METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGULATING THE OPERATION OF AN ICEMAKING MACHINE BASED TO OPTIMIZE THE RUN TIME BASED ON VARIABLE POWER RATES

摘要

An ice-making machine having an assembly and a controller that controls s aid assembly to make ice. A sensing device senses a current level of ice in an ice bin that receives the ice made by the assembly. The controller compar es the current level to a high set point and a low set point and, based on a current energy rate, controls the assembly to maintain the current level at or near the high set point when said current energy rate is low and at or n ear the low set point when the current energy rate is high to provide energy efficiency. The controller and sensing device are part of a retrofit assemb ly that retrofits an existing ice machine with the energy efficient feature.