pit lamp

[basswrasse2]

Hello lads and lasses ive just been giving a lamp with the oraginal battery but i dont know how i would be able to charge it is there any one out there know how i would do it what kind of charger do i need.

[tonynufc]

try doing a search through the old posts on here there should be something cos they used to be quite popular

[basswrasse2]

Thanks mate ill have a look i was thinking of a car charger

[tonynufc]

Thanks mate ill have a look i was thinking of a car charger

years ago i think a mate of mine used a car charger to charge his, cant remember much else about it though

[paulthespark]

Why bother you can get cheap led,s that are very bright, last for ages weigh next to nothing and are rechargable ,its like saying iv,e got a black and white telly i want to fix when you can go out and buy a 42inch plasma for probably the same price, [well not quite] but you get my drift

[basswrasse2]

I want to keep it because i got it given of some old mate i just want to charge it up to use and keep origanal

[paulthespark]

FAIR ENUOGH

[basswrasse2]

thanks any way lads

[g-force]

I used to use an old Halfords charger, set to 6v and trickle charge overnight. Simply open the top battery cover (guessing it's an Oldham?) and attach the croc-clips to the appropriate terminals.

Keep topped up with distilled water applied with a little plastic bottle with a WD40-type thin plastic tube stuck in the top, squeezed into the fill-holes on the battery. Gary.

[bazw]

they are twin cell battery's so 4.4 V needs about 5 V to charge them at the right rate if my memory serves me right from 6 weeks in the lamp cabin before my apprenticeship started , oh my gawd , 34 years ago !!!!!

6V is a bit high but will do it quickly but with some boiling off of the distilled water so as said keep the batt topped up to the line on the side

i have a small household alarm battery for mine if i ever remember to charge it and use an old mobile phone charger on it that gives out 5.2 v

[Fishygone]

You can put it on a 6v charge and put the little top light on when charging
up and it will be fine.

john.

[basswrasse2]

hello lads i have found a low output 6v 12v battery charger with croc clips on do you think i could use that or not can someone out there let me know please

[g-force]

hello lads i have found a low output 6v 12v battery charger with croc clips on do you think i could use that or not can someone out there let me know please

It should be fine mate - I always found mine charged fine on 6v & set to low (trickle-charge). Still works fine after over 25 years, but hardly gets used any more since getting the Tiga.

[TOMMY NEPTUNE]

I have an oldham caplamp charger for sale, it is in excellent condition, it can charge 2 cap lamps at a time , you just clip the actual lamp (not the battery) to the charger and it charges through the caplamp lead to the battery, i will post a pic sometime this week, as I,m on 12 hour shifts and am short of time untill the weekend, I,m looking for £35.I was going to post this in items for sale but you may of missed seeing it.

[The Plum]

hello lads i have found a low output 6v 12v battery charger with croc clips on do you think i could use that or not can someone out there let me know please

YES MAtEY charge it on the 6 volt one matey ,just keep an eye on it thru the glass ,you can see it bubbling ,they dont need charging all night like some think i used to put mine on for a couple of hours or so ,you get used to how much they need ,i used mine for about 15 year and only gave it away last week ,and when the water gets down you have to top it up ,i used a washing up liquid bottle with plastic pipe on the end ,DISTILLED water ,anyway as long as the lamp goes on it will work ,if theyre left for a month or so with no charge in them they just die matey so always keep a bit chasrge in it ,does it light up now?cos if it doesnt it will prob be goosed ,anyway thats wat i used to do matey 6 volt charger ideal