Patent ID: 8151585

Claim:
A system, comprising: a compressor; a heat exchanger; at least one refrigerant line to promote communication of refrigerant between the compressor and the heat exchanger; a low pressure cut out (LPCO) switch to promote disabling the compressor based on a system pressure; an ambient temperature sensor configured to determine an ambient temperature; and a control component coupled to communicate with the LPCO switch and the ambient temperature sensor, the component configured to determine a mode state of the system and to disable the compressor based on a status of the LPCO switch, the ambient temperature, and the mode state; wherein when the LPCO status is open and the system is in a cooling mode state, the control component configured to initiate one or more short lock out durations and a hard lock out duration based on a maximum threshold number of short lock outs; and wherein the short lock out durations comprise a substantially predetermined total length of time.