CHARGER

The present disclosure is concerned with a charger (100) for charging a rechargeable energy source (250) of a personal care device (200), having a charger housing (101) having a charging region (102) for positioning the personal care device, a charging circuit (130) for performing a charging procedure of the rechargeable energy source of the personal care device, a motion sensor (110) for detecting a motion of at least a portion of the charger, preferably wherein the charger comprises a motion enhancer (140, 143), a controller (120) coupled with the charging circuit and the motion sensor, wherein 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.