The invention discloses a power grid resource fault diagnosis method based on association rules. The method comprises the following steps: A, drawing off fault data, converting the fault data, loading the fault data to a data warehouse, and establishing a multidimensional data model and a fault fact table; B, performing cluster analysis on the fault data; C, performing association rule analysis on the fault data; and D, abstracting actual fault events as nodes, if it is compared that a high-credibility fault power grid device accords with a calculated aggregation degree, obtaining a diagnosis result, and giving assistance advice for processing of power grid faults. According to the invention, correlation data of power equipment can be comprehensively acquired, the multidimensional data model and the fault fact table can be established, a data base is provided for data mining, data is preliminarily analyzed by use of the cluster analysis, data association analysis is performed by integrating various data, comparative determining is carried out, integration of multiple intelligent criteria is formed, the faults are accurately determined, and the application prospect is good.