Petromax 868 A

The biggest moment in the life of a Petromax collector in Germany.
Petromax 868 A (The holy grail)

Regards Reinhard

 

Reinhard

Excellent!

Congratulations and thanks for the photos.

Your neighbours must get a good view of the light in operation.

Cheers

Tony

@Reinhard

 

Lovely! Beautiful condition, too! What a find!

 

Hi reinhard,

Fantastic lamp

Regards,
Titoo.

 

Wonderful, Reinhard! What are the dimensions, mass and light output ?

Did you need to do a lot of restoration on it?

 

Fantastic looking Lantern!

Congrats!

 

It's in good condition and operating beautifully.
Congratulations Reinhard

 

Impressive!

 

Looks good !

 

What a superb looking lamp! Well done!

 

Wow that’s awesome I can see how this can start to get addictive lol impressive!!!!!!!

 

Thank you very much for your congratulations and your interest in the Petromax 868 A.
Two parts of the lamp were missing :
The mixing tube screw and a knurled screw for the tank attachment.
I was not satisfied last night.
The 868 would have to be brighter. In addition, the mantle glowed yellowish. You can not see in the photos.
Today I have again dismantled the Petromax 868 A and made the mixing tube screw shorter and daintier.
I hope it will get better
On the occasion , I took a few pictures.

Does anyone know when the first and last year of production of the Petromax 868 A was ?

Regards Reinhard

 

The processing of the mixing tube paddle brought the desired success.
I think now she really has 800 HK !
And the sound is absolutely impressive.

Regards Reinhard

 

Hello Reinhard,
In the next weeks I still have to make some screws, there will be one for you.

 

@leo
Great, Leo thank you in advance

Regards Reinhard

 

@phaedrus42

 

Its indeed an impressive lamp @Reinhard .
Must be quite a lot of work to fettle that.

 

WOW, what a lamp, very nice, super jealous!

 

@Reinhard work in progress..

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@leo
Looks good

 

Indeed well done.

 

Hi.
Is this lantern much bigger than a Px835?
Juan

 

@Juan
The body has the same circumference.The pressure vessel,reflector and globe are larger.
Reinhard

 

I am not sure about the "holy grail" that would be at the moment the Petromax 816 wall lamp.

 

I'm looking for 12 knights who also own a Petromax 868A.

Best regards

 

Me!
I would like to be such a knight!
I am currently working on such an 868A.

 

@Willy

You will be the first of the round table.

 

Hello, I would like to show mine too. Once with a normal reflector and once with a downlight. Can I sit at the table?

 

Hello Rollschmidts,
wowww, what a beautiful lamp and more versatile than mine and also finished, different from mine.
Whether you can take a seat at the table is up to Arthu.....äh I mean Reinhard, of course.

 

@rollschmidts
You have an 868A and get a seat at the round table.
Other owners of 868 A are being sought to organize and hold a historic meeting