Hello everybody.
I just bought a new old stock Hipolito 500HK.
I've been surprised on how much bright its light can be.
I just serviced whit some gasket from Pelam.de and everything seems to work fine.
Just a little concern:
The lamp cannot work unless the main valve wheel (#111) is completely opened (6oclock). I tried to rotate it in both sides: Nothing appens until the whell points at 3oclock or 9oclock. Then the pressure starts going down. I stop rotating and pressure continues decreasing until it's not even enough to subsatin a regular functioning. Now I have to re-open otherwise the flame will estinguish. Just a millimeter and the mantle 'explodes' at full power.
In few words there are not middle ways:
This is my question to experienced Petromax users: are these lamp designed to work at many intermediate power level?
If yes, what could be wrong?
PS:changed #68, #193, #83.
Just to be sure: are these lamps supposed to pulse or there can be a right setting in order to make them run regurarly?
Grazie
Francesco