@Christer I'm using the @ because I have a few replies to do. Yes, I believe it is gas as in the gas that is produced from gasoline or kerosene etc. Your point that most will understand what I mean is valid and that is part of the reason I used the term GPA along with I couldn't think of an easier term to summerise what I meant. Yes, the torches can have specific uses. As you say some are hotbulb starters that people like me often confuse with brazing torches. This is the reason I suspect the list will be far larger than people may realise at first, many differing uses for similar appliances. Yes, That settles it on the fridges and fans, they are wick so should not be on the list. @Sedgman Now we are getting the hang of it. Perfect. Carbide lamps may operate under pressure, I'm not really sure. What I am sure of is, they don't use liquid fuel, so no, they don't qualify. Perfect. The updated list looks like this Heaters: Industrial: Leak Detection Irons: Clothes Lighting: Hollow Wire Lighting: Lantern - Storm. Lighting: Lantern - Spot. Lighting: Projectors - Slide. Lighting: Table Lamps Signs: Roadside - Roundabout Indicators Signs: Roadside - Messaging. Cooking: Stoves - Indoor - Range. Cooking: Stoves - Outdoors - Camp Stoves Cooking: Stoves - Industrial Plumbers Furnace (I'm open to suggestions as where to put a plumbers furnace. Torches: Blowlamps / blowtorches - Standard units Torches: Continuous soldering irons Torches: Brazing Units (these are much larger than blowlamps) Torches: Weed Killers Water Heaters: These two categories may alter if it is decided by the majority that single, double etc, ranges and camp stoves should be listed Cooking: Stoves - Indoor - Range. Cooking: Stoves - Outdoors - Camp Stoves So, Cooking: Stoves - Outdoors - Camp Stoves, may become, Cooking: Stoves - Outdoors - Camp Stoves - Single Burner. Perhaps it may get broken down even further as such? Our stovies will need to lend some advice. Cooking: Stoves - Outdoors - Camp Stoves - Twin Burner - Suitcase I have removed the fan and fridge.
I like the use of examples of manufacturers. Once we start to exhaust the more common entries I think the use of manufacturers names and even photo's or other evidence of their existence should be shown. For instance we can't just put a "Fruit Bat lamp" as an entry. Some type of evidence should be shown. Of course, the "Fruit Bat lamp" example is just a made up example. I was emailed an entry by a friend and long time lurker of CPL, Marko. Washing Machines: Aladdin, Robincraft. Australian. I've added it to the list Cooking: Stoves - Indoor - Range. Cooking: Stoves - Outdoors - Camp Stoves Cooking: Stoves - Outdoors - Hiking Stoves: Svea 123, Optimus 99, MSR types Heaters: Pig Heater - Tilley IF 54 Industrial: Leak Detection - Tilley - LD1 Industrial: Plumbers Furnace Industrial: Lighting - Roadside - Roundabout Indicators: Tilley Book Industrial: Lighting - Signs: Roadside - Messaging: Tilley Book Irons: Clothes Irons Lighting: Hollow Wire - Ceiling Lights Lighting: Lantern - Storm Lighting: Lantern - Spot. Lighting: Lantern - Flood: Tilley FL6 Lighting: Projectors - Slide. Lighting: Table Lamps Torches: Blowlamps / blowtorches - Standard units Torches: Continuous soldering irons Torches: Brazing Units (these are much larger than blowlamps) Torches: Weed Killers Washing Machines: Aladdin - Robincraft. Australian Water Heaters:
