The invention provides a control method and device, a household appliance and a computer readable storage medium. The control method is suitable for a control circuit. A PFC (Power Factor Correction)circuit is arranged in the control circuit. When a switching device in the PFC circuit receives a specified pulse signal, an amplitude of a bus voltage output by the PFC circuit is increased. The control method comprises the following steps of detecting a load capacity driven by the control circuit to operate; and controlling the PFC circuit to work in a high-frequency switching mode or a multi-pulse mode according to the load capacity. In the technical scheme of the invention, a bus voltage requirement during a high load is satisfied according to a high-frequency switching mode; in a low load, multi-pulse mode operation is controlled, or the PFC circuit is controlled to be in a synchronous rectification or intermittent state so as to drive a bus voltage provided by the control circuit andmatch an optimal compressor voltage modulation ratio; and an inverter and a power conversion unit are reduced so that normal operation of the load can be ensured, a bus voltage loss can be reduced under a condition of the lower load capacity, and meanwhile, switching losses are reduced.