METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A DOMESTIC APPLIANCE, USING SMART METERING

摘要

The invention relates to a method for controlling a domestic appliance, especially a washing machine or dishwasher for cleaning items of clothing and crockery, respectively. When this appliance is connected to at least one electric mains grid, which is especially branched off a public mains grid, in an individual household, the at least one electric mains grid being an intelligent system such as a system allowing smart metering, so that measured consumed power is detected according to different consumption tariffs and information on the availability of a currently applicable consumption tariff or a switch-off condition for preventing peak loads in the mains grid is made available to the domestic appliance to be operated, the domestic appliance is operated according to the following steps: a) when an inexpensive consumption tariff is available, the appliance is put into operation as intended, the history of the cleaning process being continuously recorded, b) when no inexpensive consumption tariff is available or a switch-off condition for preventing peak loads in the mains grid is met, the appliance is not put into operation as intended or a previously started operation is interrupted, and c) when an information on an inexpensive consumption tariff is available operation of the domestic appliance is resumed, the dosing of at least one component of a detergent being carried out depending on the recorded history of the cleaning process. The invention further relates to a device for carrying out the method according to the invention.