Plonkit Brazil: Poles & Lights

Question 1

Answer 1

Brazil often uses metal trash baskets outside houses. In Acre and Rondônia, however, it is much more common to see them made of concrete.

Question 2

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Pole IDs in Paraná are usually made up of black paint and yellow or white painted text.

Question 3

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Lamps in Roraima have a similar style but have different colours in the main cities. Boa Vista, Normandia, and Mucajaí have red lamps.

Question 4

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These dark brown insulators with grey bases are found almost exclusively in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.

Question 5

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Minas Gerais lamps will often feature two parts to them. They are also common in Goiás.

Question 6

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Lamps in Roraima have a similar style but have different colours in the main cities. Pacaraima and Iracema have green.

Question 7

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Insulators that resemble brown mushrooms are only found in Pernambuco.

Question 8

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Lamps in Ceará often have a fancy and colourful arm, whether as lampposts or attached to utility poles. It sometimes says the town on the arm.

Question 9

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Insulators in Ceará can sometimes be uniquely long and thin. They are in Goiás too, but are rare

Question 10

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Similar to the Bahia and Pernambuco poles, Goiás poles also use long, yellow pole paint with a black paint code, but it always starts with a number. They also have a rarer yellow on black pole ID, which can be either paint or a plate.

Question 11

Answer 11

Lamps in Ceará often have a fancy and colourful arm, whether as lampposts or attached to utility poles. It sometimes says the town on the arm.

Question 12

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These insulators are spherical or cone shaped and suspended on a rod above the insulator bar. They are often referred to as “lollipop” insulators. They are very common in Rio Grande de Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, and more rarely, Sergipe.

Question 13

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Insulators in Ceará can sometimes be uniquely long and thin. They are in Goiás too, but are rare

Question 14

Answer 14

Lamps in urban northern Paraná sometimes have no lamp arm. Styles contrast, and are either colourful, plastic and industrial, or look fancy and ornate. Both versions are most commonly found in northwest Paraná.

Question 15

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Utility poles in Paraná on intersections are sometimes painted with the street name. This can sometimes extend to Santa Catarina or Rio Grande do Sul if there are ladder poles in the city.

Question 16

Answer 16

Markings on poles are used by the electricity companies to identify them. This pole ID is long, yellow pole paint with a black code. The ones that start with a letter are found in Bahia and Pernambuco.

Question 17

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Poles with horizontal insulators are very common in Pará and less so in Mato Grosso. They are rarely found in Acre, Amapá, Tocantins, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.

Question 18

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Poles that have one insulator on top and alternating horizontal insulators can be found in Mato Grosso and southern Acre. It is also very rare in Rio Grande do Sul.

Question 19

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Long grey insulators, not including when they are horizontal, are most commonly found in Pará, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Bahia, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná and Santa Catarina. They are found rarely in Maranhão, Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas, Sergipe, Rondônia, and Rio Grande do Sul. Other states have between 0 and 5%.

Question 20

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These insulators have a shape resembling a spool of thread. They are found mostly in Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo, and have been seen in Ceará.

Question 21

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Lamps in Roraima have a similar style but have different colours in the main cities. Rorainópolis has blue lamps.

Question 22

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Minas Gerais lamps will often feature two parts to them. They are also common in Goiás.

Question 23

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Lamps in Ceará often have a fancy and colourful arm, whether as lampposts or attached to utility poles. It sometimes says the town on the arm.

Question 24

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Poles with these wide insulators in a trident formation are common in Maranhão. The insulator itself is common across many states, but not in this configuration.

Question 25

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This small yellow or orange plate attached onto the pole by thin metal or zip tie is found in Rio Grande do Norte and Pernambuco. This ID is usually much higher up the pole in Pernambuco than in Rio Grande do Norte.

Question 26

Answer 26

Insulators that resemble white mushrooms are found in Bahia and rarely Brasília.

Question 27

Answer 27

Lamps in Roraima have a similar style but have different colours in the main cities. Caracaraí has yellow.

Question 28

Answer 28

Lamps in Ceará often have a fancy and colourful arm, whether as lampposts or attached to utility poles. It sometimes says the town on the arm.

Question 29

Answer 29

The vast majority of poles in Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Pernambuco have the lamp arm attached to the pole, as opposed to it being attached with a plate, which is much more common generally.

Question 30

Answer 30

Lamps in urban northern Paraná sometimes have no lamp arm. Styles contrast, and are either colourful, plastic and industrial, or look fancy and ornate. Both versions are most commonly found in northwest Paraná.

Question 31

Answer 31

Utility poles in Paraná on intersections are sometimes painted with the street name. This can sometimes extend to Santa Catarina or Rio Grande do Sul if there are ladder poles in the city.

Question 32

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Most poles in Maranhão have a small beige plate with numbers built into the surface of the pole. This pole ID can be found in Pará and Piauí more rarely.

Question 33

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Transparent insulators are mostly in Alagoas in the northeast, and Santa Catarina in the south. They can be seen rarely in Sergipe, Ceará, and Brasília.

Question 34

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Poles that have a smooth cone on top, often called a pencil pole, are common in the state of Rio de Janeiro and rarely in Brasília.

Question 35

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Similar to the Bahia and Pernambuco poles, Goiás poles also use long, yellow pole paint with a black paint code, but it always starts with a number. They also have a rarer yellow on black pole ID, which can be either paint or a plate.

Question 36

Answer 36

Utility poles in Paraná on intersections are sometimes painted with the street name. This can sometimes extend to Santa Catarina or Rio Grande do Sul if there are ladder poles in the city.