Self-reactivating electrical appliance
View Patent ↗A household appliance including a wiring, a power supply unit, a switch actuated by the wiring, and an energy store. The power supply unit is connected to a power supply network and supplies power to controlled functional units of the household appliance and to the wiring. The switch, which is actuated by the wiring, disconnects the power supply unit from the power supply network on a primary side of the power supply unit and in an idle state of the household appliance. The energy store stores energy that keeps the switch open in the idle state of the household appliance.
1. A household appliance, comprising:
a wiring which controls functional units of the household appliance;
a power supply unit connected to a power supply network and to supply power to the controlled functional units of the household appliance and to the wiring;
a switch actuated by the wiring to disconnect the power supply unit from the power supply network on a primary side of the power supply unit and in an idle state of the household appliance; and
an energy store on a secondary side with respect to the power supply unit to store energy that keeps the switch open in the idle state of the household appliance.
2. The household appliance of claim 1 , wherein the energy store powers the wiring.
3. The household appliance of claim 1 , wherein the wiring monitors an operating state of the energy store, and wherein, when a predetermined supply threshold is reached, the wiring actuates the switch such that the switch connects the power supply unit to the power supply network on the primary side of the power supply unit.
4. The household appliance of claim 1 , further comprising an autonomous energy source connected to the energy store to charge the energy store.
5. The household appliance of claim 4 , wherein the autonomous energy source comprises a solar cell.
6. A circuit arrangement for a household appliance, comprising:
an electrical switch to switch a mains voltage of a power supply network; and
an energy store to store energy that keeps the electrical switch open in an idle state of the household appliance, wherein the energy store is charged when the mains voltage of the power supply network is switched on by the electrical switch, and wherein the mains voltage is isolated from a control voltage provided by the energy store during the idle state.
7. The electric circuit of claim 6 , wherein the energy store is arranged on a secondary side with respect to the power supply network.
8. A household appliance, comprising:
a power supply unit connected to an external power supply network and to supply power to the household appliance;
a switch to disconnect the power supply unit from the external power supply network in an idle state of the household appliance; and
an energy store to store energy that keeps the switch open in the idle state of the household appliance, wherein during normal operation of the household appliance, the energy store keeps the switch open for the entire idle state.
9. The electric circuit of claim 8 , wherein the energy store is arranged on a secondary side with respect to the external power supply network.
10. An electrical circuit of a household appliance, the electrical circuit comprising:
an electrical switch to one of turn on and turn off a mains voltage of an external power supply network connected to the household appliance; and
an energy store that is charged with energy when the mains voltage of the external power supply network is turned on by the electrical switch, wherein the energy store keeps the electrical switch open in an idle state of the household appliance, and wherein the mains voltage is isolated from a control voltage provided by the energy store during the idle state.
11. The electric circuit of claim 10 , wherein the energy store is arranged on a secondary side with respect to the external power supply network.
12. A system, comprising:
a power supply unit of a household appliance that supplies power to the household appliance;
a power supply network external to the household appliance;
an electrical switch that connects the power supply unit to the power supply network and that, if the household appliance is in an idle state, disconnects the power supply unit from the power supply network; and
an energy store arranged on a secondary side with respect to the power supply unit that is charged with energy when the electrical switch connects the power supply unit to the power supply network and that keeps the electrical switch open in the idle state of the household appliance.
13. The electric circuit of claim 12 , wherein a mains voltage of the power supply network is isolated from a control voltage provided by the energy storage during the idle state.