Beginner need help here...
I have received my Petromax 500 two weeks ago... At first I had problems using the pre-heating device but now I got used to it. The lamp seemed to work a couple of times but now it is a catastrophy everytime...
Even though I pre-heat during 90 seconds, the mantle does not light at all, I have big flames coming out of the hood, with one metal part even becoming red... The mantle has many holes after that and I have to change it everytime. I tried to tight the ceramic part and that tube with the needle in it and what happens is even worse: after 20 seconds pre-heating, kerosene seem to suddenly arrive in the mantle and giant flames come out of the hood. Another mantle completely destroyed.
I've got only one mantle left and I'm very close to throwing my Petromax in the trash