Radiolite lanterns

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  1. Darryl Durdin

    Darryl Durdin Australia Subscriber

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    Hi fellas, I’ve a lead on a radiolite lantern, it’s cool and old and mostly there together, what do I need to look for. Parts , mantle, the whole set up, it looks like a Gloria 400 for want of a description.
    Keen to know more.

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    I don't have a Radiolite do-nut lamp listed. Is it marked at all and is it a pressure lamp, it has the look of a gravity feed lamp. ::Neil::
     
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    Looks like a Graetzin 915 alcohol gravity lamp.
    As for part: you may look evrywhere but the chnage of finding something is slim.
    If it has no burner hear or burner , you need some improvising.

    Make sure it has the filler cap as well as the filter mesh which sits inside.
     
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    It’s a new lantern to me. Not sure about it all but I’ll be up for the challenge

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    I once started a webpage: Graetzin 915
    I would not say they are rare in Holland since they pop up every now and then.

    Yes I know I have to update it...
     
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    A good web page too Win. It helped me understand how they work. :thumbup:
     
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    Read somewhere they were used in bush hospitals as a theatre light.
     
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    At least one was.

    Northern Star (Lismore, NSW )Thursday 13 March 1913

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    Tnehgsirhc Australia Subscriber

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    And here is that hospital.
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    C2184D44-1CE9-475F-8513-D0C7A4A91728.jpeg Went looking further and in the same year a nearby hospital in Mimic had an “Eros” inverted mantle lamp installed for night operations.
     

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