Den Haan Rotterdam, which was set up
originally in 1922, started out producing navigation lights and interior lighting for the
shipping industry. However, increasing demand for more decorative forms of lighting led
the company to compile a range of nautical lights. These DHR brand products are produced
from high quality brass and/or copper.
The "interior" lighting fittings are
finished with a transparent enameled coating. To ensure that this coating is kept in
optimal condition, we recommend that the fittings which have been finished with the
transparent coating be treated with clear beeswax once a year . The "exterior"
lighting fittings are intentionally produced without a coating, since experience has shown
that there is a preference for decorative lighting fittings which are maintenance-free.
All of our electrical models are produced and
finished in accordance with the latest CE regulations.
All of our DHR oil lamps are fitted with
superior quality burners which, if treated with respect, will work for many years. Oil
lamps should not be left burning unattended and should be placed so as to be out of reach
of children at all times.
The DHR models are our own design. Action will
be taken against any imitations.
Instructions for use of the oil
burners
Follow these tips to ensure that you get many
years of use from your oil burner.
- Remove the oil holder from the lamp before
filling it with lamp oil.
- Remove the lamp chimney and carefully
unscrew the burner (be careful not to use the stem of the burner as a lever when doing
this).
- Fill the oil holder approximately 3/4 full
with pure petroleum or a colorless lamp oil.
- Screw the burner back on the oil holder
again. Leave the wick to become fully saturated for approximately 30 minutes.
- Turn up the wick until it emerges just above
the wick holder.
- If necessary, trim the wick level using a
pair of scissors or sharp knife.
- After lighting the wick, replace the lamp
chimney and keep the flame low until the cold glass has time to warm so as to prevent the
glass from cracking.
- Now adjust the flame such that there is no
smoke. When the lamp is first used this adjustment will need to be repeated a number of
times as the wick stretches.
- To extinguish the burner, turn the wick down
until the flame goes out.
- Allow the lamp chimney to cool before
relighting the lamp.
- To prevent the swollen wick from damaging
the turning mechanism of burners, it is recommended that the wick be replaced on an annual
basis.
MAKE SURE THAT BOTH THE OIL LAMP AND
THE BOTTLE OF LAMP OIL ARE KEPT OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN
