The invention provides a protection method and a protection system for an air conditioner wire controller. The method comprises the following steps: 1, supplying power to the wire controller, and monitoring the return signal of the wire controller in a running state in real time; 2, when the returned signal is abnormal for 60 seconds, stopping supplying power to the wire controller, sending a fault to a user mobile phone, and ending the monitoring, and when the return signal is normal, continuing to monitor the voltage of the protection end; and 3, when the voltage of the protection end exceeds a critical value, stopping supplying power to the wire controller, recovering the power supply after 100ms, then returning to the step 1, and when the voltage of the protection end does not exceed the critical value, directly returning to the step 1. According to the protection method, power supply can be directly stopped when the wire controller is short-circuited, and a fault signal is sent, so that the damage of the short circuit of the wire controller to the main controller is completely avoided. In addition, the wire controller and the main control board can be effectively protected when the voltage of the power grid fluctuates, and the self-recovery function of the wire controller and the main control board greatly improves the convenience degree of using products by users.