What is it???
Nov 22, 2021 19:38:36 #
Ill give you one guess.. and the first one dont count..
Nov 22, 2021 19:41:48 #
A cable insulator for a power pole - I have a crate of them, but all glass. This one probably more collectible.
Nov 22, 2021 19:43:12 #
Nov 22, 2021 19:47:49 #
Nov 22, 2021 19:52:40 #
PoppieJ
Loc: North Georgia
quixdraw wrote:
A cable insulator for a power pole - I have a crate of them, but all glass. This one probably more collectible.
Nov 22, 2021 19:53:00 #
Looks more like an insulator found in an old house/garage with knob & tube wiring.
Nov 22, 2021 20:44:08 #
Longshadow wrote:
Looks more like an insulator found in an old house/garage with knob & tube wiring.
Agree - the house I grew up in was full of them…
Nov 22, 2021 21:14:48 #
Longshadow wrote:
Looks more like an insulator found in an old house/garage with knob & tube wiring.
Maybe so, there was a shack I took down that had similar. Must have been an early adopter of electricity. I will say there were a lot of little white porcelain two piece clamp insulators.
Nov 22, 2021 21:32:23 #
quixdraw wrote:
Maybe so, there was a shack I took down that had similar. Must have been an early adopter of electricity. I will say there were a lot of little white porcelain two piece clamp insulators.
I've seen both....
Never paid attention to the age of the houses.
Just know they preceded BX cable and Romex.
The two piece clamp type maybe newer as they were probably faster to install than wrapping anchor twists around the one shown in the OP.
Nov 23, 2021 08:00:28 #
Nov 23, 2021 09:58:02 #
spaceylb
Loc: Long Beach, N.Y.
Longshadow wrote:
Looks more like an insulator found in an old house/garage with knob & tube wiring.
Nov 23, 2021 10:07:27 #
Nov 23, 2021 10:38:27 #
Hal81 wrote:
Ill give you one guess.. and the first one dont count..
An incomplete blank when making Lifesavers?...
Nov 23, 2021 13:35:10 #
Hal81 wrote:
Ill give you one guess.. and the first one dont count..
Wire insulator.
Nov 23, 2021 14:00:04 #
It's a relic from the electrical wiring days referred to as "knob and tube" and they were also used around the farm for stock control wiring. Anyone who has ever grabbed on to a "Stock-Shock" fence knows exactly what they are.
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