About Appliance Communication.
Energy Smart TM
in some select locations,electric utilities ore
beginning to run consumer trials where they
communicate directly with household appliances
to reduce energy consumption during periods of
high energy costs.To communicate with on electric
utility, your home would needto be equipped
with o Smart Electric Meter,and your appliance
would need to hove on Appliance Communication
Module (ACM)installed.Smart Meters and ACM's
ore currently not available directly to consumers.
Consumers need to be solicited by their electric
utility before they con participate in field trials
testing these new communication solutions.
If you ore part of o previously arranged electric
utility trial where your utility isin communication
with your appliances, your appliance will receive
energy reduction signals from the utility. When the
energy reduction signal has been received,your
appliance will display on "ES"on the display and/
or the Energy Smart icon will illuminate on the
front panel. Theappliance will respond by reducing
energy consumption or delaying the start of the
cycle.
TheEnergy Smart mode con be overridden by:
- Holding the Delay Wash button for 3 seconds to
return the washer to normal operation.
Energy Smart installation and system connection
instructions are included with the ACM.
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