Abstract: An insulator of the cap/pin type for an aerial electrical line comprises a dielectric element that has an outer surface in the form of a skirt that is extended by a metal cap on one side and a metal pin on the other side. It also comprises a mechanical load detection device comprising at least one strain gauge fastened to the metal cap of the insulator so as to be used to detect mechanical stresses representative of a mechanical load exerted on the electrical line.

Abstract: An overhead power line insulator is provided including a device for detecting and measuring a leakage current and for transmitting data, the device being arranged in such a manner as to perform: measuring a leakage current of an insulator during a first measurement period and during a second measurement period in a measurement circuit; comparing two values of the current that are obtained during respective ones of the two measurement periods; and stopping the measurement circuit for a certain sleep period of time if the second value of the current is less than or equal to the first value of the current, and then starting the measurement circuit again after the certain sleep period of time.

Abstract: An overhead power line insulator is provided including a device for detecting and measuring a leakage current and for transmitting data, the device being arranged in such a manner as to perform: measuring a leakage current of an insulator during a first measurement period and during a second measurement period in a measurement circuit; comparing two values of the current that are obtained during respective ones of the two measurement periods; and stopping the measurement circuit for a certain sleep period of time if the second value of the current is less than or equal to the first value of the current, and then starting the measurement circuit again after the certain sleep period of time.