Moin, Today I took over an unknown lamp. The lamp has no identification or manufacturer name other than the embossed word "WUNDER" Can someone help me with identification? So far I have been able to find out from another group that two or three companies are possible manufacturers. It is apparently a petrol lamp that is filled with a separate and external air pump. How it works is fundamentally clear to me, but what is completely a mystery to me so far, how the thing is preheated. Anyone have an idea?
Nice lantern.. have a search for Nulite and match light I think the idea is to hold one or two matches under the ‘umbrella’ edit ; looks like a nulite generator
That is a rebadged Nulite lantern and the pre heating is done by holding two matches under the dome on the vapouriser/generator. Nulite- National Stamping and Electric Co
Here are the lighting instructions for the new umbrella generator as of March 1921 : @JEFF JOHNSON @podbros @Dieselross
Well there is a whole webpage about Wunder or Wunderlampe. So I guess it may be the same company. Nulite was also sold under Summit Made in Holland by Fa. Janssen.
Moin, Many thanks for the helpful tips! Were the lamps built by Nulite US and labeled for various trade brands or were they licensed by the European companies? Or were they only assembled by the other companies to save customs duties?
@Dieselross There has been some discussion of this issue here in the past and the answer is not straightforward or clear. There are a number of European companies that sold “rebadged” Nulite lamps and lanterns, for example Hasag, Hunter, Stanleys, Veritas and Wunderlampe. There are others, as well as many in the US and elsewhere. Whether these were rebadged by the receiving company, reproduced by them, or licenced is not that clear, but Neil McRae discusses these issues in his Pressure Lamp Catalogue. I’ve just bought an English-branded lamp that seems to be a Nulite. I’ll need to have it in my hands before I’m 100% sure. Cheers Tony @Mackburner
Moin, after a thorough cleaning and a technical overhaul, I was able to assemble the lamp today and let it test run. For the first test run I decided to use a brake cleaner-petroleum mix of 90-10% as I also use with the blowtorches. The lamp started without any problems and glowed pleasantly and very unspectacularly. I used a cracked Mewa glass for the test run, the original multi-part glass still needs a bit of rest during refurbishment. The bottom line is that it was very easy to recondition and clean, the lamp is very simply built. Few parts, few problems ...... Unfortunately, during the test run, as well as during the overhaul, the spark didn't really jump over to me. I think I'll stick with the Petromax HASAG lamps So if anyone of those reading this would be very happy to have this lamp, I ask for PN.
Moin Thank you for your encouragement! The second lamp Hasag 252 from the bundle has been on again since this afternoon.
Moin, The lamp had only taken a few strokes from the air pump. yesterday during a long test run, I had a little more pressure on it, with the appropriate brightness.
