摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent current from flowing over a rating and eliminate a shutoff of an exclusive breaker by a method wherein the operation of a toaster and a coffee maker, which are connected respectively to service outlets whose precedence is set, is controlled based on the precedence. SOLUTION: A microwave oven 10 is equipped with two pieces of service outlets 26, 28, capable of setting a precedence in a microwave oven main body 18 connected to a commercial power supply AC 100 V through an exclusive breaker 12 having a predetermined current capacity by the precedence setting switches provided in the indicating unit 22 and the operating unit 24 of the microwave oven main body 18. In this case, a toaster 14 and a coffee maker 15 connected respectively to the outlets are controlled by a microcomputer so that the total power consumption of the microwave oven main body 18, the toaster 14 and the coffee maker 16 is controlled within a breaker capacity based on the set precedence while the use conditions or the like of the microwave oven main body 18, the toaster 14 and the coffee maker 16 are indicated in the indicating unit.
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