# Older lights **URL:** \ **Category:** Electrical Inspections\ **Created:** [December 19, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827 "2006-12-19T20:51:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dmacy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/dmacy/32/1466_2.png) [@dmacy](https://forum.nachi.org/u/dmacy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/1 "2006-12-19T20:51:10Z")
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. ![88206 Cleveland 008 (Small).jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/6/d/6da94a280ccbe518287e71c510ffde995dffa832.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jtedesco1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/258eb7/32.png) [@jtedesco1](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jtedesco1)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/2 "2006-12-19T21:03:16Z")
\*\*They look like Vintage Electrical Insulators, search to find images on Google. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![mlarson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mlarson/32/89225_2.png) [@mlarson](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mlarson)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/3 "2006-12-19T21:38:49Z")
Glass Insulator Gallery [http://home.earthlink.net/~glassinsulatoralbum/index.html](http://home.earthlink.net/%7Eglassinsulatoralbum/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![dvalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/dvalley/32/206092_2.png) [@dvalley](https://forum.nachi.org/u/dvalley)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/4 "2006-12-19T22:51:39Z")
gas lights??? ---
**Author:** ![brian\_winkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f0a364/32.png) [@brian\_winkle](https://forum.nachi.org/u/brian_winkle)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/5 "2006-12-19T23:53:06Z")
> [@dvalley](#): > > gas lights??? you youngsters. I remember when all we had were gas lamps:mrgreen: ---
**Author:** ![tallen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@tallen](https://forum.nachi.org/u/tallen)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/6 "2006-12-20T00:04:37Z")
> [@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.:p:p Just kidding, those are old glass insulators. As J. T pointed out do a google search. ---
**Author:** ![jwilliams4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@jwilliams4](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jwilliams4)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/7 "2006-12-20T00:04:51Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![bandag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@bandag](https://forum.nachi.org/u/bandag)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/8 "2006-12-20T00:30:14Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![dmacy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/dmacy/32/1466_2.png) [@dmacy](https://forum.nachi.org/u/dmacy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/9 "2006-12-20T01:00:20Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Pierre\_Belarge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@Pierre\_Belarge](https://forum.nachi.org/u/Pierre_Belarge)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/10 "2006-12-20T03:20:25Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Fretwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@Greg\_Fretwell](https://forum.nachi.org/u/Greg_Fretwell)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/11 "2006-12-20T03:57:33Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![dedwards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@dedwards](https://forum.nachi.org/u/dedwards)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/12 "2006-12-20T04:02:35Z")
In the "olden days’ we used to watch TV by candlelight. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Fretwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@Greg\_Fretwell](https://forum.nachi.org/u/Greg_Fretwell)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/13 "2006-12-20T07:17:44Z")
You had one of those kerosene TVs too huh? ---
**Author:** ![dmacy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/dmacy/32/1466_2.png) [@dmacy](https://forum.nachi.org/u/dmacy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/14 "2006-12-20T12:46:40Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Fretwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@Greg\_Fretwell](https://forum.nachi.org/u/Greg_Fretwell)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/15 "2006-12-20T16:38:46Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![pbolliger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/pbolliger/32/1150_2.png) [@pbolliger](https://forum.nachi.org/u/pbolliger)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/16 "2006-12-20T17:07:41Z")
> [@jtedesco1](#): > > \*\*They look like Vintage Electrical Insulators, search to find images on Google. \*\* Hey Joe, That pic (avatar) of you could have been used for halloween…😉 I wear that when I cook in my kitchen…😃 Anyone for a “arc welding” dinners?..:mrgreen: ---
**Author:** ![jtedesco1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/258eb7/32.png) [@jtedesco1](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jtedesco1)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/older-lights/10827/17 "2006-12-20T18:41:50Z")
> [@pbolliger](#): > > Hey Joe, > That pic (avatar) of you could have been used for halloween…😉 > > I wear that when I cook in my kitchen…😃 > > Anyone for a “arc welding” dinners?..:mrgreen: \:D/ Howdy Patrick: A student took that the picture last week while I was in Delaware, the outfit was used by one of my students who is a boiler inspector for an insurance company.