Patent ID: 7854138

Claim:
A method for controlling a multi-unit air conditioning system, comprising: providing n compressors, wherein n is a number greater than 2; and providing n orders for operating all of the compressors, each order having a sequence for turning on all of the compressors one by one and each order starting the sequence with a different compressor, wherein the sequence of one order is carried out in such a manner that at least one of the compressors is turned on first in an associated order, wherein, after a predetermined one of the compressors in the associated order is turned on, the remaining compressors are sequentially turned on one by one, wherein when a compressor re-operation is repeatedly carried out after all of the compressors have been turned off, the repetition of the compressor re-operation is carried out by the sequence of another order, and wherein the sequence of turning on the remaining compressors is set such that sequences of different orders are different from one another.