A household appliance which comprises, - a motor for driving a tool of the appliance; - a relay configured to couple the motor with a power supply for activating the motor; - a control unit configured to generate a control signal for controlling the relay; - a manual control element configured to generate an edge within an actuation signal subject to actuation of the manual control element by a user of the appliance; wherein the control unit is configured to - determine that the motor is to be activated; - in reaction to this, generate the control signal for closing the relay; - cause an instruction to the user to be output via a user interface of the appliance, in reaction to determining that the motor is to be activated; wherein the instruction is directed at causing the user to actuate the manual control element for activating the motor; and - a control circuit configured to control the relay for activating the motor of the appliance; wherein the control circuit comprises, - an AND gate configured to forward the control signal at an input port of the AND gate to an output port of the AND gate in dependence of a state of a safety signal; wherein the output port of the AND gate is coupled to the relay; and - a latch configured to set the state of the safety signal at an output port of the latch in dependence of the presence of an edge within the actuation signal at an input port of the latch. - a motor for driving a tool of the appliance; - a relay configured to couple the motor with a power supply for activating the motor; - a control unit configured to generate a control signal for controlling the relay; - a manual control element configured to generate an edge within an actuation signal subject to actuation of the manual control element by a user of the appliance; wherein the control unit is configured to - determine that the motor is to be activated; - in reaction to this, generate the control signal for closing the relay; - cause an instruction to the user to be output via a user interface of the appliance, in reaction to determining that the motor is to be activated; wherein the instruction is directed at causing the user to actuate the manual control element for activating the motor; and - determine that the motor is to be activated; - in reaction to this, generate the control signal for closing the relay; - cause an instruction to the user to be output via a user interface of the appliance, in reaction to determining that the motor is to be activated; wherein the instruction is directed at causing the user to actuate the manual control element for activating the motor; and - a control circuit configured to control the relay for activating the motor of the appliance; wherein the control circuit comprises, - an AND gate configured to forward the control signal at an input port of the AND gate to an output port of the AND gate in dependence of a state of a safety signal; wherein the output port of the AND gate is coupled to the relay; and - a latch configured to set the state of the safety signal at an output port of the latch in dependence of the presence of an edge within the actuation signal at an input port of the latch. - an AND gate configured to forward the control signal at an input port of the AND gate to an output port of the AND gate in dependence of a state of a safety signal; wherein the output port of the AND gate is coupled to the relay; and - a latch configured to set the state of the safety signal at an output port of the latch in dependence of the presence of an edge within the actuation signal at an input port of the latch.