@Gary Waller looking at your photos maybe I must reconsider about the solder technique...
@presscall The lamp is a Petromax 826/350CP Sicke tank produced in 1956. It was neglected by my grandfather and restored to working condition by...
An old lamp has a very small leak at the base of the tank. Take a look at the picture please. When operating at 2.5 bar it may leak a drop every...
OK thanks for your answers. I just wanted to understand if there is different in the physics of light emmited. Of course it was not intended to...
What makes looking at the mantle dangerous to the eyes? If I take a led lamp or an incandescent bulb rated at 400 Watts output and try to look at...
:lol::):) Actually my lamp is an old (1954, recently restored) 350CP. Being old it did not have a manometer. So in order to learn to use it at...
Even at 1.5 bar the light is more warm and more "easy" to look at. Thanks for the information.
Petromax in their manuals and/or advertisements say that the luminosity of the lamps is not controllable. They consider the lamps only on-off....
Hmmm, but this implies that when one buys a new brass lantern then he first has to polish it and then light it up. Is that correct? Or how do you...
In the manual found here: De oude petromax catalogus (the English version---last link) on the 3rd page (of the pdf!) it has this text: [ATTACH]...
It took me a few months to come back to this project. So this just to report that after fixing a couple of leaking issues the lamp worked again...
Thank you guys for all the suggestions and tips. I was waiting for the graphite replacement that I received only a couple of days ago and did not...
I did the test. I put pressure in it and immerse it in a bucket of water. There were two leaks. One from the fuel cap, so I will replace this...
I guess you are correct. I misinterpreted the number: [ATTACH]
Great advise Henry. I will do that. So Petromax Sicke. Now that you gave me this information I noticed that the new models do not have the frame...
Yes Michael, I have understand this and I am done with this issue. I will use kerosene as I wrote above. My remaining questions were what are the...
Dear George, thank you so much! OK, only kerozene. Got that. I have read several articles and seen videos on youtube on how to light the lamp. By...
Thanks. Then it is only good I registered in this forum. I have no idea about the seals. I would not light the lamp before I got advice. Can you...
Thanks for the reply. You can see the lamp before and after the cleaning I did in this picture: [ATTACH] I think it is very impressive. At least...
I have a Petromax lamp, a 350CP which I restored. It was neglected by my grandfather. I have not tried to light it up yet. I only cleaned it,...
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