References

This page contains a list of references that will help you get more information about insulators. The books listed here are key references that will help you understand more about the insulators shown on this site. Some of these references contain more detailed information about the terminology used on this Web site.

This list is a small subset of the many good books that are available. I will add more as I see the need. For a more complete list see: http://www.insulators.info/books/

• Insulators: A History and Guide to North American Glass Pintype Insulators, by John and Carol McDougald
  This is the primary reference on glass pintype insulators manufactured in North America. It is in three volumes
• Volume 1 (1990) - This volume has a great deal of historical information about glass insulators.
• Volume 2 (1990) - This volume is a pictorial guide to the different styles of insulators. This volume contains full size pictures of all of the styles of glass insulators known at the time of printing, including CD numbers.
• 1999 Price Guide - The current price guide. This volume also contains much of the information needed to interpret the descriptions of glass insulators. This volume also contains small drawings of all of the styles of glass insulators, identified by their CD numbers.
• Porcelain Insulators: Guide Book for Collectors (Third Edition), by Jack H. Tod (1988). Reprinted by Elton Gish in 1995
  This is the primary reference for unipart porcelain insulators and contains the Universal Style Chart, a pictorial representation of all of the different styles of unipart porcelain insulators known at the time of printing. These are the U-numbers that are used on this site.