Aiming at the problem of low detection accuracy of traditional power insulator fault detection methods, a power insulator fault detection method based on deep convolution neural network is designed. For the training of deep convolution neural network, the fault detection of power insulator based on deep convolution neural network is realized by anchor design, loss function design, candidate region selection mechanism establishment and sharing convolution features. The experimental results show that the fault detection method of power insulator based on deep convolution neural network is more accurate than the traditional method, and the detection time is less.