Thought I would post this as there isn’t another one with a gold painted fount in this section. I’m sure they were fairly commonplace. Retrieved this from my dad’s garage recently and got me started with lamps. Bought for the endless power cuts in the 1970’s, but I only ever remember it being lit once. I think my mum was scared of it! It’s been around a few house moves and only needed a bit of a clean and new seals and mantle to get it working perfectly once again. Dated 12/73 on the base. Nothing very exciting about it, but robust and reliable!
@John Pinkerton Nothing wrong with an X246B in my opinion providing the operation instructions are followed. Nice to have a lamp connected to your youth that you are able to use and enjoy. My first lantern was an X246B Mkii from 1991 and is still a reliable user. Regards Jeremy
Like a lot of us Brit collectors I suspect, my first lamp was an 246B, in my case a pair of classic red fount/black top models. I cut my teeth on those and then branched out. They work just fine so long as you read up about them and as Jeremy says, follow the instructions.
Oh yes, following the operating instructions is a really good idea.! I found out the hard way what happens when you don't... Regards Sammi Jane xXx
I had quite a big flare up, and had to smother the flames with a fire blanket, which was a bit scary.!
Well, I think we all have at some point. Mind you, for me it was more often with bliddy stoves - the top of my washing machine still bears the scars. Sadly alcohol was involved and not for priming purposes either; well, not on the stove anyhow...
@David Shouksmith, pardon my ignorance, but what's a bliddy stove... I hope that it was good alcohol...
@Sammi Jane No profanity allowed here so David has substituted one vowel with another one, I’ll leave it to you to decide. Regarding the flare-up, Mrs x246a isn’t too keen on me lighting lamps or heaters indoors. Apparently she doesn’t like the black smoke and the long lingering smell of burned paraffin. Regards, Jeremy
Ah gotcha.! Neither Ria, my wife, nor myself mind the smell of burnt paraffin at all, we have a pair of Chalwyn Flag lanterns by the bed that we light in the evening. And being in a first floor flat we don't really have any other option.
Yes, use of dialect to avoid a mild profanity. Mind you, I laughed when you used a Scottish dialect word the other day. It reminded me of the confusion caused to various ex-colonials when I used 'Jings, Crivvens, Help Ma Boab' here a few years ago. I was an ardent reader of Oor Willie in my younger days... [/QUOTE]
They're so descriptive though, but try to explain what the English version of 'crivens' is... I've always known it as crivens, so jings I don't know what it is.!
aye, same here forgive me if you already have one but i found that having a CO detector has helped with using paraffin lamps + heaters .. they work so wouldn’t be without one now regards
Oh yes, we've actually got three of them, one was supplied by the Council because we have a combi boiler, and were given one to supplement the one we bought.
Huzzah!!! had to renew mine as it looked ok but no alarm ! Flashed a warning but wouldn’t have been much good in the small hours
It was the same with those little 'safe' spots you used to get, by the time it turned black it was too [censored] late.!!
