predetermined temperature range; activating the second inlet valve upon a request by the appliance for a fluid in the other predetermined temperature range; and determining whether the one predetermined temperature range associated with the first inlet valve is the same as the other predetermined temperature range associated with the second inlet valve; and activating a user-perceivable signaling device in response to determining that the one predetermined temperature range is the same as the other predetermined temperature range.