@Bo Ryman spotted THIS post on my Lilor butane lamp attachment and offered me another type of Lilor butane lamp, which I very willingly accepted. Thanks again Bo! I wasn’t quite prepared for the size of it - that’s a Petromax 829 alongside it. As with the stove/lamp attachment I featured in that previous post, I’m more familiar with the refillable butane tank in the ‘unsheathed’ format. A blue card sleeve slips over the cylinder. Apart from adding a certain amount of style - colour co-ordinated to the frame - it’s possible it is intended to act as thermal insulation to delay evaporative cooling of the butane and reduction of output. Modern screw-fit gas canister in the picture for size comparison. Speaking of the output, equipped with a Petromax mantle a direct comparison with the 829 establishes (as expected) that it doesn’t match the Petromax’s power. As is typical of butane appliances though, should the need arise the light output can be reduced to a very low level. The Lilor branding. Pipework and jet. The hood is made up of two components held together by a machine screw. The globe is comprised of rather roughly cut slivvers of glass, held in place by that retaining loop. I’m confident the lamp didn’t take a conventional one-piece cylindrical globe, which would only fit inside the steel uprights and there’s a retaining groove for the strips at the same diameter as the uprights. There’s no vapourising function in this arrangement, just fuel/air mixing and a mount for the mantle. The assembly slips over the jet boss and projecting lugs on the underside of the hood secure it in place. Lighting hatch is visible in that photo. John
