The invention discloses a multi-means and low-cost fan fault monitoring method, which includes the following steps: (1) defining a fan fault state set according to the common faults of fans in practical application; (2) optimizing a fault
feature set by using a common fan fault
feature set template and the existing fault data of a target fan; (3) continuously collecting the instantaneous current I, surface temperature T and vibration L signals of the fan, and calculating the feature values of the current, temperature and vibration
signal of the fan at the
current time; and (4) matching the calculated feature values of the current, temperature and vibration
signal of the fan with the items in the fan fault
feature set, and judging that the current fault state of the fan is the fault state represented by the matching item in the fault state set if the calculated feature values of the current, temperature and vibration
signal of the fan are consistent with the items in the fan fault feature set. By monitoring and analyzing the current, temperature and vibration signals of fans, timely and accurate monitoring of fan faults is realized. The multi-means and low-cost fan fault monitoringmethod has the characteristics such as low cost, easy integration and low difficulty in use.