Switching assembly for operating a household device, having - a switching input with a first and a second input terminal (4, 5) for coupling the switching assembly to an electric power supply network, wherein an alternating supply voltage ( U V) of the power supply network can be applied to the switching input, - a voltage supply unit which is embodied to provide a direct operating voltage ( U B) from the alternating supply voltage ( U V) and has an energy storage device to which the direct operating voltage ( U B) is applied, - a switching unit coupled between the switching input and the voltage supply unit, which can be switched between a coupled state, in which the voltage supply unit is electrically coupled to the switching input, and a decoupled state, in which the voltage supply unit is decoupled from the switching unit, - a control device for activating the switching unit, wherein the control device can be supplied with electrical energy from the energy storage device, and - an operating device coupled to the control device, which can be supplied with electrical energy from the energy storage device and by means of which the switching assembly can be transferred between a wait state and an active state, wherein the control device is designed to transfer the switching unit into the decoupled state after the energy storage device has been charged in the wait state of the switching assembly, characterised in that the switching unit comprises - a semiconductor switch, by way of which the voltage supply unit can be coupled to the switching input, wherein a coupled electric switch is provided parallel to the semiconductor switch, and wherein the control device is designed to switch the electric switch into its electrically conducting switching state when the switching assembly is transferred from the wait state into the active state, - a storage unit, by way of which a control terminal of the semiconductor switch is coupled to the second input terminal of the switching input, wherein the semiconductor switch can be transferred into its electrically conducting switching state by charging the storage unit with electrical energy without the control device needing to output control signals to the switching unit, wherein between the control terminal and the second input terminal (5, 38) and a voltage divider pole the storage unit is coupled to the control terminal and - a tapping unit coupled to the control terminal of the semiconductor switch, which is embodied to tap the alternating supply voltage ( U V) at the switching input and to provide an electrical voltage ( U X) derived therefrom to the storage unit, wherein the tapping unit comprises a rectifying voltage divider which is coupled between the voltage divider pole and the switching unit, said voltage divider being formed from a diode and two resistors (41,44). - a switching input with a first and a second input terminal (4, 5) for coupling the switching assembly to an electric power supply network, wherein an alternating supply voltage ( U V) of the power supply network can be applied to the switching input, - a voltage supply unit which is embodied to provide a direct operating voltage ( U B) from the alternating supply voltage ( U V) and has an energy storage device to which the direct operating voltage ( U B) is applied, - a switching unit coupled between the switching input and the voltage supply unit, which can be switched between a coupled state, in which the voltage supply unit is electrically coupled to the switching input, and a decoupled state, in which the voltage supply unit is decoupled from the switching unit, - a control device for activating the switching unit, wherein the control device can be supplied with electrical energy from the energy storage device, and - an operating device coupled to the control device, which can be supplied with electrical energy from the energy storage device and by means of which the switching assembly can be transferred between a wait state and an active state, - a semiconductor switch, by way of which the voltage supply unit can be coupled to the switching input, wherein a coupled electric switch is provided parallel to the semiconductor switch, and wherein the control device is designed to switch the electric switch into its electrically conducting switching state when the switching assembly is transferred from the wait state into the active state, - a storage unit, by way of which a control terminal of the semiconductor switch is coupled to the second input terminal of the switching input, wherein the semiconductor switch can be transferred into its electrically conducting switching state by charging the storage unit with electrical energy without the control device needing to output control signals to the switching unit, wherein between the control terminal and the second input terminal (5, 38) and a voltage divider pole the storage unit is coupled to the control terminal and - a tapping unit coupled to the control terminal of the semiconductor switch, which is embodied to tap the alternating supply voltage ( U V) at the switching input and to provide an electrical voltage ( U X) derived therefrom to the storage unit, wherein the tapping unit comprises a rectifying voltage divider which is coupled between the voltage divider pole and the switching unit, said voltage divider being formed from a diode and two resistors (41,44).