The invention relates to the technical field of
rail transit vehicle power supply protection, in particular to a vehicle-mounted
lightning arrester which comprises a body, a base, a sealing cavity, a flow guide passage and a restraint mechanism, and when pressure in the sealing cavity reaches the opening condition of a pressure relief opening and under the action of directional
jet flow formed by a jet opening, the body is separated from a limiting piece; and the rotating shaft rotates towards the off-position direction around the rotating supporting part. According to the application, destructive
voltage breakdown is taken as an action power source, gas is generated and rapidly expanded due to
electric arc during breakdown of the sealing cavity in the body, after the
cavity pressure rises to a set threshold value, the pressure relief opening with the pressure opening characteristic is selectively opened, and expanded gas is directionally discharged from the spraying opening along the flow guide passage; the offset of the spraying port relative to the rotary supporting part converts the spraying
momentum into a dumping moment to the body, so that the body is quickly and certainly switched to the off position from the working position under the condition of no additional operation, the electric connection interruption with the high-
voltage conductor is formed, and the risk of secondary pressurization of the reclosing is reduced.