The carbide lamps with the tubes are fondly referred to as ceiling burners. The generator hangs off your belt. Used to be real popular with the Mexico cavers until all the cool electric lamps were available. The old carbide helmet lamps were good for about 3 hours while the ceiling burners would go a lot longer.
Butch P.S.: note that I had helmet lamps like a premier (also have a few in a modest collection) and never a ceiling burner. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 4:29 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Cave articles in Spiegel (German weekly) Am I crazy, or are these carbide lamps connected to a tube? I like the opening foto that shows someone with the most high tech lamp out next to a person using carbide for the same trip. The rest of the fotos show that everyone used carbide, with back up lights. Beautiful cave bacon foto lit by carbide. http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/schweizer-hoelloch-kaesefondue-beim-hoehlenbiwak-fotostrecke-65805.html julia -----Original Message----- From: dirtdoc <[email protected]> To: Cave NM <[email protected]>; Cave Texas <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:55 pm Subject: [Texascavers] Cave articles in Spiegel (German weekly) Here are some interesting articles that appeared in Spiegel, a German weekly. Even if you don't read German, the Images tell most of it. DirtDoc. Fotostrecke: Verborgene Märchenwelt <http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-86423.html> http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-86423.html Blätterhöhle in Westfalen: Abstieg ins Totenreich der Steinzeit <http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/0,1518,845863,00.html> http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/0,1518,845863,00.html Höhlentour in der Schweiz: Abstieg ins Höllenloch <http://www.spiegel.de/reise/europa/0,1518,749602,00.html> http://www.spiegel.de/reise/europa/0,1518,749602,00.html Frankreich: Eingeschlossene Höhlenforscher wieder in Sicherheit <http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/0,1518,669137,00.html> http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/0,1518,669137,00.html GRAF-SEISMO-KOLUMNE AUF SPIEGEL ONLINE: RÄTSEL DER ERDE <http://www.spiegel.de/thema/graf_seismo/> http://www.spiegel.de/thema/graf_seismo/ ZWISCHEN HIMMEL UND ERDE - NEUES AUS DER GEOFORSCHUNG <http://www.spiegel.de/thema/zwischen_himmel_und_erde/> http://www.spiegel.de/thema/zwischen_himmel_und_erde/
