Have you ever seen those glass or porcelain objects on top of telephone poles and wondered why they are there?
Get prepared to discover additional information about these quiet heroes of the communication realm.
These cool gadgets, called insulators, have an important job of preventing the wires they hold from getting too close to the pole or, even worse, the ground below.
Imagine attempting a long-distance call only to have your voice fade after a short distance – it would definitely be frustrating! Without them, all the electricity (or those important phone calls) would simply dissipate.
