Great Helios street lamp, Didier I have a catalogue with Helios Comalumbra burner lamps, showing a similar burner street lamp as yours, as nr 225 "Farol" para poste! /Conny
Finally I have what i always wanted.... Missing the glass globe, but i will get one done soon... I will be back ....
Hello everybody. Can someone explain where exactly Alcoluz burners were made? Here is one marked Made in Germany, photo received from Didier Stevens. Obviously, the patent is of French origin. We have similar surprises with Tito-Landi burners, some of them also marked Germany in hidden locations of the burner.
@Ara Kebapcioglu Ara, these "Alcoluz" burners/Comalumbra lamps were most probably made of the "Helios" S.A. in the 1920/30,s, a company active in both Argentina (Buenes Aires) and Uruguay (Montevideo) by then. I have not seen this burners ever from Europe, so Helios S.A. could probably had parts or burners made in Germany. This burner is derived from Louis Denayrouze patents and the Helios company shows that by naming the alcohol fuel as the "Denayrouzine". If you want to see a French made burner from that Denayrouze patent look here .... French early incandescent wick burner lamps /Conny
Some very interesting stuff.. @James would it be possible to explain the working of your lamp at all please? Sorry if it’s already been explained elsewhere Cheers
Hi!!! I didn't look at this post for a while so, I'm sorry. Yes, Didier, I'm in Argentina. Mendoza to be precise and my phone / whatsapp nr is +54 9 261 5998554. And for everyone here. Great Comalumbra appliances and pictures you have!!! Not only the impossible to find mantle is missing but the right glass chimney you will need to put on the gallery, otherwise the burner won't keep the temperature high enough: you will have to constantly survey at mercadolibre and once in a while something appears. The fuel is called "alcohol carburado". I looked a lot to discover what really it is bue I couldn't find anything. I just guess it could be a mixture of alcohol and some other hydrocarbon fuel. The only one you can mix ethanol is turpentine but I didn't get any good light with it. Juan
Hmm.. I had assumed that they all used methylated spirits as fuel ? I didn’t know that there were other fuels ?
Alcohol flows from the tank through the long brass tube, which runs through the chimney, where it is vaporised by the hot gases from the mantel. The vapour comes out of a jet on the other side of the chimney, just above the cup. It goes into the burner tube, where it is directed down to the mantle. The cup is filled with meths and lit at the start to preheat the vaporising tube.
Hi James Thanks very much for going to the trouble of explaining that Now I think I can see the burner tube sticking out from the main body and the jet must be in the end of the curved feed tube but pointing at the burner tube and draws the air in with it.. Looks quite bright
