Patent ID: 9649009
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A47L,D06F

Claim:
1. A method for controlling a domestic appliance constructed to perform a cleaning process and connected within an individual household to at least one electric mains grid implemented as an intelligent system capable of detecting measured power consumption according to different consumption tariffs and according to information about an availability of a currently applicable consumption tariff or according to a switch-off condition for preventing peak loads in the at least one electric mains grid, the method comprising the steps of: a) when an inexpensive consumption tariff is available, starting an intended operation of the domestic appliance and continuously recording a history of the cleaning process, wherein the recording the history of the cleaning process includes detecting a temperature and a change in temperature of a wash liquor or rinse water, b) when an inexpensive consumption tariff is not available or the switch-off condition for preventing peak loads in the at least one electric mains grid is met, preventing start of the intended operation of the domestic appliance or interrupting a previously started operation, and c) when information about an inexpensive consumption tariff is available, resuming the intended operation of the domestic appliance, and adding at least one component of a detergent in a dose based on the recorded history of the cleaning process, wherein the domestic appliance is a washing machine for cleaning items of clothing or a dishwasher for cleaning crockery.