The invention relates to a method for detecting accidental arcs (arc tracking) on a cable (1), especially on a cable of an aircraft electrical system. According to said method, an alternating current signal (I(t)) that has been detected is sampled time-discretely and a trigonometric function (I(k)) imitating...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6873161?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6873161 - Method and device for detecting accidental arcs