Thanks all for helping me identify this lovely lamp last week. I picked it up at a junk stall with a few enamel cookware items for next to nothing last summer. My teenage son and I are members of a Living History group, granted we are Great War but its lovely to know that this 300 is a Second World War model and I use paraffin and gasoline lamps around camp at night. So much better than any other type of light. Canned gas is okay at a push..... Untouched since the day it left the factory I think. No doubt the globe's been replaced at some point, there are bubble imperfections in it which actually only add to its story for me. I know some of you chaps love taking a rusty old thing like this and returning it to its former glory but ever since I picked this up I only ever had the intention of getting it to run and not touching anything cosmetic. I absolutely love it. Thanks again for the previous welcome. Service kit and advice from Mike at base camp.
Chap re s chap, I suppose theres a but of yellow when compared to my coleman but it's just a proper charmer. Next up will be a bialaddin bowl heater.
In the 4th & 5th photo the hood area appears to to have a reddish glow (if this is accompanied by a roaring sound) usually indicates flashback or backfire as burning is inside the mixing chamber
Not quite with you... Burning with a hiss, mantle white with yellow tint, can't really see anything red. What's the implication of the situation that you describe and more to the point, how is it resolved if present pls?
Don't worry, your lantern is burning perfectly ! It certainly wouldn't be as bright as it appears to be if it were "Backburning" i.e. when the vapourised fuel is burning inside the burner because either the pressure is too low to push the vapourised fuel into the mantle or, when the jet is partially blocked thus slowing down the fuel flow. You'll know it when it happens, the light will dim, you'll hear a roaring noise and the dome of the burner will be bright red. Easily rectified by increasing pressure and/or using the cleaning needle. If you leave it alone, you risk destroying the burner.
@Henry Plews . Great, thanks for the confirm. I have to say this seems to not be a fully bright white light, along the lines of my Colemans (paraffin and gasoline), but as it's my first Vapalux (of this age) I'm not sure what to expect. What I absolutely love about this lamp is that once it's lit and up to pressure it is absolutely unwavering. The light is solid, no flicker at all, great when carried as the mantle is completely protected and overall just feels reliable. I think the weight of the steel tank helps in this regard. I'm using it up and down the garden. It's superseded the easier to light Coleman 295. I think we all know why It's the charm factor.....
@Peter Walker sadly not, the writing is very worn. A surprise really as it looks to have been polished out, a situation incongruous with the general condition of it!!!
I don't know about the nuts being very early but they certainly look like the ones found on handlamps. Hand Lamps
Thanks Henry, I recently bought a steel tank, slotted cage 300 from eBay for restoration, the nuts on it are slightly knurled, one quarter of an inch wide and three eighths of an inch in diameter....I've never seen that style before. No date on it so far but it had been fitted with a much later red hood. (I've just had a close look at Nicky's lamp and the nuts look identical) Does anyone know of a supplier who sells the yellow rectangular warning label regarding steel tanks? Peter.
Ian Wright sells them, ianwri@lineone.net I have had a couple off him for my vapalux 300 restorations.
