CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF A DISHWASHING APPLIANCE

摘要

Systems and methods for controlling one or more operations of a dishwashing appliance are provided. In particular, a supply voltage applied to a heating element of the dishwashing appliance can be determined. The supply voltage can be compared with an acceptable operating range of supply voltages to determine whether the supply voltage is within the acceptable operating range and, if the supply voltage is not within the acceptable operating range, one or more operations of the dishwashing appliance can be controlled based at least in part on the determined supply voltage. For instance, an amount of time during which the heating element is active during one or more operational cycles can be adjusted to compensate for the determined supply voltage.

主权项

1. A dishwashing appliance comprising:
a tub defining a wash chamber; a rack assembly disposed within the wash chamber of the tub, the rack assembly configured for supporting articles for washing within the wash chamber of the tub; a resistive heating element located in the wash chamber; and one or more control devices configured to control operation of the dishwashing appliance based at least in part on the determined supply voltage by executing computer-readable instructions stored in one or more memory devices that when executed by the one or more control devices cause the one or more control devices to perform operations, the operations comprising:
detecting a supply voltage associated with the heating element;determining whether the supply voltage is within an acceptable operating supply voltage range; andadjusting at least one operational cycle of the dishwashing appliance when it is determined that the supply voltage is outside of the acceptable operating supply voltage range.