All About Collecting Insulators

This video is all about insulator collecting. The history of insulators. How they were used. Where to find them and how to clean them

[@Gregory47342]

Awesome collection ✨⭐🌟🏆🌟⭐✨

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

Thanks! I appreciate it! 😁

[@larryrichards6099]

Great job Michael!

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

Thanks Larry! I appreciate it!

[@JakeAlbergotti]

This is awesome.

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

Thanks! Check out my other videos 👍😁

[@eileenbradshaw6310]

Thanks so much for all the great information! I enjoyed seeing your wonderful collection.

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

Thanks I appreciate it and thanks for watching! 😁

[@ThisandThatTN]

amazing video. i have about 70 or so, and i love them, but dang this video is so good and so informative. thank you for making this video

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

Hey that’s awesome! Thank you so much for the kind words and thanks for watching! Check out my other videos and look for more in the future. Let me know if you have any questions about insulator collecting 😁

[@Renville80]

Very well presented. Another potential source of research information is older annual reports of power companies, as they will give a rough idea of where the lines ran. Also, some utility commissions make their older records available for public perusal after so many years, and some of the files will include detail maps of where the lines were to be built. Another thing I just remembered is going to take a picture of a pole about an hour north of my place that has multiple generations of J-D suspensions (including some chocolate brown units). When I was trying to find good angles for pictures, I glimpsed something in the tall grass and pulled part of a small 1910s / early 1920s multipart out of the ground.

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

That’s all good to know! Thank you and thanks for watching the video! I appreciate it! Happy hunting and collecting! Michael 👍😁

[@GasGasBros]

I just found a horned elliot broken in half in the woods. I thought it was an old sconce. Brought it home, started researching and now I'm hooked! I never knew people collected these things. I can't wait to go look for more!

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

That’s a great early find! Go back and look for more. There was probably an old telegraph line there somewhere. They are fun to go hunt for. I’ve been doing it since I was a kid. It never gets old to go look for more 😁👍 Keep watching for more insulator videos in the future

[@iamgabriel5823]

What a fun collection.

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

Thanks I appreciate it and thanks for watching 😁

[@swoodard75]

WoW Michael I always learn something new from you. Keep creating great videos!

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

Thanks Stephanie! 😁

[@VariacManiac]

Instant sub! It's my favorite hobby.

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

Cool! Thanks! 😁

[@erikagreen5685]

Great informative video! 👍

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

Thanks Erika! 😁

[@daphnedechambeau424]

Im a big time insulator collector where i live in usa i collect insulators from all around the world

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

Cool! Check out my new video of my collection 👍😁

[@toddz8421]

Excellent video, awesome collection! You bought my best Brookfield with graphite and bubbles years ago on eBay. I believe Duane Davenport ended up with it. I have a photo of it on one of my videos on my KZbin channel.

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

Thanks Todd! I’ll always remember the fun we had insulator hunting in Ohio! That junky Brookfield signal was awesome! I can’t remember who I sold it to? Maybe it was Duane? I watched your videos also. Great job! I miss hunting all of the lines that are gone now!

[@toddz8421]

@@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129You’re welcome! Yes Ohio insulator hunting was great, awesome memories! I miss hunting, there are no more lines up. Now the only hunting I do is flea markets and antique shops.

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

@@toddz8421 same here! I know there’s good stuff buried but it’s hard to find

[@NSaw1]

Wow thats an impressive collection!! I love that huge 3 part pin! When they have the flaired flanges it just looks so cool! Ive got a decent size collection now, I want to build mock-ups of historic poles at some point. I absolutely love going and tracking down old lines! Even better for me is finding poles standing! I absolutely love seeing the poles and insulators in their original spot. If only more of them where still in use! At work we actually want to recreate old power lines, it's got a lot of mining history and so we want to make it look more like an older mining town! It was really cool hearing about all the insulators! Im definitely subbing lol

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

Thanks! I’ve always liked looking for old bottles, insulators and old poles since I was a kid. I’ve put up a few different poles in my yards over the years. I’ve got one I need to put up now. I always save old crossarms for displays. It’s fun! Thanks for watching! I’ll make more insulator collecting videos in the future 👍😁

[@edwinmiranda8174]

Excellent

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

Thanks for watching! 😁

[@harryhumstone3149]

Awesome

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

Thanks! 😁

[@southernvtgrown]

✌🏼💚✌🏼💚🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@erikagreen5685]

😊

[@dogurasblox]

Have you ever broke one? I only have 2 of glass and now one fell of my hand and it broke, i felt so bad i was thinking "What did i just do, this was like 170 years old and now i just broke it" i started crying, and it was a unique one. Im just trying to fel less bad

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

Well I have broke some trying to get them off of the poles when I was younger and one time when I was about 11 years old I dropped one I was cleaning in my grandma’s porcelain sink and busted a hole in the sink. I felt really bad about that 😩

[@Renville80]

When I was younger, I decided to pack away most of my extra insulators before leaving for college. At one point, I had just wrapped an aqua Hemingray-42 and a CD 145 crown-embossed Brookfield. Next thing I knew, they had rolled off the edge of the bed, landing on the floor and hitting each other. Which came out unscathed? The 42 of course! The poor CREB lost its entire skirt.

[@realbrooklynjes]

FAR OUT !

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

Thanks ✌️

[@jasonscott9105]

I have a hemmingray cd169 type I

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

It’s a great one Jason! I’ve been talking to you about it on messenger. I use to own one. They are pretty rare! Nice find from the trash! Did you see some of my other videos of cool old things saved from the trash?

[@jasonscott9105]

Hey thanks for the number I spoke with him and I think we're gonna put it up for auction thanks again!

[@highvoltagesignsinsulatorc9129]

@@jasonscott9105 Cool! Ray sold the one I had also. I hope you get a lot for it! 👍😁