> Not if this item is an indicator:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=795&item=6181216329&r
> d=1
> these are not the rare telegraph insulators from the 1890's or so. These
Although still in use today I think you will find they are "left over's" and
really are antique. I haven't hear of them being manufactured in a very
long time. Still, there may be some, some where. I think it an antique
store had that insulator it'd be listed at far more than a dollar. <:-))
> are more like 1950-1970 vintage I would guess and many of them are still
> in
> use today.
At one time I had over a bushel basket full of those old green telegraph
insulators. Our entire telephone line which was probably 12 to 15 miles
long used those with 2 to 4 on every pole. I had miles of that wire, and a
stack of poles. The poles weren't much good, but the farmers could use the
wire for electric fences although it was about 4 times the diameter of
regular electric fence wire. So, even though it was free, I still had a lot
left, but that was almost 50 years ago.
The line was a private coop which was bought out when dial phones went in.
We gave away 100s of those poles which were cut up to make fence posts.
They probably threw the insulators away.
I still have the test set though. My dad and I did the maintenance on the
line. Those phones used magnetoes and even though we'd go in and tell them
in no uncertain terms not to use the phone as we'd be working on it, I don't
know how many times I got "zpapped" while testing. That was a large party
line and when those women would hear the bells jingle a bit they'd run and
pick up the receiver to listen. I'f they didn't hear any one they'd
immediately start cranking. That was when my dad found I had a larger
vocabulary than he'd realized.<:-))
I learned to use "climbers" on those old splintered poles too.
Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com
>
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
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>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
>> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Roger K8RI on Tower
>> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 01:42
>> To: David Robbins K1TTT; towertalk@contesting.com; YCCC; reflector cq-
>> contest
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] insulators "Applications"
>>
>> They also might bring a fortune on e-bay if some collectory sees them.
>> Then
>> again, they might not.
>>
>>
>> Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
>> N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
>> www.rogerhalstead.com
>>
>> >> Insulator Applications...
>> >>
>> >> Base insulators for Irrigation Pipe Verticals - they would be great...
>> >>
>> >> Jack
>> >> W0UCE
>> >> www.w0uce.net
>> >
>> > Now that's the best idea I've heard yet. For those who are asking
>> > about
>> > these things, the ones pictured are about 14" in diameter and 10-12"
>> tall
>> > and weigh about 20# each. One is marked as '18000# test' on one side
>> and
>> > 36000# on the other, the other one is marked just as 40000#.. and yes,
>> > those
>> > are the tension ratings... a bit more than your every day 1/4" ehs.
>> With
>> > a
>> > bit of machining or welding they would probably make good tower base
>> > insulators also.
>> >
>> >
>> > David Robbins K1TTT
>> > e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
>> > web: http://www.k1ttt.net
>> > AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>> >
>> >
>> >
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