The present invention provides an
electric power device insulation detection and line 'soft ground' fault tracing instrument. The fault tracing instrument comprises a
switching power supply, a charging circuit, a
lithium battery pack, an undervoltage detection
control circuit, a DC / DC
power switching circuit, a pulse generation and regulation circuit, an overload detection, control and alarm circuit, a high-
voltage oscillating circuit, a high-
voltage transmitter circuit and a high-pressure instrument circuit. A pulse
high voltage capable of stepless regulation is employed to perform detectionof a leakage current at insulation
weakness positions of
electric power devices and circuit thereof, when high-
voltage electric power devices with many machines and complex circuits have bad insulation or 'soft ground' faults,
corona or
pulse charge generated at the fault points of a tested device are observed to rapidly and effectively search 'soft ground' fault points of the tested device, and therefore, the electrical detection working efficiency can be greatly improved. The instrument is compact in structure and convenient to carry, can perform detection of electric power devices on sceneand is very convenient to use.