This section will be developed to provide information about vintage British paraffin heaters. I have a number of sales brochures, parts catalogues and price-lists along with identification charts mostly dating from the period 1960 to 1980 and I intend to scan these and provide the information here for use by people owning and operating heaters of the period or restoring them.
In addition I would be happy to post links to other sources of relevant information
- Valor Wick Identification Wall Chart not sure the date of this item but I suspect it was produced in early 1980s when there had already been some very significant consolidation of the manufacturing companies in the UK.
- Valor Heater Parts Lists scans of parts catalogues from early 1970s for the then current range of heaters and from OAMA* pamphlet.
- Valor 207 User Manual scan of user instructions for Valor 207 kindly provided by Stanley Ng.
- Rippingilles scans of parts lists and service instructions from OAMA* pamphlet
- Harper - Beatrice scans of parts lists and service instructions from OAMA* pamphlet
- Aladdin scans of parts lists and service instructions from OAMA* pamphlet
* Oil Appliance Manufacturers Association (OAMA) pamphlet published in 1964 with a collection of diagrams and parts lists along with service instructions for then current heater models.
** Note that I have not checked if any of the telephone numbers or addresses given on the scanned information are still valid.
Disclaimer
Note no responsibilty is taken for the accuracy of the information or for the safety of any procedures
described in the documents reproduced here. Oil heaters can be dangerous when faulty or mistreated and
many of the early models lack any of the safety systems that were required to pass regulatory approvals
(e.g.British Standards Kitemark etc.)
If you are at all unsure get someone who is competent to check it out before filling and lighting!!!
Links to Useful Sites
I am hoping to put together a list of useful resources including sources of spares and information. If you know of any please let me know so I can add links here.- Miles Stair's Wick Shop based in Oregon, USA, Miles not only sells a wide range of wicks and spares but also provides a lot of very useful advice on the care and maintenance of Paraffin (or as he would have it Kerosene) heaters.
Collectors Pages
Pages set up by collectors of vintage oil heaters. If you want me to list your collection here drop me an email.- My Paraffin Collection by Steven Lucas. - "This Album show photos of my Paraffin Heaters. I am a collector and live in the United Kingdom."
Please address any queries or comments to me at sales12@arthurville.com