You're welcome man, good to see you're still around. :)

Damn man, their just worried about liability. It's rare to get things now that we draw lawsuits for everything. Getting insulators is pretty much the only thing you'll get if you're lucky.

Thanks man, I appreciate it!

I was lucky to have the chance to catch these rebuilds they've been doing, keep your eyes peeled! You'll find one, keep your eyes on old poles, transmission or distribution, you might just catch something.

Thank you! It was a years worth and it turned out great, however, I might have too much now. I hear you got rid of some of your insulators, I might do the same eventually. Anytime I see one, I usually pick it up lol!

Hell yeah man! If it weren't for you, I might not have been on top of that rebuild when it happened.! :) Snow is what you're seeing, it covers the ground for almost half the year. Don't know what's worse: The heat of Florida, or the long cold days of the north. I think I'll take the last. lol!

Pothead terminations are pretty neat, I hope to run across one sometime.

@@VariacManiac potheads is more rare than other insulators, and harder to get. the 3 phase 12 kv pothead i show on some of my videos, took me 6 months to get. So it will be great to start looking now.

Their fun to find, I go as far as google maps and any activity on nearby rebuilds. :)

@@VariacManiac I bet, I have gone before to some places I know were taking insulators and poels down. So apparently national grid takes them now so I can't get the ones like you find. The only ones I can find a lot now, is old glass ones down by train tracks. They are everywhere there. But I will try checking if I can find any by the big hv lines, as I have no clue if they will leave any of those.

@@Antno Sadly, many power companies just pick up their old stuff and throw it away, but if you're lucky to catch them on a break and persuade them enough, they might just give you permission to take stuff. Apart from rebuilds, only other places to search are down old transmission right of ways, many of which are off limits, depending on location. Abandoned places too are good areas, but again, many are off limits. Just keep your eyes peeled and you'll find something. It's what I do.

Those dumpsters were just full to the brim. Emptied several times. This contractor actually has around 50 more miles of lines to rebuild, so I'm keeping my eyes out. Their currently on hold as their doing this particular right of way in sections (between isolation points) Therefore they can keep other parts of it running. Will be on the lookout for any new vids of yours.!

Dang, seems like a pretty good sized job, last year they just rebuilt a 230kv H structure line into a monopole 230 line completely energized but the contractor wasn’t the nicest and didn’t really let me have much of the old stuff at first (even though it was garbage), later in the project I ended up making friends with someone on the job and that’s where I got a lot of bells and polys, now they just finnished changing single 230 structures and insulators on the other 230kv circuit that pretty much parallels the line that was just rebuilt, so I haven’t really been lacking when it comes to transmission stuff, I’ll try to have a vid up by the end of the week 👊

It certainly was! Thanks!

That's actually corona burn damage caused by that small point on the steel fitting, thanks! It was fun!

@@VariacManiac yes correct !

@@TecKonstantin Oops, I misunderstood 😂

@@VariacManiac no worry 😂

It was fun!

@@VariacManiac I bet so! I have been on a a very succesful hunt last friday ;)

There are many

@@VariacManiac me 2 week ago im found 5 insulator but in dump immsaved 4 brown insulator and one old general electric lightning arrestor brown 2 is not remouvable is buriel under many heavy trash

I was very lucky to have had the chance. 2 years ago, the contractor had leased some land for their temporary headquarters, and I knew that meant that they'd be changing things out. They finally did and managed to get permission. which is surprising.

I CRIED at the high voltage light place. I looked at the dumpsters in yours bunch of insulators that I grabbed. I grabbed a couple I have six of them and a friend of mine gave them all to me and I have 26 of them.

I have, but not under a pole, I've found a couple pts, but they were way too big to take. They were 69kV and 6.5kVA.

@@VariacManiac yeah you told me about that one

Try to find rebuilds where the linemen are tearing down old stuff. Best chance at getting a lot. Look for an X on poles or new material on the ground, or any sign old poles are coming down. Search down right of ways, and even abandoned factories, but be careful.

I graduated recently. I need to get my CDL eventually. Not sure if I'm ready. I will get there someday soon :)

Yeah, it's a thing I can't pass up. The last poly with the burn actually has a corona discharge burn from the small point that formed on the steel during manufacturing. Pretty interesting to say the least.

@@VariacManiac oh wow, im surprised they didnt catch that during quality control!

I live in the USA.

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