Frost sensor employing self-heating thermistor as sensor element

Details Frost sensor employing self-heating thermistor as sensor element Frost sensor employing self-heating thermistor as sensor element

1980-04-03

1981-12-15

Wayner, William E.

Refrigeration

Automatic control

By accumulation on freezing surface, e.g., ice

62155, 62158, F25D 2102

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active

043052592

ABSTRACT:
A frost sensor circuit which employs a thermistor (10, 20) to sense the amount of frost present on the cooling coils of a refrigerator, air conditioner, or the like, and to inhibit defrosting that would otherwise occur at regular intervals, in those cases where the frost present is not enough to justify a defrost function thereby to limit defrost heating to those cycles requiring it, thus saving electrical energy. This is done by mounting the thermistor at or on the coils to collect the same amount of frost as the coils and to have the defrost cycle control (11) energize the same for a timed interval, melting the frost thereon and thereby determining the amount of frost build-up.

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Thermistor Manual; Fenwal Electronics, 1974.

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