As an efficient and safe non-contact live detection method, infrared detection technology is widely used in MOA state detection. However, due to the limitations of this detection method and the low detection accuracy, it has caused a loss of manpower and material resources. This paper proposes a multi-criteria joint detection method based on infrared detection and leakage current detection, which can effectively judge the defects of the arrester, avoid the uncertainty of infrared detection, and solve the problem that the leakage current detection cannot determine the fault location. Most importantly, it improves the accuracy of detection and greatly reduces the workload of equipment maintenance personnel.