Ceramic Power Pole Insulators

Vintage insulators are most commonly made out of porcelain or glass materials and they come in a wide variety of colors and shapes making each item a unique piece that can make a great addition to a collection.

Ceramic power pole insulators.

Vintage glass insulators were first produced in the 1850s for telegraph lines then for telephone and power transmission lines. Insulators are used in electrical equipment to support and separate electrical conductors without allowing current through themselves. Storm power s most popular reinforced polyester standoff insulators. 20 insulators ceramic dogbone and 4 johnson 136 ceramic radio antenna spreader.

Collecting insulators is a fun and unique hobby that will allow you to learn much about the history and make of these unique objects. Insulators made from porcelain rich in alumina are used where high mechanical strength is a criterion. Lot of 2 vtg antique westinghouse saddle back insulators ceramic porcelain brown. Vtg pinco 63 railroad insulator electric power pole brown drip ceramic pottery.

In conjunction with the expansion of rural electrification in the early 20th century there was a major boom in the manufacturing of insulators with production peaking from the 1920s through the 1940s when millions of hemingray dominion and. Vintage lot of 4 brown porcelain ceramic telephone pole insulators saddle shaped. Qty 3500 warrick ceramic insulators 37 id x 54 od x 54 h. The term insulator is also used more specifically to refer to insulating supports used to attach electric power distribution or transmission.

Insulators used for high voltage power transmission are made from glass porcelain or composite polymer materials. As technology developed insulators were needed for telephone lines electric power lines and other applications. Porcelain insulators are made from clay quartz or alumina and feldspar and are covered with a smooth glaze to shed water. Glass insulators were first produced in the 1850 s for use with telegraph lines.

Today there are over 2000 collectors and insulator clubs national shows and good reference books are available. Antique electric power line. In the mid 1960 s a few people began collecting these glass and porcelain insulators. Insulators were originally designed to keep the wires linking telegraphs and telephones insulated from the wooden poles that held them aloft.

Of course the power line won t even work in that case. Also known as glastic or mar bal standoff insulators storm s high voltage insulators are made from fiberglass reinforced thermo set polyester a bonded material with higher moisture and heat tolerance than plastic insulators and molded for high strength this material also offers greater mechanical strength to enable. They are made from glass porcelain or composite polymer materials nonconductive materials. Hence overhead power lines are always supported on insulators mounted on their support poles towers.

They insulated and protected the wooden poles from the electricity coursing through the wires. An insulating material used in bulk to wrap electrical cables or other equipment is called insulation.