A Carbide lamp, which is what lada asked about, is a gas lamp.
Water + Calcium Carbide produces Acetylene, which you light, with a match.
the-lada-dude,
Dec 11, 11:13am
thanks for nothing bittsy, . that spoilt that thread
the_chooky,
Dec 11, 12:24pm
No kidding.!
berg,
Dec 11, 12:29pm
What's the inside diameter of a VW bug top radiator hose! Would have been a bloody good thread but spoiled a bit now by somebody who "didn't get it"
splinter67,
Dec 11, 12:45pm
Umm that dont work anymore some smart alec will know
purple666,
Dec 11, 12:56pm
The good ones had a flint and striker wheel setup like ciggie lighters.
sas777,
Dec 11, 1:07pm
Hey I found this thread useful - years ago my Granddad used to tell us kids stories about when he was a lad etc etc and one of them was peeing into his bike lamp!It sounded to us like he'd lost the plot, but as this was some years before he did officially lose the plot I often wondered if there was truth there somewhere, albeit a strange 1900's black and white grainy sort of truth that 1970's kids couldn't get their heads around.
So that's it. You ride 10 miles to work (pit, quarry, mill, sweatshop or chimney sweep) in the rain. Do a 12 hour shift. Ride back, but lamp fails. P!ss in it, relight it, ride home. Good old days
the-lada-dude,
Dec 11, 3:44pm
If your grandad new what voltage they ran on he could have taken a spare battery for it, instead of pissing all over it, silly old bugger
hamishcookie,
Dec 11, 5:58pm
Could have given himself a nasty shock
shakespeare6,
Dec 11, 8:03pm
same voltage as a Davy lamp
rlr29,
Dec 11, 11:07pm
4!
drog,
Dec 12, 4:55am
There actually IS a voltage at molecular level. So there.
chebry,
Dec 12, 5:06am
I guess youve never used a lighthouse generator for oxy welding
pico42,
Dec 12, 8:29am
Do VW's have inside heaters! If so, how do they work!
toyboy3,
Dec 12, 8:41am
Carefully
splinter67,
Dec 12, 8:44am
Yes they run off the exhaust system if your talking the air cooled variety
chevcamaro,
Dec 12, 9:56am
yes it used to be fun when you pulled into a service station in the old beatle and the attendant would race out to help you so you'd ask them to check the water,ahhh the good old days, when people had a sense of humour.roflmfao
splinter67,
Dec 12, 10:36am
Or they tried to get at the engine from the front
the-lada-dude,
Dec 12, 11:20am
have a dig around on google and see if you can find any blurb on emerson fitipaldiand his modified vw bettle
Cheers for the link, what a bit of gear that is. Worthy of a Kiwi even.
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