Lighting my old Calcium Carbide Mining Lamp! (1930s Autolite) - How it works and History! + Testing!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video I go over my old antique Calcium Carbide mining or caving lamp which I believe is from the 1930s. This Carbide Miners lamp is made by Autolite and was produced in the period of 1918 to around 1950 and is made in America. These carbide lamps were used in commercial mining during that period and are still used by cavers to this day! I go over how the Carbide lantern works physically and then go over the chemical reaction that takes the Calcium Carbide and water and turns it into Acetylene gas (C2H2) and Hydrated Lime or Calcium Hydroxide (Ca(OH)2). I then go over some brief history about Calcium Carbide lamps used in Coal mining and Caving and how they are still a great option for certain cave expeditions even to this day! The Acetylene produces a very bright, beautiful flame that is a higher quality light an any LED. Then we get to lighting the Lamp and you get to see it in action and finally I compare it with a modern LED flahslight and I am very suprised with the results. I love this old lamp and I think it really will surprise you at how bright it is!
Thanks for Watching !!!
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Awesome video, thank you for sharing all this! Wish I had this when hiking back from prospecting around Denver.
Awesome, that sounds like so much fun. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for watching!
Let me know if you want to see another video on the Carbide lamp. My ideas are either a video showing how to restore an old not-working one or a video mounting it to a modern construction helmet, what would you like to see next?
You came up in my algorithm and I really enjoyed this! You're a small channel now but I can see you getting tons of followers soon!!
Thanks so much man, that means a lot.
I'd love to see how you polished different parts, especially the reflector. I got one lamp for my bycicle and still need to replace the o-rings /silicon seals before I'll buy myself some carbide. Thank you for the cool video!!
I just found out that we will need an aluminium oxide ceramic seal that will better withstand the heat and pressure. Lovely greetings from Germany, Andy.
@@AerceoIs this for an auto lite carbide lamp, or a different type of lamp?
@@AerceoWhere would you go to get a ceramic gasket like that?
Cool!
🙏🏼🙏🏼
9:15 That o-ring is the wrong gasket. When you light the lamp, run a flame along that seam where the base and top screw in. If that seam catches fire it means gas is escaping due to the poor seal of the gasket.
The original gaskets have the following measurements:
OD=1.875”
ID=1.375”
Thickness=0.125”
Hello I enjoyed your video and would love to see how you restored your lamp. Ive recently received one exactly like it and it is ceased up and i cannot move any of the dials or even open it. I’m a little nervous considering i’m unsure if it holding any of the elements. Let me know if you have another video. Thank you again.
Thanks 🙏🏼 Unfortunately I haven't had any time to work on it I've been so busy with making jewelry, but for yours I wouldn't be too worried about handling it, calcium carbide is pretty harmless and so is Lime, just a little caustic
That o'ring sounded like it was hard, hard o'rings are pretty much useless at sealing anything.
No idea what type of o'ring you were using, but check its temperature rating.
Yeah I think your completely right I switched to a softer gasket and it worked much better, thanks for watching!
Just wish carbide didn't cost a fortune now i used to buy a big can of it 40 years ago for like 8 dollars
In Australia you can own a carbide lamp but not allowed to light it and use it because calcium carbide is illegal in Australia.
Interesting, why is that?? Because of mining accidents?
@@BenWilsonJewelry Because it is flammable and can make explosives with carbide and has traces of arsenic which is toxic to humans they banned carbide in 31st of October 1941.
One thing I can't get with a search is: "How Long Does A Fill Up Last"? I'm thinking in terms of a hurricane or tornado long term power failure lighting.
About 3 to 4 hours.
Not sure I've never tested it but I assume akradr is right probably 3-4 hours
Well its rocks and water neither realy expire for this situation
Loved the video. Good job
Thanks!
That it awesome! A video about repairing one like you did would be interesting
Cool ill do it! Thanks for watching and the feedback
@@BenWilsonJewelry sounds good! Looking forward to it.
Buy another one and fix it up!
Awesome! I'm subscribed now!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it
Pretty cool, have you timed it? To see how long it lasts.
I haven't because of the leaking issue, that would be a cool test to do once I figure that out, Thanks for watching!
hen i was a kid e had carbide bike lamps on pushbikes
haha very cool! Thanks for the info
Price sir
The lamp? I think around $10-15 on eBay. The thing is quite beat up tho, ones in nice shape get a lot pricier