Device and method of starting a cycle of an electrical apparatus

摘要

The device has an analog input and filtering stage (4) which separates the useful encoded tariff signals from the sinusoidal mains network and feeds them to an ADC (5). The digitized signals are fed to a computer controller (7) via a digital filter (6). The tariff signals are decoded and at least one time range common to all the tariffs corresponding to the most beneficial tariff is identified for starting the operating cycle of the appliance. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) an electrical household appliance connected to an electrical network by a connection unit and having a starting device; and (2) a method for starting a cycle of an electrical appliance.