Older lights

[David C. Macy]

Any remarks or opinions about the item in the picture. I believe these are gas lights and I am not sure if they still work. Would the utility wire be a concern if the light still worked?

Would you report them or recommend to remove.

[jtedesco1]

They look like Vintage Electrical Insulators, search to find images on Google.

[Michael Larson]

Glass Insulator Gallery
http://home.earthlink.net/~glassinsulatoralbum/index.html

[David P. Valley]

gas lights????

[brian winkle]

Originally Posted by dvalley

gas lights????

you youngsters. I remember when all we had were gas lamps

[Ted Allen]

Originally Posted by dmacy

Any remarks or opinions about the item in the picture. I believe these are gas lights and I am not sure if they still work. Would the utility wire be a concern if the light still worked?

Would you report them or recommend to remove.

OK David you are starting to scare me.

Just kidding, those are old glass insulators. As J. T pointed out do a google search.

[Jae Williams]

We didn't have gaslights in the cave when I was a kid---they hadn't been invented yet.

Sometimes we had to draw on the walls in the dark...

...and not to mention the midnight strolls to the hole in the ground out back...

[bandag]

Dave meant well, he just didn't know what they were. I might be tempted to ask the property owner if I could have those insulators, they still look in good shape!

[David C. Macy]

Originally Posted by bandag

Dave meant well, he just didn't know what they were. I might be tempted to ask the property owner if I could have those insulators, they still look in good shape!

Thanks

I am not perfect. Not even close. There was no client or realtor present. I only posted for my own knowledge. Now I know. Thanks Bandag.

[Pierre Belarge]

Dave
If you did not ask questions you would not have any answers!!!
The person who is not afraid to ask questions is not afraid to learn!

[Greg Fretwell]

Those insulators are getting to be somewhat of a collector's item. I have a couple around here I want to make night lights out of.

[Doug Edwards]

In the "olden days' we used to watch TV by candlelight.

[Greg Fretwell]

You had one of those kerosene TVs too huh?

[David C. Macy]

OK I have another question? Where the old glass insulators used to support the old service wires. What are they or did they insulate. The ones in the picture are no longer in use correct?

[Greg Fretwell]

Older service drop wire was bare. Rubber insulation would not hold up in the weather. Overhead spans were basically K&T. You still have that in medium and high voltage.