Refrigerator having power outage duration feature

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2006-04-04

2006-04-04

Norman, Marc (Department: 3744)

Refrigeration

With indicator or tester

Condition sensing

C368S121000, C713S340000, C340S652000, C340S691600

Reexamination Certificate

active

07021068

ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus for monitoring power outages in a household appliance such as a refrigerator are disclosed. According to the method, a household appliance determines a prior occurrence of a power outage to the appliance. The household appliance then computes a duration of the power outage. Further, the household appliance alerts a user of the duration of the power outage.

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