Tilley FL6 information needed

Could any of you with a healthy FL6 please measure the distance between the lower point on the tank bottom to the rim base, i.e. the edge the lamp stands on when in use? I would like an indication of what to look for when assessing whether the tank bttom has blown.

Thanks in advance.

 

My FL6s are a bit hard to get to but I had an SL1 already out and would have to be the same.
About 12mm on this one.

 

Thanks Anthony. I am not familiar with FL6's or SL1's but I would like the measurement of a later FL6. Anyone else?

 

They use the same sized tank, so the info you need is above.., not that i've ever seen a blown tank as they are steel

 

Does the same apply as with other Tilley lamps.... if they wobble on a flat surface they're blown

 

Is that when they knead each other...

 

Interesting question KAB. Is bulged the same as blown?
Did the engineers at Tilley make the gap between the tank and the ground a specific distance to declare a tank blown if it wobbled?
Very likely I think.

 

Thank you David and Paul for the information. I'll know what to look for.

 

Well you have now.


This is the next and terminal stage. ::Neil::

 

That look like it went with a bang!

 

Oh yes with a nice big fireball which badly burnt a young lady who was too close when it blew. there's a post about it Tilley FL6 explosion. ::Neil::

 

Thanks @Mackburner. I knew I had seen an earlier post from you about it. I went looking in the ref library but I could not find it.
It is a very sad story.