Method for identifying operating conditions of a domestic appliance

A method for identifying operating conditions of a domestic appliance, said method comprising the steps of:

• detecting a value of an ambient temperature during an initialization phase before a programming mode of an appliance begins using a sensor that, in the programming mode of the appliance, detects the temperature of an operating agent of the appliance, or a component of the appliance, or both, wherein the appliance is adapted to operate with a fluid media to carry out the programming mode and the initialization phase is a period of time in which a computer program used during the programming mode is loaded;
• comparing the ambient temperature to at least one reference temperature, said reference temperature representing a critical value for the programming mode of the domestic appliance;
• preventing the programming mode from starting until the value of the ambient temperature has attained a value that is within a predetermined range of the reference temperature value, the predetermined range being finite;
• and
• repeating the detecting and comparing steps after the programming mode has been prevented from beginning because the value of the ambient temperature had not attained a value that is in the predetermined range.