A laundry treatment appliance, comprising: - a cabinet; - a drum rotatably accommodated within said cabinet for housing laundry to be treated; - a permanent split capacitor motor being configured to be supplied by a supply voltage provided across a first supply terminal and a second supply terminal of an AC power supply, the permanent split capacitor motor comprising a main terminal, a first control terminal, and a second control terminal, the main terminal being coupled with the first supply terminal, characterised in that the permanent split capacitor motor is selectively operable to rotate the drum clockwise and counterclockwise and in that the laundry treatment appliance further comprises: - a switching apparatus ( 262, 264, 266, 268) configured to selectively couple: - the first control terminal with the second supply terminal, while decoupling the second control terminal from the second supply terminal, for rotating the drum clockwise, or - the second control terminal with the second supply terminal, while decoupling the first control terminal from the second supply terminal, for rotating the drum counterclockwise; - a voltage sensing unit ( 270, 272) configured to sense the voltage at the first control terminal to produce a corresponding first sensed voltage and to sense the voltage at the second control terminal to produce a corresponding second sensed voltage; - a control unit configured to assess an overload condition of the drum based on: a) the first sensed voltage when the second control terminal is coupled with the second supply terminal, and b) the second sensed voltage when the first control terminal is coupled with the second supply terminal. - a cabinet; - a drum rotatably accommodated within said cabinet for housing laundry to be treated; - a permanent split capacitor motor being configured to be supplied by a supply voltage provided across a first supply terminal and a second supply terminal of an AC power supply, the permanent split capacitor motor comprising a main terminal, a first control terminal, and a second control terminal, the main terminal being coupled with the first supply terminal, - a switching apparatus ( 262, 264, 266, 268) configured to selectively couple: - the first control terminal with the second supply terminal, while decoupling the second control terminal from the second supply terminal, for rotating the drum clockwise, or - the second control terminal with the second supply terminal, while decoupling the first control terminal from the second supply terminal, for rotating the drum counterclockwise; - the first control terminal with the second supply terminal, while decoupling the second control terminal from the second supply terminal, for rotating the drum clockwise, or - the second control terminal with the second supply terminal, while decoupling the first control terminal from the second supply terminal, for rotating the drum counterclockwise; - a voltage sensing unit ( 270, 272) configured to sense the voltage at the first control terminal to produce a corresponding first sensed voltage and to sense the voltage at the second control terminal to produce a corresponding second sensed voltage; - a control unit configured to assess an overload condition of the drum based on: a) the first sensed voltage when the second control terminal is coupled with the second supply terminal, and b) the second sensed voltage when the first control terminal is coupled with the second supply terminal. a) the first sensed voltage when the second control terminal is coupled with the second supply terminal, and b) the second sensed voltage when the first control terminal is coupled with the second supply terminal.