It is just my 2nd pressure lantern purchase and it happens to be the HK150. I really like the wooden box Petromax to go along with HK500. But...
I just did taking her apart and pricked the holes on the main nozzle. Now it works better and I found out the torch will stay lit and reignite...
Looks like I really have to get that thing apart again. It wad leaking at the washer and soon became loose after the first fire up. Hope the...
That is cool looking lantern Karli. I love those knobs and a lot of them there :shock:
It takes 30seconds before it works properly. Else it will extinguish. I did try it without igniting and I find the spray to be constant without...
Hi Martin, I tried different pressures too but no luck still. I lit the alcohol cut and use the torch. The torch then suck up the flame and...
I'll get photos up soon. Right now is just problems one after another. Now that the gasket is tight, the cup cracked. :rage: but I soldered the...
No its not OK for the rapid nozzle. It wouldnt seal after the nozzle gets hot or after it gets very wet with paraffin. So currently I have a tap...
I realize I could soft start the hk150 when there is no wind. Else I have to use the torch. Really is hard to get it to run. ](*,) But with the...
Hmm probably the distance is out still. The nozzle is stuck like its cemented. Other else seal great now after grinding. Most problems I learn...
Hmm I tried alcohol preheat even with 5 times, I will get a mantle that looks like an asteroid and loads of carbon. The blow torch thingy works...
Dunk test ey? I swap the jets and the problem got worse with flames from 2 sides. I did a test I learned at work using nickle gaskets. I found out...
Thanks Claus C, its a new one. There doesnt seem to be any gaps but there might be some imperfections on the surfaces between the two that are too...
I've just receive my Petromax 150 yesterday and gave it a first fine tuning. However, the mantle was red and with the halo. I found that it was...
I got to know from the senior generations here that Butterfly was the only popular brand in the past because of their reliability and cost. Sadly...
Here in Singapore, there weren't many good lamps around even in the old days. Most lived in wooden houses only had the lamps I showed in my...
I use these with scented oils.. Unidentified make for both. I bought as is from old shops in town..
Some time back I watched on utube someone added aromatic oils to lamp oil and then burn it in a wick lamp. Hmm.. :-k Back to topic.. After all...
A new hobby is what I'm afraid of now. It isn't good for the health of my wallet which has to keep up with the other existing things hobbies I...
Hi, Im the new kid on the block. Probably the first one from Singapore. I've just gotten my first ever pressure lantern last week from a local...
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