stewie 3,387 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 found this in a garage clearance the other day and unbelievably it still works perfectly :icon_eek: few people have said it was for morse code signals between ships in the war. its got two handles, a sight on the top and comes with red and green filters in a separate case. beam seems good and it is a really solid unit. the lady said she can remember it being in the same place since she was a kid and she was about 50 at least so just shows the quality of stuff they made back then!!! ill be keeping myself just wondered if anyone new anything about and if it is worth anything to anyone??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest thebigdog Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 morse code my arse, with filters thats one of the first ever lamping lamps,lol nice find all the same Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,847 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 (edited) found this in a garage clearance the other day and unbelievably it still works perfectly :icon_eek: few people have said it was for morse code signals between ships in the war. its got two handles, a sight on the top and comes with red and green filters in a separate case. beam seems good and it is a really solid unit. the lady said she can remember it being in the same place since she was a kid and she was about 50 at least so just shows the quality of stuff they made back then!!! ill be keeping myself just wondered if anyone new anything about and if it is worth anything to anyone??? THEY ALLSO USED THE DIFFERENT COLOURED FILTERS FOR AIRPORT RUNWAYS,GREEN RUNWAY CLEAR,RED RUNWAY NOT CLEAR :thumbs:THEY ALLSO USED THE GREEN LIGHTS AT NIGHT TO SINAL DROP ZONES FOR PARATROOPERS HOPE THIS HELPS Edited April 24, 2011 by greg64 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Attack Fell Terrier 864 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Nice find that is mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FightTheBan 1,147 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Looks like it has better wiring than the lightforce lamps too. Nice find! FTB 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iamduvern 62 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Aldis lamp used mainly by the Royal Navy for ship to ship comms the larger types had a louvre with a handle for opening and closing the smaller hand lamps use a button/switch British made in the days when this country had a manufacturing industry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Looks like it has better wiring than the lightforce lamps too. Nice find! FTB I hope you didnt pay a lot for that road kill badger lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stewie 3,387 Posted April 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Looks like it has better wiring than the lightforce lamps too. Nice find! FTB your not wrong there mate compare this plug to the shitty soldered things they produce now!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stewie 3,387 Posted April 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Aldis lamp used mainly by the Royal Navy for ship to ship comms the larger types had a louvre with a handle for opening and closing the smaller hand lamps use a button/switch British made in the days when this country had a manufacturing industry yes them aldis lamps are the ones that keep popping up on my google searches but cant find anything on this model ive rang the military museum but no one could help me today ive got to ring back tomorrow and speak to an expert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FightTheBan 1,147 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Looks like it has better wiring than the lightforce lamps too. Nice find! FTB I hope you didnt pay a lot for that road kill badger lol PMSL Nah mate you must have missed 'the thread; lol someone was trying to punt it on here and basically got ripped to shreds How you been doing, your pup getting along alright? FTB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,349 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 I can tell you that it is 60 + years old..........hope that helps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stewie 3,387 Posted April 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 I can tell you that it is 60 + years old..........hope that helps yes i suppose it does :laugh: just took it out for a walk with the dogs and its easily as good as a clu-lite!!!! think ill keep it safe in its box tho if its been through the war and survived till now it would be a shame if mr clumsy here broke it out lamping Quote Link to post Share on other sites
staffs riffraff 1,068 Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Shouldn't of jumbled all them other nits with the scrap the museum might of wanted some of it bet there's much of that stuff still about Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocky1 942 Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 goodfind Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tb25 4,627 Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 as said good find that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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