Overhead line discharge breakdown fault monitoring apparatus and method

The present invention discloses an overhead line discharge breakdown fault monitoring apparatus and method. The overhead line discharge breakdown fault monitoring apparatus comprises a power taking module, a battery module, a control module, an audio acquisition module, a photographing module, and a communication module. The power taking module is arranged on an overhead line, and takes power fromthe overhead line to charge the battery module; the battery module supplies power to other modules excluding the power taking module; and the control module communicates with other modules. The technical effects of the apparatus and method provided by the present invention are that: 1), a point location of a line discharge breakdown fault can be effectively determined; 2), whether the fault belongs to a fault type such as mountain fire, construction and the like can be initially determined and the original picture evidence can be obtained; and 3), difficulty of finding faults can be reduced for the operation and main