Ahhh now I see why my lamp won’t ignite with paraffin oil and needs a spirit based fuel. Thanks! And I can say you’re 100% correct that old paraffin oil will almost ruin a lamp’s inner workings if they gum up. I had to use isopropyl alcohol to break it down and it worked very well at that. Perhaps that’s why the old owner wanted to sell it! 😊 Thanks again…
Hi just been watching most of your videos excellent work you have done just a question what battery do I need to light my protector SL lamp ? Thanks for your time Ian
Hi Ian, the battery I use for my SL is a Lithium Ion 3.7v battery. The wire I use for the filament is Kathal 24AWG, I think this wire is used in vapes but the wire works well with the battery. If you use Facebook then there are a few Miners Lamps groups and a few people have made small lighting devices for these lamps.
@@andyparton6680 if it’s a Koehler lamp like the one in the video these take a thicker flint. I use flints from welding guns. I think they are about 3mm thick.
I tried, and it's far too volatile, it burns badly with a blueish fame that give little light and is too hot for the globes and soldering, it's almost like gas, and security wise, not a good idea, unless you don't care to set your house on fire or injure yourself (fire & explosion with the vapors that leaks from all over the place) I tried as an experience to know what i'm talking about. . Use colman fuel, zippo fluid, naphta, or the stuff showed on the vid, all the same; Don't try gazoline either, I did. Keep safe Cheers
Ahhh now I see why my lamp won’t ignite with paraffin oil and needs a spirit based fuel. Thanks! And I can say you’re 100% correct that old paraffin oil will almost ruin a lamp’s inner workings if they gum up. I had to use isopropyl alcohol to break it down and it worked very well at that. Perhaps that’s why the old owner wanted to sell it! 😊
Thanks again…
well i never realised their are so many different lamps ,very interesting
There are many lamps about from many different manufacturers. Some lamps are very rare and sell for thousands of pounds!
Hi just been watching most of your videos excellent work you have done just a question what battery do I need to light my protector SL lamp ? Thanks for your time Ian
Hi Ian, the battery I use for my SL is a Lithium Ion 3.7v battery. The wire I use for the filament is Kathal 24AWG, I think this wire is used in vapes but the wire works well with the battery. If you use Facebook then there are a few Miners Lamps groups and a few people have made small lighting devices for these lamps.
Does the upol stink the house?
I'm basically looking for a spirit fuel that doesn't smell out the house
There is an odour to it, if you are lighting several lamps together you will stink your house out.
Can these lamps burn 100 percent ethanol alcohol, methyl alcohol, alcohol stove fuel and 99-100 percent isopropyl alcohol ??? Thanks vf
I will be honest and say I do not know as I have not tried different fuels in these lamps.
The different fuels have always made me wonder if they did in the days of old. Those time were really a time of that anything went. @@LampBoy3583
are these normal flints to strike ?
there is a lamp like this(333) on the way to me but i dont know wich flints i need 😉
@@andyparton6680 if it’s a Koehler lamp like the one in the video these take a thicker flint. I use flints from welding guns. I think they are about 3mm thick.
I tried, and it's far too volatile, it burns badly with a blueish fame that give little light and is too hot for the globes and soldering, it's almost like gas, and security wise, not a good idea, unless you don't care to set your house on fire or injure yourself (fire & explosion with the vapors that leaks from all over the place) I tried as an experience to know what i'm talking about. . Use colman fuel, zippo fluid, naphta, or the stuff showed on the vid, all the same; Don't try gazoline either, I did. Keep safe Cheers
I use citronella oil is that ok
Citronella is fine for a lamp that burns paraffin.
@@LampBoy3583 it’s an eccles Gr6s protector lamp thanks a thing of beauty
@@timothy6283 do not use citronella in this lamp then. A GR6S burns spirit such as naphtha, Coleman's or cigarette lighter fluid.