THE PARKINSON STOVE? (fireplace)?

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Lauren

can't seem to find any PARKINSON fireplaces like mine? I live in an old building, built around 1935 and i have a fireplace with - THE PARKINSON STOVE writen on it...

in the stove their are 6 white BEAM radiation things, few of them are broke and i want some!?


Any suggestions as to how i could get some? EBAY HAS NONE.

Answer
If you are talking about the burner grates or front grates, you might have to have one custom made for you. Your chances of just finding the grates are slim unless you are willing to put in some serious work.

Since the Parkinson Stove Company was an English company out of Birmingham, you might want to focus a search in that area first. Read the classified ads - someone might have one or parts of one. Did you get the model number from the back of the stove?

You'll never find someone willing to part with the grate if they have the rest of the stove so you need to set a search on eBay.

If you have some time on the weekends, make a scale drawing of the grate and head out to area antique or antique-type stores and flea markets. You might find one grate here and another there but it is going to take time and diligence.

Parkinson Stove Co Ltd made gas stoves for many years and there are several different models.
http://www.historyworld.co.uk/advert.php?id=1018&offset=50&sort=0&l1=Household&l2=
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Parkinson_Stove_Co

Apparently the Parkinson Stove Co Ltd also had an office in Melbourne, Australia (which provides another search area) not to be confused with Parkinson and Cowan of London and was acquired by Thorne Electric. One of the companies was acquired by Electrolux.

There are some companies which you could check since despite your description, only you know exactly what you are looking for. We have no idea of the age of your heating stove.
http://www.britainsheritage.co.uk/antique-fireplaces/1930-art-deco-fireplaces.htm
http://www.happystoves.co.uk/
http://www.stovesonline.co.uk/wood_burning_stoves/Antique-stoves.html
http://www.ovnestoves.com/showroom.php
http://www.antiquegasstoves.com/pages/parts/gas.html
http://www.goodtimestove.com/
http://stovehospital.com/
http://barnstablestove.com/html/contactus.htm

Use the addresses and write or call each company - send photos of what you have and what you need. It is not going to be easy.

How can I convert several small, battery operated lights to run from an ac outlet?

Erica

My girlfriend and I recently moved to Texas. Our apartment has a fireplace but we have no plans to use it to actually light fires. Instead of having a dark, black pit in our living room, she wants to use flameless candles to illuminate the area. Instead of switching some 20 odd candles on one at a time and using battery power to run them, we would like to wire all of the flameless candles together, in parallel, to a wall outlet so that we only have to flick the switch and we will have an instant fire in our fireplace, without using batteries at all.

I can handle splicing wires, it's just the details that get the better of me, i.e. math.

I know that I need an adapter, but I don't know how to determine what size adapter I need.

Once I figure out what size adapter, what measures can I take to allow me to add or take away lights from the circuit as I see fit?

At the moment we have 3 types of candles: the large type requires 3 double A batteries. The medium type come wired together in twos, They use 3volt batteries. The small uses a 3 volt battery as well.

I have access to a multimeter but I can't figure out how many amps something like this uses. Also, I am under the impression that while adapters have to be specific to the voltage, it's usually better to overestimate on current. Working under this presumption, would my circuit work if I were to find an adapter rated for my circuit's voltage but rated for the highest number of amps?

If someone could give me some instruction so that I know how to adjust my system in the future if I need to change anything, that would be awesome.

Thanks!

Answer
There's a far easier way.
Electric logs. Vintage one on sale for $15 now on EBAY.
It uses a 25 watt bulb.
No need to re-invent the wheel (or fire either!)
Here:http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=electric+log&_sacat=See-All-Categories

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