Making Ceramic Insulators

In 1850 companies such as hemingray bookfield and whitall tatum started producing glass insulators for telegraph lines telephone and power transmission lines later on.

Making ceramic insulators. A rusty bed spring and a vintage aqua glass insulator make a cute little votive holder. Porcelain is the most frequently used material for insulators insulators are made of wet processed porcelain. Make offer 2 nos vintage chance brown and white porcelain ceramic electrical insulators 5 vintage insulators hemingray brookfield whitall porcelain a u. Porcelain has a dielectric strength of about 4 10 kv mm.

The term porcelain refers to a wide range of ceramic products that have been baked at high temperatures to achieve vitreous or glassy qualities such as translucence and low porosity. The fundamental materials used are a mixture of feldspar 35 china clay 28 flint 25 ball clay 10 and talc 2. An electrical insulator is a material. Their sole purpose was to insulate the wire from the wood reason for which materials such as glass porcelain or composite polymer materials had been chosen.

Upcycle a glass insulator as well as an old mattress spring. The spring fits quite nicely around the tapered top edge and creates a wide stable base. Homedecor insulator light lamp recycled upcycled vintage design. Add some decorative ribbon or thread and you ve got a gorgeous upcycled candle holder.