Once stripped down and cleaned, new seals ordered etc, I will also be fitting spirit / alcohol preheaters to the lamps as the old lamps don't have...
So that means I'm going to have to keep an eye out for a pressure kerosene heater to keep me warm whilst I am fixing the lamps! :)
This is going to be interesting, on my Chinese Petromax from Petromax.de the manufacturing date is Feb 2022, whilst the original Petromax is week...
They both have their ceramic burners as well!, the new burner in the Chinese clone got broken by me being too heavy handed when I got it as it was...
I think I know where I will be visiting next time I'm working in Peterborough as BASE-CAMP is 10 minutes away from where I sometimes get called...
I'm looking forward to restoring these, did some primus stoves decades ago which I have no idea what ever happened to those, but I used to use...
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I have gone and bought both of them for less than the asking price on 1.
Any idea on manufacture date?, 2214 on the AIDA and 0723 on the Petromax.
Plus 5 Optimus Mantle N0 4s for 500CP The generators move freely and have the needles present, AIDA is the better of the two but both will...
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Oh dear, I'm going to be in trouble with SWMBO.
The guy selling it is asking top money for it but is also trying to sell as new, which it clearly is not. I'm going over to take a look tomorrow...
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Scrap that, just read the rules on valuations not allowed, sorry. Hope I haven't got myself a ban before I've even really started.
Its being sold as new, but I doubt it is as the top can be seen to be discolored from heat, so no way am I going to pay the asking price unless it...
Hi all. I recently bought a supposed genuine Petromax HK500 from Germany delivered to the UK. Got stung for custom charges and if I want to...
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