An assessment method for flashover faults of 220 kV or higher porcelain live tank circuit breakers, including the following steps: step 1, collecting fault current waveform characteristic data from a fault current waveform in a fault oscillograph, said fault current waveform characteristic data including a time duration t1 from an instant of arc quenching to an instant of fault current initiation, a time duration t2 of the fault current, and waveform characteristics of the fault current; step 2, determining the type of the flashover fault according to the fault current waveform characteristic data: the type includes external flashover, restrike internal flashover, and internal flashover on the insulator inner. The assessment is performed based on the oscillographic fault current data. Since different types of flashover fault vary in mechanism, the waveforms thereof also show different features.
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