A motor-driven appliance includes a battery; a motor including permanent magnets as field magnets; a momentary maximum current upper limit storage unit in which a predetermined momentary maximum current upper limit is stored; a current detection unit that detects a current flowing in the motor; a current threshold setting unit that generates a current threshold based on the momentary maximum current upper limit, and outputs the generated current threshold; a current exceedance determination unit that determines whether the current detected by the current detection unit has become equal to or greater than the current threshold, and outputs an interruption signal used to interrupt a current path from the battery to the motor when the detected current has become equal to or greater than the current threshold; and a current flow interruption unit that interrupts the current path when the interruption signal is outputted from the current exceedance determination unit.