A new cable fault location method based on wavelet reconstruction is proposed. In this method the difference between the currents of faulty phase and sound phase under the high voltage pulse excitation is used as the measured signal and is decomposed in multi-scale by wavelet transform, then reconstructed in single scale. Comparing with traditional fault location method by travelling wave, the presented method will not be interfered by the reflected wave from the branch joint of cables or from other positions where the impedances are not matched and not be influenced by fault types, otherwise, the reflected waves can be recognized even the faulty position is near to the measuring terminal, at the same time, the influence of the wave speed uncertainty can be reduced. The correctness of the proposed method is proved by simulation results.
