Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating an air conditioner which is basically composed of an outdoor unit and an indoor unit and whose operation is controlled on the basis of values measured by a plurality of temperature sensors. When any one of the plural sensors is disabled due to wire disconnection, short-circuit or like trouble, and when a specific sensor which has a complementary relation with the disabled sensor with respect to the heat cycle or which has an object of measurement substantially the same as that of the disabled sensor is normally functioning without any wire disconnection, short-circuit or like trouble, the value measured by the specific sensor is based to presume the value that will be measured by the disabled sensor if the disabled sensor functions normally, and the operation of the air conditioner is continued on the basis of the presumed value.

Abstract: An air conditioner in which an outdoor unit having a compressor, a condenser, and expansion valve and an outdoor fan and an indoor unit having an evaporator and an indoor fan are connected by a piping to form a refrigerating cycle, and which has an outdoor air introducing mechanism including a damper disposed in an air flow path of the indoor fan of the indoor unit so as to enable introduction of outdoor air into the room. The air conditioner has: a comparison means for periodically comparing the room temperature with a room temperature set point; an alteration means for altering, on the basis of the output from the comparison means, a mixed air temperature initial set point preliminarily determined; and a control means for controlling the operations of the outdoor air introduction damper, the outdoor and indoor fans and the compressor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a digital control circuit which controls the drive of a load by the use of a clock pulse. More particularly, it relates to an integrated circuit device for combustion control which controls the combustion of a burner in a water heater, an air heater or the like. A combustion control circuit performs an ignition operation for a predetermined time, and stops the supply of fuel in case of misfire. When the reception of the time-keeping clock pulses has stopped within the predetermined time, such predetermined time will become infinite, and in the case of misfire, the fuel supply will continue dangerously.