Abstract: An electronic appliance is especially easy to assemble and includes a housing and a circuit carrier which is held in the housing. The circuit carrier is guided in the housing in a displaceable manner and is applied by at least one spring element against a housing abutment which accurately centres the circuit carrier.

Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide a method, with which the load current and thus the load moment of an asynchronous motor that is controlled via a phase-controlled two-phase thyristor power controller can be easily influenced so as to allow a smooth starting operation. According to a first embodiment of the invention, the ignition point (tIgn+1) is determined in the controlled phase (L1 and L2) in order to adapt the flow angles of the subsequent current half waves. According to a second embodiment, the ignition point (tIgn) of the subsequent current half waves is brought forward in both controlled phases (L1 and L2).