Patent ID: 8650771

Claim:
A method for operating a household appliance for taking care of laundry, comprising activating a Peltier heat pump of the household appliance and supplying the Peltier heat pump with electrical power for drying the laundry, wherein the supplying step comprises varying the power supply of the Peltier heat pump during a drying process as a function of a reached process phase of the drying process, and wherein the varying step comprises setting an increased power level supplied to the Peltier heat pump until a predetermined temperature-threshold value is reached in the household appliance, wherein the drying process includes a heat-up phase, a drying phase following the heat-up phase, and an end phase following the drying phase, wherein a rated design value of the Peltier heat pump corresponds to the electrical power level during the drying phase, the step of setting an increased power level comprising increasing the level of the electrical power supplied to the Peltier heat pump during the heat-up phase of the drying process to a level greater than the rated design value of the Peltier heat pump.