Making Ceramic Insulators

Upcycle a glass insulator as well as an old mattress spring.

Making ceramic insulators.

An electrical insulator is a material. The fundamental materials used are a mixture of feldspar 35 china clay 28 flint 25 ball clay 10 and talc 2. 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. In 1850 companies such as hemingray bookfield and whitall tatum started producing glass insulators for telegraph lines telephone and power transmission lines later on.

Make offer 2 nos vintage chance brown and white porcelain ceramic electrical insulators 5 vintage insulators hemingray brookfield whitall porcelain a u. The spring fits quite nicely around the tapered top edge and creates a wide stable base. Homedecor insulator light lamp recycled upcycled vintage design. Glass has a higher dielectric strength but it attracts condensation and the thick irregular shapes needed for insulators are difficult to cast without internal strains.

Among the most familiar porcelain goods are table and decorative china chemical ware dental crowns and electrical insulators. Add some decorative ribbon or thread and you ve got a gorgeous upcycled candle holder. A rusty bed spring and a vintage aqua glass insulator make a cute little votive holder. Some insulator manufacturers stopped making glass insulators in the late 1960s switching to ceramic materials.