Start of my collection: Optimus 930 350 CP

[Johan Le Roux]

My first pressure lamp! It is a fine working Optimus 930 350 CP. For now I am happy with the replacement Coleman globe, but would like an original. The handle is from a LPG lantern fitting ;).

The lamp is easy to start, and runs for hours without needing to be pumped. I gather this is because of the high running temp.

[Nico]

Very nice, Johan, Werner in Pierre van Ryneveld assisted me to get my Optimus 930 working.

[Johan Le Roux]

Thanks for the diagrams and pics, I have started to build a folder of pressure lamp files on my laptop!

I wonder whether you have a spirit preheater dosing can or do you have a DIY solution?

[Pharos]

There are a few interesting differences between the 300cp and 350cp Optimus 930 lanterns:

-On the 300cp, the spirit cup is permanently fixed to the base plate; on the 350cp, it is separate like the Optimus 200

-The 300cp inner hood and burner are separate from the burner cage; on the 350cp the inner hood and cage is one piece.

-The 350cp has an extra set of holes in the base plate for additional air flow.

-On the 350cp the slots in the collar are vertical and not horizontal.

[Andrew Potgieter]

Warning: Old Post revived.
My Optimus 930 350cp has horizontal slots on the collar, one row of ventilation holes on the frame base, a fixed preheat cup and the innerhood and burner are  separate from the burner cage.
My understanding is that there was an early and later 350 version of the optimus 930.