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SimonRL Joined: 27/11/2005 Location: North Wales View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 14/12/2010 13:35:56 Reply \| Quote I've just realised I need a lamp for the lamplight trip. Stacks on eBay, but would rather avoid anything new and shiny. Any suggestions -- indicative of the type of individual found at the periphery of a fringe activity IP: 95.148.14.15
toppo_69 Joined: 29/06/2008 Location: derbyshire View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 14/12/2010 13:44:43 Reply \| Quote caving surpplies, they do second hand stuff IP: 82.19.22.59
SimonRL Joined: 27/11/2005 Location: North Wales View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 14/12/2010 13:47:48 Reply \| Quote Sorry, lamp as in held held oil lantern -- indicative of the type of individual found at the periphery of a fringe activity IP: 95.148.14.15
toppo_69 Joined: 29/06/2008 Location: derbyshire View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 14/12/2010 13:52:38 Reply \| Quote ummmmmmm, pass lol, AR used on when i went underground with him, if thats any use to you IP: 82.19.22.59
RJV Joined: 16/03/2008 Location: Cleveland View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 14/12/2010 13:55:16 Reply \| Quote You should be able to pick up an old carbide lamp cheaply enough. Even if its not specifically a miner's lamp the output should be more or less the same. -- Rich IP: 80.254.146.20
rufenig Joined: 18/03/2008 Location: Shropshire Hills View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 14/12/2010 13:57:51 Reply \| Quote This is the best flame safety lamp on E-Pay today [link] Looks like a re-lighter type operated with a key from the bottom. This one is quite nice but has it's striker bar missing [link] IP: 86.170.18.82
Wormster Joined: 15/08/2006 Location: Top of the Mendip Hills View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 14/12/2010 16:00:55 Reply \| Quote [link] There you go Si £2.99 a pop! -- Better to regret something you have done - than to regret something you have not done. IP: 90.210.119.106
turbo Joined: 25/03/2009 Location: north wales View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 14/12/2010 18:07:55 Reply \| Quote what about a tilley lamp,pariffin type of course.. IP: 92.41.127.129
RockChick Joined: 12/08/2008 Location: Chester View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 14/12/2010 18:36:00 Reply \| Quote i was planning on going with a pretty little candle lantern- and a large stock of tealights! i'll only need to replace them every, er, 200yards?! i will be taking a backup light this time!! -- I have many faults, but all of them are normal!! IP: 86.181.26.172
Wormster Joined: 15/08/2006 Location: Top of the Mendip Hills View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 14/12/2010 18:46:28 Reply \| Quote turbo wrote: what about a tilley lamp,pariffin type of course.. Take a look at my link then!! -- Better to regret something you have done - than to regret something you have not done. IP: 90.210.119.106
SimonRL Joined: 27/11/2005 Location: North Wales View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 14/12/2010 18:51:16 Reply \| Quote Wormster wrote: [link] There you go Si £2.99 a pop! Ta Wormster - that looks the ticket, I guess the local hardware store might have them as well. I'll have a check tomorrow. Rufenig - thanks for the ebay recommendations. That first lamp looks really nice, but it's looking like it might go for a bit more than I might be happy risking dropping... -- indicative of the type of individual found at the periphery of a fringe activity IP: 95.148.14.15
turbo Joined: 25/03/2009 Location: north wales View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 14/12/2010 18:56:34 Reply \| Quote hurricane lamps, good luck you might just see your feet IP: 92.41.152.7
RJV Joined: 16/03/2008 Location: Cleveland View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 14/12/2010 18:59:32 Reply \| Quote If you buy four though it says you get some free jewelry! -- Rich IP: 82.4.12.54
Wormster Joined: 15/08/2006 Location: Top of the Mendip Hills View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 14/12/2010 19:00:45 Reply \| Quote simonrl wrote: Ta Wormster - that looks the ticket, I guess the local hardware store might have them as well. I'll have a check tomorrow. No worries Si, you might pay a bit more at the local hardware store, I've got several hanging up outside! getting a nice patina on them as we speak. -- Better to regret something you have done - than to regret something you have not done. IP: 90.210.119.106
SimonRL Joined: 27/11/2005 Location: North Wales View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 14/12/2010 21:57:17 Reply \| Quote rufenig wrote: This is the best flame safety lamp on E-Pay today [link] Thanks for this link rufenig. What's the going rate for a lamp in working order either like the one in this auction or similar? -- indicative of the type of individual found at the periphery of a fringe activity IP: 95.150.165.250
Mr.C Joined: 23/03/2008 Location: North Staffordshire View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 14/12/2010 22:26:09 Reply \| Quote Might fetch quite a bit, it's the relativly rare Garforth version of the Wolf. Not to be confused with the almost identical Wolf FS utility lamp with was used in thousands by the Post Office, BT ect. These are worth a tenner or so - be interested to see what the FG makes. -- If things dunner change - the'll stop as the' are. IP: 91.111.161.179 Edited: 14/12/2010 22:30:23 by Mr.C
SimonRL Joined: 27/11/2005 Location: North Wales View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 22/12/2010 20:42:49 Reply \| Quote Mr.C wrote: Might fetch quite a bit, it's the relativly rare Garforth version of the Wolf. Not to be confused with the almost identical Wolf FS utility lamp with was used in thousands by the Post Office, BT ect. These are worth a tenner or so - be interested to see what the FG makes. It went for £46, and I forgot to put a bid in Shall have to do this trip with something entirely unauthentic! -- indicative of the type of individual found at the periphery of a fringe activity IP: 95.148.102.235
rikj Joined: 27/12/2008 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 22/12/2010 21:53:21 Reply \| Quote Just for reference, for a Protector Type 6, you'd pay anything between £10-60, depending on luck and condition. Usually nearer the top end. Absolute quality bit of kit though. Worth knowing what to look out for, as it would be very easy to pay good money for something missing a vital bit. But, they are primarily flame safety lamps used for gas detection, not illumination. When the flame is at the correct height for gas detection it's quite a bit lower than a household candle. In other words, very dim. -- sanitas per evolo IP: 86.149.2.34
hymac580c Joined: 28/05/2007 Location: Blaenau Ffestiniog View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 24/12/2010 21:51:53 Reply \| Quote Thanks for that Wormster, just got a £2.99 lamp delivered today. It does work well and one could never manufacture anything similar for less money even out of salvaged material. It reminds me of the parafin lamp our father would leave hanging in the toilet (ty bach)at the top of our garden in the 1960's in freezing weather. It was there to stop the water freezing not for us to see if we were aiming correctly at the pan. I remember the saying when toilets were starting to be moved indoors - People are now eating out and shi#### indoors. -- I'r pant yr rhed y dwr. IP: 195.93.21.69 Edited: 24/12/2010 21:52:55 by hymac580c
derrickman Joined: 18/02/2009 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Lamplight trip - need a lamp! Posted: 25/12/2010 05:50:59 Reply \| Quote I could fancy giving the old Premier an airing without inviting ttxela's disapproval.. but not enough to drive to N Wales in Jan ............ IP: 217.68.201.66

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