Oldham Type cap lamps

[mickyf]

Hi All, wondering if anybody know of a place where you can still get parts for the Oldham type lamps, ie, bulbs, screws only ive got a couple of batteries but need a few bits here and there, many thanks

Stan

[John]

Apr 2, 2017 4:49:13 GMT -5 mickyf said:

Hi All, wondering if anybody know of a place where you can still get parts for the Oldham type lamps, ie, bulbs, screws only ive got a couple of batteries but need a few bits here and there, many thanks

Stan

Stan, have you tried Oldham themselves?? I'm sure they still have plenty of spares available. Probably all the NCB/BC spares went into shaft filling. I bought one of those Chinese cap lamps, Li ion battery that weighs just a few ounces and an LED head piece, lasts many hours between charges and came with a charger. Not such a focused beam as the Oldham's but still a good beam.

[Wheldale]

Try Caving Supplies. They are online and are based at Buxton. Now I was at the Caphouse museum the other week and they had a load of Oldham head pieces and cables hung up in the lamp room, maybe they might have the spares you need if you get in touch with them?

[aj1275]

To reiterate John's comments; the OLDHAM lamp business is still around and willing to help! Now owned by Denchi Power Ltd. in Thurso Scotland, and manufacturing has been brought back into the UK. (http://www.oldhamcaplamps.com/)

All of the parts for the GT lamps are still available but small value orders might be routed through the UK distributor www.caplamps.co.uk


Always glad to have contact with the mining community, I can also help with questions on the Oldham mining loco batteries as well as the caplamps and chargers. I've been with Oldham since 1992, in the caplamp division since 1998, and transferred to Denchi when Enersys sold the business last January. I've got a few of the original drawings but have moved a lot of the "museum pieces" over to the real museums such as NCMM Caphouse etc.