I'll add a couple to keep the ball rolling until we can get up to the more unusual and and least known uses. The two I added are as follows Lighting: - Self Contained - Wall Lamps. Water Heaters: - Water - Urn - Coleman. I pinched this image of a Coleman urn from the web. Cooking: Stoves - Indoor - Range. Cooking: Stoves - Outdoors - Camp Stoves Cooking: Stoves - Outdoors - Hiking Stoves: Svea 123, Optimus 99, MSR types Heaters: Pig Heater - Tilley IF 54 Water Heaters: - Water - Urn - Coleman. Industrial: Leak Detection - Tilley - LD1 Industrial: Plumbers Furnace Industrial: Lighting - Roadside - Roundabout Indicators: Tilley Book Industrial: Lighting - Signs: Roadside - Messaging: Tilley Book Irons: Clothes Irons Lighting: Hollow Wire - Ceiling Lights Lighting: Lantern - Storm Lighting: Lantern - Spot. Lighting: Lantern - Flood: Tilley FL6 Lighting: Projectors - Slide. Lighting: Table Lamps Lighting: - Self Contained - Wall Lamps. Torches: Blowlamps / blowtorches - Standard units Torches: Continuous soldering irons Torches: Brazing Units (these are much larger than blowlamps) Torches: Weed Killers Washing Machines/Boiler: Aladdin - Robincraft. Australian
Wow, aren't they special. Thanks for showing them. This is the sort of thing and many more that I feel will come out in this topic. I was hoping there would be more interest in the topic and more suggestions would be made. There are a lot of appliances that are well known that haven't been added to the list. I was just going to let this topic die off I need to apologise to @phaedrus42 Phil had mentioned bread ovens earlier but I somehow missed putting them in my list. I'm not sure what the Primus bread ovens look like but if it is similar to the Focus ones I will credit them both. As well as your bread ovens, a friend of mine Marko, kept record of an Australian made kettle appliance that sold on ebay late last year. Thanks to those that have participated or intend to participate. So two new entries: Water Heaters: Kettle - Red ball and Cooking: Ovens - Bread - Focus. Also I am reinstating one I somehow omitted at a later stage: Cooking: Ovens - Bread - Primus Cooking: Ovens - Bread - Focus. Cooking: Ovens - Bread - Primus Cooking: Stoves - Indoor - Range. Cooking: Stoves - Outdoors - Camp Stoves Cooking: Stoves - Outdoors - Hiking Stoves: Svea 123, Optimus 99, MSR types Heater: Kettle - Red ball Heaters: Pig Heater - Tilley IF 54 Water Heaters: - Water - Urn - Coleman. Water Heaters: Kettle - Red ball Industrial: Leak Detection - Tilley - LD1 Industrial: Plumbers Furnace Industrial: Lighting - Roadside - Roundabout Indicators: Tilley Book Industrial: Lighting - Signs: Roadside - Messaging: Tilley Book Irons: Clothes Irons Lighting: Hollow Wire - Ceiling Lights Lighting: Lantern - Storm Lighting: Lantern - Spot. Lighting: Lantern - Flood: Tilley FL6 Lighting: Projectors - Slide. Lighting: Table Lamps Lighting: - Self Contained - Wall Lamps. Torches: Blowlamps / blowtorches - Standard units Torches: Continuous soldering irons Torches: Brazing Units (these are much larger than blowlamps) Torches: Weed Killers Washing Machines/Boiler: Aladdin - Robincraft. Australian
@JEFF JOHNSON I found this wick, car number plate, messaging lamp from 1912. While it isn't a pressure lamp nor will it be added to the list, I thought you might be interested.
Do the guys that do hot tar and bituminous membrane roofing work just use the weed killing torches? I want to say I heard of an "Infrared Lantern" for something like night vision devices or signaling or night landings?
Locomotive headlight (FL6 - see Jim Dick’s book). It always struck me that they would be a pretty pathetic headlight for a locomotive. Tony
Yes, I would assume that a spotlight should be more suitable for a locomotive rather than a flood light.
