Bought four stoves unseen for £25 . Among them was this, dented , somewhat world-weary Lux No.1A . It is very much like one other example here in the gallery but not in as nice condition . Fitted with non-original roarer (Optimus) as is pretty much the nirm with many older stoves. All parts otherwise marked Lux and look original . The external NRV is of the type that just has the spring and pip behind the cap . The stove held pressure as found . Decided to do a minimalist restoration / preservation . Cleaned and decoked the burner , washed the tank to remove the caked-on remains of ‘heaven knows what ‘ that covered fairly large areas . Did not polish. Otherwise some Ballistol in the pump tube and on the NRV assembly (kept the original pip), new pump leather (original was virually dust) , burner washer . Primed it, pumped it twice and the old girl fired up ! Never fails to impress me when things over a century old still function , Apple please take note! Here are some images. As found Marked No.1A. Priming First ignition. Back at work. Brew test I have read through what I can find on the site about this model. No info on why it has the A suffix . Could it be a Lux version of the ‘S’,’s:or’or ‘J’ designations used by other manufacturers ? Any further information on this stove will be, as always, very much appreciated . Cheers Alastair
Lux' riser base legend claiming to be the "strongest" ... stove in the world seems to me to be one bit of advertising hype that has some substance to it. I have seen Lux stoves which have visibly survived years of use and terrible abuse still performing perfectly well and in daily useage. This is one to be proud of
Found this on the internet: In German that generally means something like top quality or just very good. It’s mostly used as description like „This is 1A work“ or even just „That was 1A.“ Seems as good an explanation as any. Ben
@z1ulike Hei Ben. Its as good an explanation as any . Unless it was some sort of in-between model, different fuel cap or something . Stove certainly is an example of 1A work .it works perfectly It has more dents than my late Ma’s old Ford and thats saying a lot !
Fine & working Lux stove! Not very common to find nowadays but when you find one it is always a positive surprise.
@Afterburner Kiitos Always good to get an old hard worked stove functioning again . I have two other Lux stoves. A No.1 that looks newer (different fuel cap) and a No.15 . Very solidly built stoves . Cheers
So nice find. I was able to buy one Lux 1A yesterday for the same amount as you paid for 4 stoves It is so worn on the surface that I can only guess that it says 1A. With Optimus burner. Hoping to get it up and running this weekend. I also have a Lux 16 that is missing a leg.
@Magne Fahre Takk Magne . The other three stoves were all ok though not rare . Included a bipedal Radius No.7 so I’ll need to look in the spares box . Must be the season for two-legged stoves !
You know for sure that a Lux stove is old as Optimus aquired the whole range of Lux consumer kerosene products in 1917 and either discontinued or re-branded those products as Optimus before end of 1922. Lux continued with commercial and professional kerosene lamps for some more years before turning into only producing Electrolux electric products.
