Thought this might be a good time to post this story... met an old lineman a while back, nearly 100 yrs. old. He had some amazing stories to tell... one was of some experimental suspension insulators. The linemen hated ...

This is a Centerpoint Energy power pole located northwest of Iago, Texas. Notice the two dead-ends just below the crossarms. I can remember driving past this pole in the spring of 1988. At that time, the two dead-ends ...

... Look at those fabulous Jim Decker Green Suspensions that came off the Tracy Ca. line. Imagine if Jim had not salvaged them for us to enjoy. What a ... or unusually coloured insulators or Suspensions being removed from service, make an effort to save them from being destroyed. Your efforts will be ...

... Sept. 2007 Insulator shows. The blue suspensions are NGK's from Japan. I am looking for other blue suspensions such as OB's and what ever else is ...

These NGK blues are amongst my favourite colour of porcelain Suspension . I have seen pictures of similar blue Ohio Brass products, but these appear not to have been used in western Canada. Again there is a similar ...

... , but I thought I would show these 2 suspensions to point out the similarity in damage to these lighter capacity units and the energy discharge ...

Ed Brown coming back from his car with a nice blue suspension.

Now, class, you will observe immediately below the photographers double chins, we have an Ohio Brass Suspension with OB 408 sandblasted into the finish. We also have a prime example of electrical discharge. This, ...

Dave Fleishman and I were scrounging around our electrical providers disposal yard when we found these beauties. A pin type porcelain power piece with metal cap. Only markings are on the metal cap, comprised of some ...

... in the late 70's and early 80's these suspensions were used in British Columbia. They worked very well, except when the wind blew, and because of ... their shape they caught too much wind. Suspensions are designed to cut the wind, not resist it. Imagine these insulators swinging in the breeze, ...

Patrick Barkwell's pic the other day reminded me of the guys who made my string of Jim Decker greens possible. Nathan Lamkey picked up the string at a California show from Jim. A few months later, he handed off to Robin ...

Another shot of the sample NGK suspension owned by Ben Kirsten. It is obviously a fogger but is shaped like some kind of light shade. I wonder if the shape was inspired by early Duncan patent suspension insulators.

An unusual sample NGK suspension disk brought to Dan Howard's insulator swap in Portland OR. Aug. 12, 06. The insulator belongs to Washington state collector Ben Kirsten.

Isn't that the most beautiful Orange Hewlitt disk. I aquired this from Glen McAdam, and a very healthy looking Robin Harrison brought it up to the show for me from Seattle. Robin also gave me the Hogs Liver suspension ...

Speaking of favourite people, let me introduce Lena Braman from Alberta. Here she is with our dog Murphy. Lena and husband Dennis are first time visitors at the Insulator Ranch and told me they had a great time at the ...

This is a neat green suspension bell that is about 6 3/4" across the bottom. A little roughness around the base of the pin hole, and a little scuffing on top. $20.00 gets this delivered to your U.S. address. How ...

Tower with the glass suspensions on the left and another with porcelain on the right ...

... identical line next to it has porcelain suspensions ...

... a pair of Thomas 7 & 10"" suspensions, an O-B multi, Trip-o-Link cutouts, hardware, even some glass. Not a bad haul considering it eas ...

All dating 1935, these five suspensions marked FIL (Fabbrica Isolatori Livorno). This chain has also a very interesting ring, used to save ...

On my land are lot of materials to build displays. With Miklos's help we have built this. Two concete poles, a wood fence pole, and steel wires.. We put there a bulb, it have some light on 24V AC

... or so dustcollectors. Light green glass suspensions on the left and light blue suspensions on the right. Porcelains suspensions are a mix of brown, ...

... picture of a couple of cases containing suspensions, spotted at a local gas & electric depot. The interesting thing to me is that the case on top ...

... station, these chains of U-80 (80 kN) suspensions, from a dismantled line ...

I'm trying on this glass hat, manufactured by Sediver. It also doubles as a suspension insulator when the metal hardware bits are cemented on I guess I really have insulators on my mind... Photo courtesy (?) of John ...