U-1942: Germany
3 3/8" X 5 3/8" (83mm X 132mm)
(front skirt inkstamp) OTE (rear skirt inkstamp) {galvanized metal cap}
Picture courtesy Bob Berry |
3 3/8" X 5 3/8" (83mm X 132mm)
(skirt inkstamp) {composition cap}
Picture courtesy Bob Berry |
This is a dryspot insulator where the top unscrews to expose openings inside the skirt and wire groove to allow a telephone drop wire to pass through the insulator to provide a "dry spot" from rain and decrease leakage loss.
U number assignment from Worldwide Porcelain Insulators 1986 Supplement by Marilyn Albers & Jack Tod.