Thanks for that, Jeff. Well, there must be a source of Tilley glasses out there for the lucky ones to find! Keep warm up there in Shetland. The...
Jeff, did you by any chance attend the Blowlamp Society meeting in Toddington on 25th October? I was chatting to someone there about a box of...
Thanks for that, David, very interesting... and rather worrying, as we see that Tilley have outsourced the manufacturing of key components to...
One lamp is just a lamp, but two's a collection! We all started with one pressure lamp. In my case, it was all downhill from then on... Well...
That sure is a nice looking lamp! Did you simply polish the steel tank, or have it re-chromed? It looks really shiny. Oh, and please do light it...
No Kerry, the only hole should be the nozzle inside the jet screwed into the end of the curved tube. The other three caps are all solid. The cap...
Thanks Christer for moving the topic to the most appropriate place. I will certainly visit CCS a little more often. Kerry, the function of the...
I hope this won't be too off-topic for this Forum; there seems nowhere else likely to be interested! As well as pressure lamps, I restore and...
I don't like them much myself. It was just that I had one left which was a bit scruffy and needed using up! The worst thing is their tendency to...
Hi Phil and John, Thanks for the advice. I'm probably not classed as an 'advanced user' and haven't tried tying my own mantles, but I have...
Thanks for the info. I discovered tonight that if you follow the Vapalux mantle fitting instructions and unscrew the spigot first, it's possible...
Yes, the date of manufacture is 2003 and it was obviously made for the military, with the olive green colour scheme and pheon (broad arrow)...
That's interesting, Jeff. Thanks for the info! Phil
Mike Oldfield, 1930s British and American dance band music, and British 'light music' particularly the wonderful marches composed by Eric Coates....
I'm pretty pleased! The Vapalux gives a good account of itself against my Tilley 500 series. The light from the Vapalux is slightly yellow/pink...
At the local steam and vintage rally this morning, I spotted a brand new, never-used Vapalux M320 complete with two new mantles and the glass...
Thanks for that, David. I can't find any mention of it in Jim Dick's book either. I calculated the heat output simply from the calorific value of...
I haven't been able to find a figure quoted anywhere, which is why I calculated it from first principles - can you advise where the 1kW figure is...
Hi Neil and thanks for the information. Where do you get your 1.25kW figure from, by the way? All the figures I have calculated suggest a heat...
Very interesting, Peter - that's exactly what I calculated from my light meter measurements, 1 Watt equals 1.25 candlepower. The "watts" in this...
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