I didn't put this in the 'Mystery Lamps' section because it's not a mystery per se - only to me! I came across it when I was looking for a better globe for my 427K, which this one provided. It was nickel-plated originally but that's been removed, probably for the eBay sale. Unfortunately that's taken away a lot of the date but it's probably 8 37 - the 8 is clear, the three partial and for the 7 only a small part remains. There's nothing at all marked on the collar. Is this the seafoam colour? The two dimples are present (only the lower one visible here) showing it has the restrictor for kero fitted
Well, that's what I was kind of wondering. The mystery is, then, how did I manage to get two 427K lanterns in England entirely by chance. Beats me...
Well they were sold here. Kinda makes it possible to find a few I guess. Since you seem to have an embarrassment of them can I have one please? ::Neil::
You'll note that the bends in the bail quite easily clear the wide brim of the Mountie style ventilator when swung to the carry position, so the globe frame / bail is original to the vent. 427K Mountie lanterns which this one is are fairly scarce in Canada, nice find.
I have one of those, posted about it on here a while ago. http://0flo.com/index.php?threads/3233 Regards Trevor
Your thread needs moving to the LRG... I've had this lantern lit today - it burned OK on kero so after a few minutes I went to get the camera and came back. The lantern was still burning fine but the camera malfunctioned and I couldn't get a picture. I went away to try to sort out the camera (failed) but when I went back to the lantern, although it was still burning fine, there'd obviously been some sort of 'incendiary incident' while my back was turned - soot all over the inside and outside of the hood and a film of kero all over the tank and a small puddle below. I think the filler cap seal (which I didn't replace) must have failed partially and we may have had a temporary small kero-vapour fire from there...
Two incidents - probably a weeping filler cap seal was one and the soot was due to running the lantern outside on a breezy day with no globe, which was the other. Clearly the generator was cooling down when there was a gust of wind causing short term flare-ups, thus the soot. Camera still won't work and it also decided to wipe the full 2Gb memory card into the bargain. So that's good...
Hello David, when i used a glass globe on that type of lantern, i also attached some wire to the loop handle of the R-55 vapouriser/generator. I then bent the wire so that it would fit through one of the air holes in the cage's base plate, so that the pricker could be operated, Jeff.
I have the same problem with my lamp. It runs ok for a while, but then dims. I then need to up a bit of wire under the glass to rotate the pricker. A coupler of pumps and it is working fine again. What mantles are you using? Regards Trevor
Yes, it seemed to be holding pressure OK but I still haven't got to the far end of this issue yet. I'll probably run it again tomorrow in a more sheltered spot and with a globe. I'll keep my eye on the little blighter this time and find out what's happening. Dunk-testing it first might also be a good idea and I should have done that earlier... Mantles - I don't know because they're the ones that were on the lantern when it got here. Coleman of some sort though. Use 21A mantles as Neil recommends... Update: Firstly an image of the lantern after the 'incendiary incident' I dismissed my theory about kero vapour leakage from the fillercap because the soot was all around the hood and there were no signs of any around the tank. I concluded the problem was due to flaring caused by the cool, breezy conditions exacerbated by not having a globe in place. So I relit the lantern the next day, again outside, when conditions were more favourable - much warmer and far less windy. Even without a globe, the lantern ran well on 100% British kero with no evidence whatsoever of flaring or poor combustion generally. The kero on the tank was caused by a slight leak from the valve gland. Nipping it up a bit soon fettled that. And I managed to fix my camera, too, although not until after I'd bought a new one and unpacked it... I've relit it again tonight and it works perfectly well, although the NRV clearly needs attention - which it's not getting here! I've cleaned up the mica globe but it's still discoloured with age and gives a yellowish 'cast' to the lantern light...
Definitely a Mountie, too bad they removed the nickel plating Still a real nice and hard to find piece
