CD 326: USA

CORNING PYREX T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF MADE IN U.S.A. 453

 

Picture Courtesy Bob Berry

This high voltage insulator was made by the Corning Glass Works of Pyrex glass. It is numbered 453 indicating a 45KV rating.  These were made both in clear glass and with carnival coating.  The carnival coating is intended to reduce AM radio noise by providing a slightly conductive surface to eliminate corona.


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