Household appliance and method for determining a cause of failure on this appliance
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Abstract
A household appliance comprises at least one sensor for detecting an operating parameter of the household appliance, a memory for periodically recording the value of the operating parameter detected by the sensor, and comprises an interface for reading out the contents of the memory. In the event of a failure, the memory is read out in order to deduce a possible cause of failure from the stored parameter values.
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- 10. A household appliance having at least one sensor for detecting at least one operating parameter of the household appliance, a memory connected permanently to the sensor for periodically recording the value of the operating parameter detected by the sensor and an interface for reading out the content of the memory.
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16. A method for determining a cause of failure on a household appliance, the method comprising the following acts:
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periodically detecting at least one operating parameter of the household appliance and recording the detected value in a memory at least during normal operation of the household appliance;
reading out the memory in the case of a fault;
tracing the cause of the fault from the parameter values which have been read out. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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