Device for reducing standby-mode energy consumption of an electric household appliance

An electric household appliance (1) having an electronic control unit (5) powered by a low-voltage power unit (6); and a device (7) for reducing energy consumption of the electric household appliance in standby mode, and which includes : a bistable relay (21) which is switched by a low-voltage enabling signal (S2) to a closed position to turn on the low-voltage power unit (6), or is switched by a disabling signal (S3) to an open position to turn off the low-voltage power unit (6); a low-voltage capacitive power unit (10) designed to generate the low-voltage enabling signal (S2); and a hand-operated control device (11) interposed between the low-voltage capacitive power unit (10) and the bistable relay (21) to supply the low-voltage enabling signal (S2) to the bistable relay.