Insulator
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HIGH-VOLTAGE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1962.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 CERAMIC INSULATOR; BRASS PART; CORK PART/.2 INSULATOR SAME AS.1; WOOD BASE WITH SIDES WRAPPED WITH ROPE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 44.0 cm
- Height
- 83.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- User site
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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PART OF LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN 1960'S. COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, & IS THOUGHT TO BE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO CANADA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM IN 1992. - Function
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USED IN ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMISSION TO SEPARATE CONDUCTORS (SUCH AS WIRES) TO PREVENT FLOW OF CURRENT BETWEEN THEM OR TO OTHER OBJECTS. - Technical
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HIGH TENSION POWER LINES USED CERAMIC INSULATORS THAT COULD WITHSTAND GREAT VARIATIONS IN TEMPERATURE AND ELECTRIC VOLTAGE. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 BLACK STAMPED "HEPC" ON GREY PARTS & CAST "B" OR "8"; WHITE "GB9" ON BROWN PART; CAST LETTERING ON BRASS PART IS INACCESSIBLE BUT LIKELY READS SAME AS.2/.2 BLACK STAMPED "HEPC" ON GREY PARTS OF INSULATOR & CAST "B" OR "8"; WHITE "GB9" ON BROWN PART; CAST LETTERING ON BRASS PARTS READS "BURANDY/ UH 17-5/ 1 1/2 IPS" & "BURANDY/ UH 17-6"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 DARK BROWN GLAZED PARTS; UNFINISHED GREY PARTS; BRASS COLOURED METAL; UNFINISHED WOOD/.2 INSULATORSAME AS.1; WHITE PAINTED BASE; RED-ORANGE ROPE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Insulator, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.1962, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1962.001/
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