Method for determining the switch-on points of a number N of actuating means connected in parallel, for example power controllers with an multicycle control, switches or valves , which are connected to a source (L1), wherein the actuating means switch on a sink downstream of the actuating means as required within a clock period with a clock period duration (T 0 ) in order to transmit an electric current corresponding to the demand of the sink during the switch-on time (T S,1 , T S,2 , T S,3 , T S,4 , T S,5 ), wherein the actuating means are brought into a sequence of ordinal values (I 1 , I 2 , I 3 , I 4 , I 5 ), wherein the ordinal value (I 1 , I 2 , I 3 , I 4 , I 5 ) is the magnitude of the effective current (I n ) relative to a network period (t 0 ), which is required by the actuating means during the switch-on time (T S,n ) in order to set a required load current, and wherein I n is the effective value and T S,n is the switch-on duration of an n-th actuating means of the actuators, characterised in that - the switch-on time points of the actuating means are determined in this sequence, - the switch-on time of the first actuating means of the sequence is determined at the beginning of a clock period, - in the event that a switch-on time still has to be defined for at least one further actuating means the next actuating means (n) in the sequence is selected, - if the switch-on time (T S,1 , T S,2 , T S,3 , T S,4 , T S,5 ) of the first actuating means is shorter than the clock period duration (T 0 ), the clock period is divided into two ranges, namely into a range in which the first actuating means is switched off and into a range in which the first actuating means is switched on, wherein the range in which the first actuating means is switched off is defined as the target range, or if the switch-on time (T S,1 , T S,2 , T S,3 , T S,4 , T S,5 ) of the first actuating means is equal to the clock period duration (T 0 ), the clock period is defined as the target range, - it is checked whether the switch-on time (T S,n ) of the selected actuating means is shorter than or equal to the length of the target range (Z), and - in the event that the switch-on time (T S,1 , T S,2 , T S,3 , T S,4 , T S,5 ) of the selected actuating means is greater than the length of the target range (Z), the target range (Z) is extended by an adjacent range. - the switch-on time points of the actuating means are determined in this sequence, - the switch-on time of the first actuating means of the sequence is determined at the beginning of a clock period, - in the event that a switch-on time still has to be defined for at least one further actuating means the next actuating means (n) in the sequence is selected, - if the switch-on time (T S,1 , T S,2 , T S,3 , T S,4 , T S,5 ) of the first actuating means is shorter than the clock period duration (T 0 ), the clock period is divided into two ranges, namely into a range in which the first actuating means is switched off and into a range in which the first actuating means is switched on, wherein the range in which the first actuating means is switched off is defined as the target range, or if the switch-on time (T S,1 , T S,2 , T S,3 , T S,4 , T S,5 ) of the first actuating means is equal to the clock period duration (T 0 ), the clock period is defined as the target range, - it is checked whether the switch-on time (T S,n ) of the selected actuating means is shorter than or equal to the length of the target range (Z), and - in the event that the switch-on time (T S,1 , T S,2 , T S,3 , T S,4 , T S,5 ) of the selected actuating means is greater than the length of the target range (Z), the target range (Z) is extended by an adjacent range. <EOS>