Household appliance

Abstract

The invention concerns a household appliance, the household appliance comprising: a washing chamber for washing of items to be cleaned; a water system configured to feed water to and from the washing chamber for cleaning and/or rinsing of the items therein; wherein the water system comprises a UV-treatment chamber for disinfection and/or sterilization of water to be fed to the washing chamber during operation of the household appliance, wherein the UV-treatment chamber is provided with at least a first UV-light source arranged to direct UV-light towards water present in the UV-treatment chamber. The UV-treatment chamber is further provided with at least a first UV-light reflector. The invention also concerns a method for operating a household appliance.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.