What is an overhead line insulator?

Question

Hi guys,

          I am interested to know about overhead line insulator.So if anyone know about it then tell me, what is an overhead line insulator?Please give your reply as early as possible.......

Answer 1

Hello,

         Overhead line insulators, as the name suggests, are used to electrically insulate pylons from live electrical cables.
 
Overhead line insulators may consist of a string of insulator units (see Figure 1), depending on insulator type and application.  The higher the line voltage insulated, the more insulator units used in the string.

Overhead line insulators are used to electrically insulate pylons from live electrical cables. This Knol on overhead line insulators covers aspects such as insulator type, design, installation, environmental and voltage stress effects, relevant standards, condition monitoring techniques. AS standards mentioned below are based on IEC and ISO standards and thus may be applied broadly.

Answer 2

Insulator which is used in overhead lines like disc type insulators called overhead line insulator