Nowadays, a large percentage of power electronic based home appliances are connected in distribution system. It has become necessary to analyze the behavior of these loads. The steady state, transient and harmonic behavior of home appliances have been analyzed in this paper. In addition, current signature technique has been used to measure the current transient response of home appliances. The current signature technique is already found applications in identification of motor faults. The information achieved from current signatures is beneficial to power utilities, consumers and appliance manufacturers. The power factor of various home appliances was also measured and results are presented in this paper.