A means of controlling the power provided to an appliance

Abstract

a method for controlling the power provided to an appliance, comprising the steps of: providing an appliance with a power, wherein the provided power is the power required by the appliance; determining a first power reference value, wherein the first power reference value is either the average power provided to the appliance for the duration of a first time period or the peak power provided to the appliance in a first time period; determining that the power provided to the appliance is less than a second power reference value, wherein the second power reference value is a portion of the first power reference value; withholding from providing power to the appliance when the power provided to the appliance is below the second power reference value for a duration of a second time period, wherein the start of the second time period is from the point at which the power provided to the appliance is less than the second power reference value.

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