Electrical appliance such as a washing machine or a dishwashing machine with - an electrical resistance heating element (13, 113), the electrical resistance heating element having two connectors (14, 15, 114, 115), wherein a first connector (14, 114) is connected to a first pole (18, 118) of a feed voltage (17, 117) and wherein a second connector (15, 115) is connected to an input (22, 122) of a two way switching means (21, 121), - a load circuit (28, 128) comprising an electrical load (30, 130), wherein: - the two way switching means (21, 121) is provided with the one input (22, 122) and two outputs (23, 24, 123, 124), wherein the input (22, 122) can be switched to either one of the two outputs (23, 24, 123, 124), wherein the second output (24, 124) is connected to the second pole (19, 119) of the feed voltage (17, 117) and the first output (23, 123) is connected to the load circuit (28, 128), - a bridge switching means (26, 126) is provided being connected on the first side with the first pole (18, 118) of the feed voltage (17, 117) and with the second side with the first output (23, 123) of the two way switching means (21, 121), - the bridge switching means (26, 126) is an electro-mechanical switch, - the bridge switching means is a door lock switch (26, 126) of the electrical appliance, wherein - when the electrical appliance is turned on, the door lock switch (26, 126) is open and current is provided to the load circuit (28, 128) only via the heating element (13, 113) working as a current limiter, and - when the electrical appliance is ready for action, the door lock switch (26, 126) is closed and current to the load circuit (28, 128) passes by the electrical resistance heating element (13, 113) via the door lock switch (26, 126). - an electrical resistance heating element (13, 113), the electrical resistance heating element having two connectors (14, 15, 114, 115), wherein a first connector (14, 114) is connected to a first pole (18, 118) of a feed voltage (17, 117) and wherein a second connector (15, 115) is connected to an input (22, 122) of a two way switching means (21, 121), - a load circuit (28, 128) comprising an electrical load (30, 130), - the two way switching means (21, 121) is provided with the one input (22, 122) and two outputs (23, 24, 123, 124), wherein the input (22, 122) can be switched to either one of the two outputs (23, 24, 123, 124), wherein the second output (24, 124) is connected to the second pole (19, 119) of the feed voltage (17, 117) and the first output (23, 123) is connected to the load circuit (28, 128), - a bridge switching means (26, 126) is provided being connected on the first side with the first pole (18, 118) of the feed voltage (17, 117) and with the second side with the first output (23, 123) of the two way switching means (21, 121), - the bridge switching means (26, 126) is an electro-mechanical switch, - the bridge switching means is a door lock switch (26, 126) of the electrical appliance, wherein - when the electrical appliance is turned on, the door lock switch (26, 126) is open and current is provided to the load circuit (28, 128) only via the heating element (13, 113) working as a current limiter, and - when the electrical appliance is ready for action, the door lock switch (26, 126) is closed and current to the load circuit (28, 128) passes by the electrical resistance heating element (13, 113) via the door lock switch (26, 126).