Four porcelain spools - I encountered just 9 porcelain spools on my trip (5 brown, 4 white), compared to thousands (literally) of glass

Twelve glass spools, three porcelain spools and four pin types - these were found on a small sub-station buidling. Notice the wall-tubes to the left. Is that pin-type at the bottom glass or mud?

... on the side of a house... A couple of porcelains there too ...

... original is the first one, the top 3 porcelains are the 3 phases, the glass is the neutral wire. The 4th bottom porcelain is the street light phase ...

The big one is a BORMA CD 383, also a MIVA T2, a light green/ice frog, and three T6s in glass and porcelain. The glass T6s are CD 1076. The porcelain one is the same saize as the smaller T6-bis.

Three different "T6" style wall insulators (AKA Nail Knobs over here). The glass ones are MIVA, the green one is clearly embossed MIVA T6, the light green "ice" is unembossed, the slightly shorter ...

For the pole displays.. At the first electrifying we signed the neutral wire with glass Insulator after it we signed with brown porcelain. tow 3 Insulators held the 3 phases and the bottom one held the street light ...

This shows the stamped marking of this CD 638 "clone" I don't know the assigned U-number, or if even one already exists. The marking and "model number" is also similar to that on various glass CD ...

Manufactured by Yuznouralsk, and the porcelain "clone" of the CD 638 shown Their (somewhat fuzzy in this picture) company logo is located here:

AKA The French Egg. White porcelain "egg" strain insulator, with a little "flower" or wagon wheel marking. Length about 3 inches. If you think that it looks exactly the same as this one: it is ...

I also just got this one from Caleb (who also took the photo). White porcelain noser, found in Romania, and possibly manufactured in Russia? The shape and size of the main body (less the nose job) is very similar to ...

An EP-87 "Weitschirm" style porcelain insulator which I recently "won" on E-bay. What is the manucacturer and country of origin, and does this have an official U or M number? Dimensions are approx 8 ...

... MIVA T2 CA in green glas, and two old porcelains, one VERBANO, the other unknown ...

Types 1/Um and 2/Um (smaller) in a nice blue color. The big one is from a trade with my friend Christian

This has to be one of the strangest looking porcelain insulators I've ever seen. It is apparently from France. This gives a whole new dimension to the definition of a "noser" insulator. Here are the ...

Here all together my porcelain gingerbreads, for a family picture

Two small insulators from Italy, green glass MIVA T6 (CD 1076) and an unmarked white porcelain 3/UM.

This arrived along with the 1205 CA. White porcelain, with a copper insert, which has a brass clip soldered to it. I would assume that it is an insulator, or stand-off., with some electrical function Your guess is as ...

This one has no identifying marks, and it seems to be of recent manufacture. Dimensions are 3 inches wide, 2 3/4 inches tall. (about 76 mm X 70 mm). The "bottom" end is unglazed.

Here is a close-up picture of one of the Deltas, still with aluminium binding in situ. The linemen told me that these poles were from 1953, but these insulators are much older and definitely re-used. She is a pretty ...

Here in comparison the same 80 kV insulator, seen in the ordinary (light) version (right) and in the reinforced type (left): the main difference is the porcelain thickness. All other differences are simply details.

Here's a rare one that "walked" into the OVIC show in Perth, Ontario, a few weeks ago. It is a CD 128, with the (possibly) Arabic embossing. It has since been cleaned up and looks a bit better than it does ...

The picture above is an oil filled porcelain insulator used on a 20KV 400Amp circuit in Germany. It is now out of service and laying on the ground along with parts of 2-3 towers. I passed by these today (04-25-2007). ...

This picture was taken April 25, 2007 in the small Bavarian town of AufKirchen about 20KM South West of Munich Germany. The insulators shown are on a metal pole affixed to the top of a House. They are the service ...

Two t-bars (one has been reglued, the other now is free from the pin), some indoor insulators (4 in porcelain and the other plastic ones), and an ancient swithch, are what I rescued today.