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Ceramic power pole insulators.
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Insulators are used in electrical equipment to support and separate electrical conductors without allowing current through themselves.
In north america glass was always the predominate material for communications insulators but porcelain has become the standard for power distribution due to its greater strength and surface resistance.
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The term insulator is also used more specifically to refer to insulating supports used to attach electric power distribution or transmission.
Of course the power line won t even work in that case.
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Hence overhead power lines are always supported on insulators mounted on their support poles towers.
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An insulating material used in bulk to wrap electrical cables or other equipment is called insulation.
Similar to their glass counterparts porcelain insulators date back to before the civil war for telegraph wires.