Retrofitted a carbide lamp with an LED.
I live in Kentucky with many caves nearby and have been wanting a good carbide lamp for years but they are hard to find unless you get one from ebay and then you have no idea if it will work or not. The main one I have found new is over 100 dollars and the petzl aceto you have to buy both lamp and acetalyne generator. I have seen there are some listed on the jkdey.com website but I am unable to find a place that lists prices or a place to order. Does anyone deal in these? Where is a good place to buy one google isn't coming up with much. I love the selection on jkdey if they are of decent price but who knows if they are. Help would be appreciated.
Given that Cody is both a miner and chemist, a video about carbide lamps would be very cool to see. Perhaps he could even attempt to make his own! Essentially, calcium carbide (CaC2) is mixed with water which produces acetylene (C2H2) which can be burnt for light. The calcium carbide can be mixed with water as and when light is needed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbide_lamp
It's a simple concept which could make for quite a fun video.
I've always been interested in carbide lamps, mostly because of how they work compared to more modern, or battery driven lamps. I recently came across one locally at an antique store, and it appeared to be in good condition, so I picked it up. On the bottom of the lamp it reads that it was made in Hong Kong for a company known as "Safesport Manufacturing".
A quick Google search shows the identical lamp, but I can't find any indication of how old it may be. I'm assuming there is probably someone out there still making modern carbide lamps, but I may be entirely wrong (not really into caving, too claustrophobic). Anyone have any idea of the age of these lamps? I can provide pictures if needed.
http://s.archiwumalle.pl/1/2035009215_0.jpg ?
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
