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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Glass Insulators
From: Ken <wa8jxm@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:44:40 -0500
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On Dec 10, 2011, at 10:16 AM, John E. Cleeve wrote:

>     I apologise if this is not the appropriate site, however, I will
> ask the question. Does any company still manufacture the "Cornel" or "Pyrex"
> style glass aerial insulators? I and most of my generation of amateurs got
> their glass insulators from the WWII ex military surplus market. I was
> surprised to find that those insulators now seem to be objects of "desire"
> and much sought after by "collectors of glass insulators"! I still have a
> few as stock, but I was seeking a fresh source of supply...  I am not keen
> on the plastic types.


Not glass but many farm supply stores have screw in porcelain insulators for 
electric fence wire at a reasonable price.

Here is one:
http://www.southernstates.com/catalog/p-8590-dare-heavy-duty-large-porcelain-line-insulator.aspx

Ken
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