des isolateurs français 1984

Photo of 1984 des isolateurs français display The vast majority of the insulators that I saw in France were glass, usually aqua. The ceramic insulators were almost always white -- I only saw one in brown. The two plastic insulators in this display were used to carry the same type of wire that the #3 V.A. was used for -- I saw them on the same lines, in use, several times. Just about all of the French pin-type insulators are fastened to the pin with a type of cement -- the threads serve only to help fasten the cement in place. Some, such as the #5 L'ELECTRO VERRE, are "threadless" -- they have a series of bumps to thelp fasten the cement instead of threads.

All of the insulators in this exhibit come from near the city of St. Flour, shown in the picture on the right of the display. The majority of them were found in a small insulators dump by the side of a road. A number, though, came from other places. Several of these insulators were given to me by Electricite de France; one was lying beneathy a pole, having been removed from service; and one was found in the shadow of a mediaeval castle. The #7 FOLEMBRAY, found on an abondoned metal tower, is the newly assigned CD 687. It is, at the moment, the only one known to exist in the United States.


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                                     6   8
                                   5       9
                                4  14   17  10
                              3     15 16     11
                            2   18         19   12
                          1  20               21  13

 1 - C 66, black plastic              11 - ISOREX, CD 545
 2 - ISOREX, CD 640                   12 - FOLEMBRAY, CD 640
 3 - V.A., CD 545                     13 - unembossed black plastic
 4 - FOLEMBRAY, similar to CD 536     14 - unembossed ceramic, sim. CD 642
 5 - L'ELECTRO VERRE, sim. CD 536     15 - V.A., CD 640
 6 - ISOREX, CD 642                   16 - unembossed ceramic, sim. CD 640
 7 - FOLEMBRAY, CD 687                17 - FOLEMBRAY, CD 642
 8 - ISOREX, old CD 827               18 - VHT22T, no CD number
 9 - PFC in circle                    19 - L'ELECTRO VERRE, sim. CD 377
10 - L'ELECTRO VERRE, CD 575          20 - EIV 22, suspension insulator
                                      21 - EIV, CD 1065