page_title: Home appliance
hierarchical_section_title: Home appliance
caption_attribution_description: Breville Appliances. From left to right: Emporia BKE400, Aroma Style Electronic BCM600, Ikon SK500, Emporia Toaster CT25B.
context_page_description: A home appliance, domestic appliance or household appliance, is a device which assists in household functions such as cooking, cleaning and food preservation.
  Appliances are divided into three types:
  small appliances;
  major appliances, or white goods;
  and consumer electronics, or brown goods.
  This categorization is reflected in the maintenance and repair of these types of products. Brown goods typically require high technical knowledge and skills, while white goods may need more practical skills and force to manipulate the devices and heavy tools required to repair them.
context_section_description: A home appliance, domestic appliance or household appliance, is a device which assists in household functions such as cooking, cleaning and food preservation.
  Appliances are divided into three types:
  small appliances;
  major appliances, or white goods;
  and consumer electronics, or brown goods.
  This categorization is reflected in the maintenance and repair of these types of products. Brown goods typically require high technical knowledge and skills (which get more complex with time, such as going from a soldering iron to a hot-air soldering station), while white goods may need more practical skills and force to manipulate the devices and heavy tools required to repair them.
caption: Numerous home appliances may be used in kitchens
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