Abstract: An electric drive system for a household appliance includes an electric motor, and a passive power factor correction coil, wherein the passive power factor correction coil is mechanically coupled to an end shield of the electric motor or the passive power factor correction coil is arranged inside a housing of the electric motor.

Abstract: A set of a hob with a hob plate and a cooking point at the hob plate together with a pot, wherein the hob has at least one heating element placed underneath the hob plate and wherein the cooking point is provided with a pot sensing means for detecting presence of a pot on the cooking point, wherein the hob also has a control and receiving means connected to the control, wherein the pot is provided with a temperature sensor and a transmitter attached to it, wherein the transmitter is transmitting at least two sets of data, wherein the first set of data is an individual pot identifier and the second set of data is related to the temperature state of the pot being measured by the temperature sensor.

Abstract: A household appliance includes a drivable, especially rotatable, functional unit, and an electric motor being adapted to drive the functional unit. The electric motor is a synchronous reluctance motor having a stator, the stator having a number ns of stator slots with concentrated stator slot windings, and a rotor, the rotor having a number nr of rotor poles, wherein a ratio r=ns/nr between the number of stator slots and the number of rotor poles is 9/6, or 9/8, or 12/8.

Abstract: An electric drive system for a household appliance includes an electric motor, and a passive power factor correction coil, wherein the passive power factor correction coil is mechanically coupled to an end shield of the electric motor or the passive power factor correction coil is arranged inside a housing of the electric motor.