dylanwinter
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My Tilly Lamp Drama - pic
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Searush
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You seem to be getting plenty of light from it now, Dylan.
robmcg
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dylanwinter
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observe the roll of kitchen paper, the big botle of meths, the small glass jar of meths and the meths covered rags
what could possibly go wrong
D
PS this is outside the back door of my thatched house
what could possibly go wrong
D
PS this is outside the back door of my thatched house
BERT T
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Lighthouses like that went out of use years ago!
Blueboatman
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Very beaconesque
Aha.. Keep Tilley Lighting ?
Aha.. Keep Tilley Lighting ?
JumbleDuck
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How did you set your right arm on fire?
chinita
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Are the apples for throwing at it?
charles_reed
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Silly bu**ar, you pumped it too soon, before the preheater had a chance. You've probably ruined the mantle as well.
I was brought up with Tilleys and Bialaddins and still keep a couple her in the UK for those times the power-cut comes. As with so many childhood- inculcated skills I find it difficult to understand anyone having any problems with a pressure lantern. Same with reversing a trailer!!!
PS That ain't a Tilley - it's a Bialaddin and no wonder you're having problems. Two different beasts - you should have a sprung wick that clamps onto the vapouriser which you soak in meths and light. Sometimes you have to have two goes with pre-heating the Bialaddin, it's more tricky to get going than the Tilley as well as being bigger and more fragile. The only part for the two which is interchangeable is the mantle. Camping Gaz ones can be used in extremis.
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Skylark
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It may be an optical illusion but it looks like you are down wind of it, too. It must be reassuring to know that the photographer stood his ground to capture the image rather than race to your rescue to prevent 3rd degree burns 
aquaplane
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That glass is going to need a wash, it'll be all sooty now.
fergie_mac66
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colemans much easier to light ! They have a variable light control aswell , some even have a sparker !
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I am so glad I only use a head torch for light on the boat.
uxb
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I've got a petrol camping stove like that...
Vara
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This is the same lamp before Dylan got his sticky little mitts on it.
The shot of the meths burning is a cinematic tour de force.
In the same series is an equally riveting clip of a kettle boiling.
dylanwinter
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really
are you saying that this is not a Tilly
i fitted SP2 for tilly lamps
everything fitted as per instructions
D
are you saying that this is not a Tilly
i fitted SP2 for tilly lamps
everything fitted as per instructions
D
JumbleDuck
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It's a Tilley.
chinita
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It must be one of them Chinee ones.
vyv_cox
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Definitely a Tilley. I bought an almost identical one recently to supplement the one I have owned for years, which lives in the motorhome. I bought that one from two elderly ladies at a time when power cuts were frequent. They were unable to light it, despite instruction from the shop it came from. I paid £5 for it, with a total running lifetime of about 10 minutes.
Paddingtonbear
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It is a Tilley. I also have an identical one as well as a couple of others which are in regular use. I find it helpful to do about 5/6 pumps before heating the ignition tube and I used a couple of drops of virgin olive oil occasionally to lubricate the leather plunger in the pump.
