Ceramic Power Pole Insulators

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Ceramic power pole insulators.

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Lapp 1999 electical insulator transformer power pole electric ceramic insulator. An insulating material used in bulk to wrap electrical cables or other equipment is called insulation. The term insulator is also used more specifically to refer to insulating supports used to attach electric power distribution or transmission. Vintage black top porcelain ceramic insulator telephone electric voltage.

Similar to their glass counterparts porcelain insulators date back to before the civil war for telegraph wires. In north america glass was always the predominate material for communications insulators but porcelain has become the standard for power distribution due to its greater strength and surface resistance. Overhead line insulators it is obvious that if overhead power lines are not properly insulated from their support poles towers the current will flow towards the ground through the poles towers which also become hazardous. Hence overhead power lines are always supported on insulators mounted on their support poles towers.