IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO TEMPERATURE-INDEPENDENT CONTROL OF A THERMOSTATICALLY-CONTROLLABLE COOLING AND/OR HEATING APPLIANCE

摘要

A method of at least in part temperature-independently controlling a thermostatically- controllable cooling and/or heating appliance (10) is provided. The method comprises the step of periodically at least in part temperature-independently deactivating and reactivating a thermostatically-controllable cooling and/or heating element (26) of the said appliance (10) whilst the cooling and/or heating element (26) of the cooling and/or heating appliance (10) is ordinarily energised to heat and/or cool during an energisation period of a or each standard duty cycle. A deactivation period of the cooling and/or heating element (26) is at least in part controlled by a timer element (42). The deactivation period is also automatically adjustable based on a deactivation-period profile associated with the timer element (42), and the deactivation period is further automatically adjustable when the cooling and/or heating element is thermostatically or manually deactivated during the energisation period of the or each said standard duty cycle.