@JohanOptimus Thank you, the Coleman radiant heater has been added. @Carlsson I have a few locomotive lights I will share once we get through the easier appliances. When you get a chance, please replace the list in the opening post with the latest list from this post. Thanks. @aephilli I'm not aware of infrared lamps if you find one please add it. The only lamps I'm aware of that were used on runways are the Tilley FL6. My knowledge on the subject is minimal. Cooking: Ovens - Bread - Focus. Cooking: Ovens - Bread - Primus Cooking: Stoves - Indoor - Range. Cooking: Stoves - Outdoors - Camp Stoves Cooking: Stoves - Outdoors - Hiking Stoves: Svea 123, Optimus 99, MSR types Heater: Kettle - Red ball Heaters: Pig Heater - Tilley IF 54 Heaters: Home Radiant - Coleman Model 18 Water Heaters: - Water - Urn - Coleman. Water Heaters: Kettle - Red ball Industrial: Leak Detection - Tilley - LD1 Industrial: Plumbers Furnace Industrial: Lighting - Roadside - Roundabout Indicators: Tilley Book Industrial: Lighting - Signs: Roadside - Messaging: Tilley Book Irons: Clothes Irons Lighting: Hollow Wire - Ceiling Lights Lighting: Lantern - Storm Lighting: Lantern - Spot. Lighting: Lantern - Flood: Tilley FL6 Lighting: Projectors - Slide. Lighting: Table Lamps Lighting: - Self Contained - Wall Lamps. Torches: Blowlamps / blowtorches - Standard units Torches: Continuous soldering irons Torches: Brazing Units (these are much larger than blowlamps) Torches: Weed Killers Washing Machines/Boiler: Aladdin - Robincraft. Australian
Absolutely - but you can see bugger-all in front anyway, even during the day, because of the boiler spoiling the view ahead. My guess is that they were more to be seen rather than seeing-by and British locomotives weren't fitted with them...
Thank you. I have added a military section and added the 200A and also quoted your description as written by you in another topic on CPL. I think anyone like myself, that didn't know of the Coleman Infrared lantern, will enjoy learning why they were made and where they were deployed. @Carlsson, thank you for updating the list. I somehow deleted what I had written in response to the interesting discussion on locomotive headlights and the FL6. I couldn't be bothered writing it out again. Has anyone got a photo of the Primus bread ovens? Are the ovens comparable to the Focus? The latest list: Cooking: Ovens - Bread - Focus. Cooking: Ovens - Bread - Primus Cooking: Stoves - Indoor - Range. Cooking: Stoves - Outdoors - Camp Stoves Cooking: Stoves - Outdoors - Hiking Stoves: Svea 123, Optimus 99, MSR types Heater: Kettle - Red ball Heaters: Pig Heater - Tilley IF 54 Heaters: Home Radiant - Coleman Model 18 Water Heaters: - Water - Urn - Coleman. Water Heaters: Kettle - Red ball Industrial: Leak Detection - Tilley - LD1 Industrial: Plumbers Furnace Industrial: Lighting - Roadside - Roundabout Indicators: Tilley Book Industrial: Lighting - Signs: Roadside - Messaging: Tilley Book Irons: Clothes Irons Lighting: Hollow Wire - Ceiling Lights Lighting: Lantern - Storm Lighting: Lantern - Spot. Lighting: Lantern - Flood: Tilley FL6 Lighting: Projectors - Slide. Lighting: Table Lamps Lighting: Self Contained - Wall Lamps. Military: Infrared Lamp - Coleman 200A Infrared Lantern - Project Diogenese was a Coleman 200A with 4 concentric globes designed to emit infrared and heat only and was used as a landing or drop zone marker during the Vietnam war. ::Neil:: Torches: Blowlamps / blowtorches - Standard units Torches: Continuous soldering irons Torches: Brazing Units (these are much larger than blowlamps) Torches: Weed Killers Washing Machines/Boiler: Aladdin - Robincraft. Australian
A very daring but also very "modern" design! Clearly fromwell before the time everyone had electric irons... Looks like a left-handed design to me. Probably easy to swap things around.
I thought you might like to see this portable roadside construction patent drawing. I haven't a clue if it was ever manufactured.
Jeff, another one that I think is really cool is this signal lamp. It is GPA yet is rigged so it blinks. The lamp has been designed to use as a warning light for motorists. It would be awesome to find one.
