HC Lanterns Lightning Bug 1000 candle power

Now a proud owner of this 1000cp HC Lantern Lightning bug.
Amish made Kerosene lantern from Lancester, Pennsylvania, USA
Thanks to Terry Sheperd for sending it to me in the UK.

Large, heavy, stainless steel lantern, robustly built.

 

Bobby dazzler......

 

A fine addition to your collection.

 

Looks like it’s built like a tank!

 

I like it

 

It is. Has to be, Coleman's run at 17psi, these run at 40psi. Everything is stainless steel.

 

@Paul Wallis

Where did you get the 17psi figure for Coleman from?


Tony

 

Using a fuel cap pressure gauge, full fount and 20-30 pumps as per Coleman instructions, they run at 1 bar, the smaller 242, 247, 249's run at 0.8 bar.

 

In Herman Lahde’s treatise, Light and Heat from Hydrocarbon Appliances (2000) he has the ‘standard’ for operating pressure lamps at 25 to 30 psi (page 176).

Dr Lahde worked for Ehrich & Graetz from 1926 to 1945 then went to USA to work for Aladdin Industries Inc. from (1947 to 1960) and for then for American Thermos from 1960 to 1966. He has some patents with Graetz, I think.

Cheers

Tony