Method for driving appliances and household appliance with energy management

A method for driving two electrical appliances, which comprises:

• providing an ironing dummy with an outlet;
• drawing a current supply of the ironing dummy from a wall terminal;
• drawing a current supply of an iron from the outlet;
• regulating power consumption for at least one of the ironing dummy and the iron;
• and
• integrating over time at least one of a current and the power consumption of the at least one of the ironing dummy and the iron having regulation of the power consumption and utilizing the integral of the at least one of the current and the power consumption to control the at least one of the ironing dummy and the iron.

An appliance, comprising:

• a mains-powered body having:
• an electrical connection to be connected to a mains-powered wall terminal for drawing a current supply;
• a built-in outlet for another mains-powered appliance;
• and
• a current regulating unit having at least one regulating element connected to said electrical connection and to said built-in outlet for regulating power consumption for at least one of said mains-powered body and the other mains-powered appliance, said current regulating unit integrating over time at least one of a current and the power consumption of at least one of said mains-powered body and the other mains-powered appliance and controlling at least one of said mains-powered body and the other mains-powered appliance dependent upon said integral of the at least one of the current and the power consumption.

An ironing dummy, comprising:

• a mains-powered ironing body having:
• an electrical connection to be connected to a mains-powered wall terminal for drawing a current supply;
• a built-in outlet for another mains-powered appliance;
• and
• a current regulating unit having at least one regulating element connected to said electrical connection and to said built-in outlet for regulating power consumption for at least one of said ironing body and the other mains-powered appliance, said current regulating unit integrating over time at least one of a current and the power consumption of at least one of said ironing body and the other mains-powered appliance and controlling at least one of said ironing body and the other mains-powered appliance dependent upon said integral of the at least one of the current and the power consumption.