Abstract: A heat pump water heater and method is disclosed. The heat pump water heater includes a stratified water tank configured to hold water of different temperatures therein and a heat exchange unit. The heat exchange unit includes a pump configured to remove water from a bottom of the stratified tank, a heat pump having a condenser configured to receive the water from the pump and supply heat to the water flowing through the condenser such that the condenser heats the water to a pre-determined temperature, and a resistance heater configured to receive the heated water from the condenser. The resistance heater supplies additional heat to the water if the pre-determined temperature of the water exiting the condenser does not equal or exceed a pre-determined set-point. The heated water from the resistance heater is supplied to a top of the stratified tank for use by a residence or utility.

Abstract: A motor including a stator, a first connector portion, a selector, and a second connector portion. The stator has a first winding arrangement configured for a first voltage and a second winding arrangement configured for a second voltage different from the first voltage. The first connector portion is selectively connectable to each of the first winding arrangement and the second winding arrangement. The selector is movable between a first position in which the first connector portion is connected to the first winding arrangement, and a second position in which the first connector portion is connected to the second winding arrangement. The second connector portion is electrically connected to a power supply and selectively engageable with the first connector portion to provide power to one of the first winding arrangement and the second winding arrangement.

Abstract: A motor including a stator, a first connector portion, a selector, and a second connector portion. The stator has a first winding arrangement configured for a first voltage and a second winding arrangement configured for a second voltage different from the first voltage. The first connector portion is selectively connectable to each of the first winding arrangement and the second winding arrangement. The selector is movable between a first position in which the first connector portion is connected to the first winding arrangement, and a second position in which the first connector portion is connected to the second winding arrangement. The second connector portion is electrically connected to a power supply and selectively engageable with the first connector portion to provide power to one of the first winding arrangement and the second winding arrangement.

Abstract: A high performance, high capacitance gain, electric connector for data transfer applications. At least eight sequentially positioned elongate contact members are connected in a series of signal pairs. A first signal pair includes a fourth contact member and a fifth contact member. A second signal pair includes a third contact member and a sixth contact member. In addition, a third signal pair comprises a first contact member and a second contact member. Finally, a seventh and an eighth contact member are in a fourth signal pair. One member of each contact member pair is configured differently from the other member of the pair, the respective contact members being oriented relative to one another such that they substantially remain in generally parallel planes, but define non-parallel paths. Each of the third and fifth contact members mounts a plate-like extension oriented in a first direction and in respective planes generally parallel to one another.

Abstract: A wire aligner for assembly with the end portions of four twisted pairs of wires of a multi-conductor cable, is formed as a wire aligner housing having front and rear parts along a central longitudinal axis, the front part defining longitudinally therethrough three channels which are spaced apart horizontally as middle, left and right channels to define a first horizontal plane, and two upper channels spaced apart from each other and defining a second horizontal plane spaced from and above the first horizontal plane. The rear part extends rearwardly from the front part and comprises (a) a pair of left and right separators spaced apart horizontally to define a central space between them and left and right spaces outward of the left and right separators respectively, and (b) a divider extending horizontally between the separators and defining central upper and central lower spaces respectively.

Abstract: A wire aligner for assembly with the end portions of four twisted pairs of wires of a multi-conductor cable, is formed as a wire aligner housing having front and rear parts along a central longitudinal axis, the front part defining longitudinally therethrough three channels which are spaced apart horizontally as middle, left and right channels to define a first horizontal plane, and two upper channels spaced apart from each other and defining a second horizontal plane spaced from and above the first horizontal plane. The rear part extends rearwardly from the front part and comprises (a) a pair of left and right separators spaced apart horizontally to define a central space between them and left and right spaces outward of the left and right separators respectively, and (b) a divider extending horizontally between the separators and defining central upper and central lower spaces respectively.