Wood baseboards

[JohnW2]

So, on the strength of that, it's perfectly reasonable that no-one will identify the stand off insulator and whether they are still available?

As I said, I can't really see why a consumer would want stand-off insulators for their own board. However, if they did, they would only have to Google for "ceramic standoff insulators" to find thousands - if they were for their own board, there obviously would be no reason why they would have to be identical to the various ones DNOs have used (over the decades) for their own boards.

As RF has said, if you would but tell us what you're trying/wanting to do, we might be able to help you more specifically.

Kind Regards, John

 

[DIYalot]

So, on the strength of that, it's perfectly reasonable that no-one will identify the stand off insulator and whether they are still available?

As I said, I can't really see why a consumer would want stand-off insulators for their own board. However, if they did, they would only have to Google for "ceramic standoff insulators" to find thousands - if they were for their own board, there obviously would be no reason why they would have to be identical to the various ones DNOs have used (over the decades) for their own boards.

As RF has said, if you would but tell us what you're trying/wanting to do, we might be able to help you more specifically.

Kind Regards, John

Hi. Actually, I have a strong sense of symmetry when it comes to DIY work. What I mean is I'm finicky about looks, bit of a perfectionist. And if I had my druthers, I'd replicate the stand-offs on the CU board that I may fit above the DNO meter board. Of course, these collars / spacers / hat washers / shoulder washers etc, that are on the meter board were made maybe 60 years ago, so, they may be unnobtainable new.

Millions must have been made and somewhere there will be boxes of NOS of them, but it's finding them. Old timers called them "mints" I believe.

 

[JohnW2]

Hi. Actually, I have a strong sense of symmetry when it comes to DIY work. What I mean is I'm finicky about looks, bit of a perfectionist. And if I had my druthers, I'd replicate the stand-offs on the CU board that I may fit above the DNO meter board. Of course, these collars / spacers / hat washers / shoulder washers etc, that are on the meter board were made maybe 60 years ago, so, they may be unnobtainable new. ... Millions must have been made and somewhere there will be boxes of NOS of them, but it's finding them. Old timers called them "mints" I believe.

As I implied, different DNOs have used different designs at different points in time over the decades. If you wanted to match old DNO ones, you'd just have to 'hunt', since I doubt that any 'new' one would be identical - I guess that eBay might prove productive.

We've discussed these things in the past, and I don't think that anyone really has a clear idea as to why they were used. There is no obvious reason why electrical insulators would be required, and some think that their main purpose was to stop steel screws rusting if the walls were very damp, although I don't fully understand the logic of that!

Kind Regards, John

 

[EFLImpudence]

Aren't some people strange?

 

[JohnW2]

Aren't some people strange?

Most people probably are, in one sense or another, but some are stranger than others ... and making judgements about that can be complicated but not being sure what one should, and should not, believe!

Kind Regards, John

 

[EFLImpudence]

Had to Google 'druthers'; colonial apparently.

 

[JohnW2]

Had to Google 'druthers'; colonial apparently.

I actually knew that one, but I don't think I've ever heard it being used on this side of the water!

Kind Regards, John

 

[davelx]

If you are looking for something to use as a stand-off so that you can run cables behind the board, or to match the projection of the existing board. then rubber doorstops work pretty well.

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/door-stops/3974702/

 

[westie101]

Trying to figure out why when the porcelain spacers were first mentioned the reason given was; -

A couple missing from my meter board. Thanks.

Yet later on we are told: -

Hi. Actually, I have a strong sense of symmetry when it comes to DIY work. What I mean is I'm finicky about looks, bit of a perfectionist. And if I had my druthers, I'd replicate the stand-offs on the CU board that I may fit above the DNO meter board

 

[JohnW2]

Trying to figure out why when the porcelain spacers were first mentioned the reason given was; - ... Yet later on we are told: - ....

As I wrote...

... and making judgements about that can be complicated but not being sure what one should, and should not, believe!

Kind Regards, John