Household appliance circuit arrangement

The invention relates to an electric household appliance comprising display means (52), a voltage supply control unit (81) for supplying an electric voltage to said display means and sensor switching means (90) which turn on/off a low-voltage power unit (80) according to detection of user within a given distance from the appliance, electric household appliance further comprises a device for reducing energy consumption of the electric household appliance comprising low-voltage capacitive power means (83) designed to supply a low-voltage to said sensor switching means.