CHARGER

A charger for charging a rechargeable energy source of a personal care device has a housing having a charging region for positioning the personal care device, a circuit for performing a charging procedure of the rechargeable energy source of the personal care device, a motion sensor for detecting a motion of at least a portion of the charger, preferably wherein the charger comprises a motion enhancer, a controller coupled with the charging circuit and the motion sensor. The controller is arranged to activate the charging circuit when the controller receives a motion signal from the motion sensor indicating a placement of the personal care device in the charging region and/or to deactivate the charging circuit when the controller receives a motion signal from the motion sensor indicating a removal of the personal care device from the charging region.