Household appliance, wherein the household appliance is a hair removal device or oral care appliance, comprising a circuit arrangement for protection against an undue overheating of a charging and/or discharging control and/or of a secondary battery, the circuit arrangement comprising: - the secondary battery, - the charging and/or discharging control for charging and/or discharging the secondary battery, wherein electronic components of the charging and discharging control are adapted such that a required charging power is loaded into the secondary battery during charging, - a connector for connecting the charging and discharging control to an external power supply, and wherein the circuit arrangement comprises at least one current limiting electronic component (6, 7) arranged in electrical connection to the charging and/or discharging control such that current flowing to the charging and/or discharging control during charging or discharging of the secondary battery is flowing through said current limiting electronic component (6, 7), and that the current flowing through said current limiting electronic component (6, 7) is limited with increasing temperature of the current limiting electronic component (6, 7), wherein the increasing temperature of the current limiting electronic component (6, 7) originates from thermal radiation of components of the circuit arrangement other than said current limiting electronic component (6, 7), wherein the current limiting electronic component (6, 7) is an electronic module with a temperature dependent resistance that does not limit the current flowing through the current limiting electronic component in a temperature range below a defined threshold temperature of the electronic module, wherein the current flowing through the current limiting electronic component (6, 7) during all normal state conditions of circuit arrangement does not lead to a self-heating of the current limiting electronic component (6, 7) above the defined threshold temperature; wherein the current limiting electronic component is disposed in spatial vicinity to the secondary battery, such that overheating of the battery directly causes heating of the current limiting electronic component, wherein a heat conduction body is disposed between the current limiting electronic component (6, 7) and the secondary battery; wherein one surface of the heat conduction body is in contact with said current limiting electronic component (6, 7) and one surface of the heat conduction body is in contact with the secondary battery. - the secondary battery, - the charging and/or discharging control for charging and/or discharging the secondary battery, wherein electronic components of the charging and discharging control are adapted such that a required charging power is loaded into the secondary battery during charging, - a connector for connecting the charging and discharging control to an external power supply, and wherein the circuit arrangement comprises at least one current limiting electronic component (6, 7) arranged in electrical connection to the charging and/or discharging control such that current flowing to the charging and/or discharging control during charging or discharging of the secondary battery is flowing through said current limiting electronic component (6, 7), and that the current flowing through said current limiting electronic component (6, 7) is limited with increasing temperature of the current limiting electronic component (6, 7), wherein the increasing temperature of the current limiting electronic component (6, 7) originates from thermal radiation of components of the circuit arrangement other than said current limiting electronic component (6, 7), wherein the current limiting electronic component (6, 7) is an electronic module with a temperature dependent resistance that does not limit the current flowing through the current limiting electronic component in a temperature range below a defined threshold temperature of the electronic module, wherein the current flowing through the current limiting electronic component (6, 7) during all normal state conditions of circuit arrangement does not lead to a self-heating of the current limiting electronic component (6, 7) above the defined threshold temperature; wherein the current limiting electronic component is disposed in spatial vicinity to the secondary battery, such that overheating of the battery directly causes heating of the current limiting electronic component, wherein a heat conduction body is disposed between the current limiting electronic component (6, 7) and the secondary battery; wherein one surface of the heat conduction body is in contact with said current limiting electronic component (6, 7) and one surface of the heat conduction body is in contact with the secondary battery.