SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION MODULE FOR CONTROLLING A DOMESTIC APPLIANCE

摘要

The description relates to a system 100 for collective use of a domestic appliance 110. The system 100 comprises a control unit 101 that is set up to ascertain that a user wishes to use the domestic appliance 110 in a first period. In this case, the control unit 101 and the domestic appliance 110 are at separate locations from one another. The system 100 further comprises a communication module 120 that is set up to break or make an electrically conductive connection between the domestic appliance 110 and an electrical supply source 130. The communication module comprises a socket into which a power supply connector of the domestic appliance 110 can be plugged. The control unit 101 is further set up to use a WAN communication link 102 to prompt the communication module 120 to form the electrically conductive connection for the first period.