Hi all, dear lamp fans.
As you can see on the picture, I am testing the big 1000 HK Luxor mantle in my BW 500 Petromax lantern. The brightness is really great. However, even the shrinked mantle is so big, so it touches on the vaporiser directly. Could be any problem with such arrangement? What about the solder-spelter holding the upper part of vaporizer together? Thank you for your advice. Jan
oversized mantles - yes or no ?
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hi jan,
i would expect, that the mantle could be easily damaged when the lamp is moved around, when it sticks to the vaporizer.
the mantle is very fragile as you know, so be careful and have an eye on it.