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Lloyd 1985 · 13th Nov 2016, 1:04 am

Hi Ian,

The bulb you show looks interesting, The ones I bought (the box is shown in one of my pictures) are 3.5V 0.3A with a straight length of coiled filament. Probably not ideal, as the filament sits quite high up inside the bulb, maybe I'll have a look at some of the xenon bulbs you mention, and fit them to bases of dead bulbs! I've just created one such bulb that can donate it's base, turned out the glass was as thin as paper, and trying to unscrew it from my rusty Ever ready resulted in a pop, and 3 shards of glass embedded into my finger! Not pleasant...

I'm getting quite a liking for these old lights, they really do look nice, and as Merlin Maxwell said 100 years on and still going - and without (much) modification, built to last would be an understatement!

To bring it into the modern age I might see about making up a replica battery using a couple of rechargeable Lithium bombs, and some regulator circuitry. I'll draw the line at fitting some sort of LED replacement bulb.

Regards,
Lloyd.

13th Nov 2016, 1:04 am	#115
Lloyd 1985 Nonode Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Coningsby, Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 2,820	Re: Old torches - anyone here collect them? Hi Ian, The bulb you show looks interesting, The ones I bought (the box is shown in one of my pictures) are 3.5V 0.3A with a straight length of coiled filament. Probably not ideal, as the filament sits quite high up inside the bulb, maybe I'll have a look at some of the xenon bulbs you mention, and fit them to bases of dead bulbs! I've just created one such bulb that can donate it's base, turned out the glass was as thin as paper, and trying to unscrew it from my rusty Ever ready resulted in a pop, and 3 shards of glass embedded into my finger! Not pleasant... I'm getting quite a liking for these old lights, they really do look nice, and as Merlin Maxwell said 100 years on and still going - and without (much) modification, built to last would be an understatement! To bring it into the modern age I might see about making up a replica battery using a couple of rechargeable Lithium bombs, and some regulator circuitry. I'll draw the line at fitting some sort of LED replacement bulb. Regards, Lloyd.