Non-Glass Insulators and Go-Withs
I define Non-Glass insulators as being anything made of some material other than glass or porcelain. Common materials used include plastic, rubber, bakelite, composition, wood, and metal. As you can see below, there is a wide variety of styles and types of insulators that fall into this category.
The composition material is usually a mix of fillers and glue, that can be pressed into to mold to make whatever shape is needed. It is a very strong and durable material, but there were as many formulations to make it, as there were companies making insulators from it. Some of the old patent documents have details of a companies specific process. They make for interesting reading.
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Composition Pintype Insulators
- CD 145 Style Arizona Mica Beehive {pinky-reddish brown}
- Composition Side Groove {brown}
- Composition Side Groove {brown}
- Composition Wide Side Groove {brown}
- Composition Cable Top Style {brown}
- Composition Cable Top Style {brown}
- Composition Large Cable Top Style - Westinghouse {brown}
- Composition (Electrose?) Pony Style {beige}
- Composition "T/1929/G.P.O." (Bakelite - English) {black}
- CD 154 Style Composition (Bakelite?) {black}
Non-Glass Spool Insulators
- Crude Concrete Spool {greyish cement, similar to a CD 1052}
- Hand-Made Crude Composition Spool {pinky-orangey-brown brick}
- CD 1049 Style Spool Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic {light gray}
- Continental Rubber RC-1 Spool
- "NORPLAS / No R108" Bakelite Spool {Australia, 1½" H x 2" Dia.}
- Small Wooden Spools (1¼" H x 1½" Dia. - Electric Fence?)
- Tiny Wooden Spool {Italy, Micro size, 5/8" H x ½" Dia.}
- Tiny Bakelite Spool (11/8" H x 1" Dia. - Electric Fence?)
Rubber Insulators
- Continental Rubber R-3 Pony
- Continental Rubber R-4 Pony
- Continental Rubber R-5 Pony
- Continental Rubber RC-1 Spool
- No Name Rubber Cable Top
- No Name Rubber Flared Skirt
Plastic Insulators
- HK Porter {straw}
- HK Porter {straw, small carrier type pinhole}
- DELTA STAR INC {crystal clear}
- L-W (CD 153/154 style) {black}
- CTC (CD 153/154 style) {black}
- REN (CD 153/154 style) {black}
- Red Snap'r {yellow plastic - for electric fence}
Miscellaneous Oddball Insulators
- Wooden Cable Top from San Francisco Trolley System
- 9" Wooden Strain with Metal Ends
- 11" Wooden Strain with Metal Ends {<BK> marking on one end cap}
- 12" Wooden Strain with Metal Ends
- IN-63 US Military Composition Ramshorn Field Insulator
- Ramshorn Hook "Goodyears Pat 1865"
- Odd Non-Glass No Embossing {Russia - Black Clay}
- Odd Non-Glass No Embossing {Russia - Black Clay
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Australian Non-Glass Insulators
- Iron Shell with Porcelain Threaded Insert from Outback
- Novex / 49 Bakelite Screw-Top Insulator (or Plastic?)
- IV / D^D / 1943 Bakelite Military Screw-Top Insulator
- Small Cable Top Bakelite Trio (3 different size saddle grooves)
- Plastic Bell-Shape Screw-Top Insulator (left-hand thread)
- L E / 49 Composition Side Groove Type
- NORPLAS / No R108 Bakelite Spool (1.5" H x 2" Dia.)
Glass Suspension Insulators
- Corning Pyrex 10" Suspension Disk (without hardware) {Carnival Sombrero}
- Sediver 10" Light Aqua Glass Bell Type Suspension Disk (with hardware)
- Sediver 10" Light Aqua Glass Suspension Disk (with hardware)
- Sediver 15" Light Aqua Glass Suspension Disk (with hardware)
Transposition Brackets and Miscellaneous
- Bracket which holds 4 CD 1049 Glass Spools
- Bracket which holds 4 CD 1049 Style Spools Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic
- Bracket which holds 4 Continental RC-1 Rubber Spools
- Bracket which holds 4 CD 128 Carriers (small size steel pins)
- Bracket which holds 4 Standard Insulators (small size steel pins with wooden cobs)
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