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Anyone with experience on power poles?

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I've driven past many power poles that have these little things (Made from ceramic by the looks of them) that look like some kind of ceramic capacitor. I haven't been able to find a pic of them on the internet, as I don't know what they are (and our power lines are underground in my suburb), but someone that knows or has worked up a power pole or in design should know what they are or could be?

Any idea's?

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I think you are talking about "Insulators" as far as I know.. there are
no capacitors on power poles as far as I know... :cool:

Jerry
 
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Nah, I know what the insulators are, these are not. I know there can be caps on power lines for power factor correction, but these things are smaller than all the ones i've seen.
 
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Do you mean the little 'circular parabolloid' (it sucks when you learn algebra in spanish) you find on the top of the poles? (3 or 4 of them one after another?).
 
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Niko said:
Do you mean the little 'circular parabolloid' (it sucks when you learn algebra in spanish) you find on the top of the poles? (3 or 4 of them one after another?).
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I think what you're referring to are "insulators", which I'm guessing isn't what Things is looking for...

Here's a pic of insulators:
insulator_.jpg


I think the member here named DTMF has experience with telephone poles, maybe they'd know.
 
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lol i just got down off a pole this morning . if they are like the one's in the pic above then yes they are insulators . the real old one's are made of glass ;)
 
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Things, when you decypher what you were trying to say please let me know, I suddenly got interested :p
 
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No, they aren't insulators, they are smooth looking (Non of those water ring things)

I can try get a pic next time i'm out, but we have underground power lines in my suburb, so I don't come by them alot

They look like fat, short, cylinders with a wire connected to the top somehow, and hang off the crossbars.
 
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Nope, ive been looking at images all over thhe place, but can't find what I saw. I guess i'll just have to grab a pic of it next time I go by some.
 
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Things said:
Nope, ive been looking  at images all over thhe place, but can't find what I saw. I guess i'll just have to grab a pic of it next time I go by some.
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Just a waiting game now then ? :p
 
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If it was a pole pig, the power company sure has made some pretty HUGE improvements to their transformer design :p

These things are much smaller than pole pigs.

And yeah, I guess it's on hold till I go out of the house next :p
 
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I think I know what it is... It is a power disconnect used when they work on Pole
transformers...or replace them... :cool:

Jerry
 
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