pressure lamp

[Tengu]

Got one from the car boot

a bit like this, but a red top

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....Track=true&ssPageName=VIP:Watchlink:middle:uk

anyone got one like it?

Now that fuel is so pricy, is there any point to these lamps? what will we do for light in the future?

 

[weekend_warrior]

If it's a Vapalux, then yeah, it's a great lamp. They burn white parrafin - which isn't that expensive and a full tank will last an evening easy. Have a look here ( http://www.base-camp.co.uk/ ) for for info to help you identify what you have - I don't recall any Vapalux with a red top. There should be some identifying marks on it somewhere...

 

[sapper1]

sounds like a tilley lamp with the red top

 

[weekend_warrior]

sounds like a tilley lamp with the red top

Could be - I only recall those with a red tank though, not a red hood.

Strike that! I've just seen two all red ones. Typical innit!

 

[Tengu]

it says `made in england` on the base and `bialladin` on the glass which may not be original

 

[bikething]

... and `bialladin` on the glass which may not be original

or maybe it is - Bialladin and Vapalux are the same company

 

[bikething]

there's a thread running on BritishBlades about pressure lamps here with some pictures of various lamps - the one in post 59 has a red tank

 

[Tengu]

Thanks for the advice im tempted to clean the paint off the base and polish up the brass....

but the red enamel top is damaged.

not bad for £3, though

 

[Martyn]

Sorry, I know this thread is a couple of months old, but I have a Bialaddin 320...

Is yours the same as this?

If so, you have a nice, relatively rare lamp. If it's in generally good condition it's well worth fettling it up. The 320 model was made by Bialaddin from 1965 I think, but in '69 Bialaddin became part of Vapalux and the lamp was rebranded as the Vapalux M320. So your lamp would date around '65 to '69.

For comparison, here's a Vapalux British army issue M320, same lamp just 30 years younger...

 

[spamel]

If you still have the lamp Tengu, I gave some mantles to Shelley at the Moot. I seem to have found another one, I saw it when I got back so if I find it I can send it on to you.

 

[ANDYRAF]

Hey Spam I hope those weren't in your pocket, you do know they are radio active don't you.

 

[rik_uk3]

Hey Spam I hope those weren't in your pocket, you do know they are radio active don't you.

The modern ones are not

 

[spamel]

Even if they are, I've got enough kids!