I have several carbide lamps, used mainly for coon and fox hunting. Most are the small ones that clip on your hat, but I also have a large one that hangs on your belt and has a big reflector on a headband. It has a hose from the belt to the reflector, and it makes a very nice light.
When I was a young man and enrolled in welding classes, the instructor's first lesson was about acetylene generators. He said that if on your first welding job you walk into the place and discover that they use an acetylene generator, turn right around and leave to look for a job at any other place. It was not a question of IF that thing would malfunction, it was a question of WHEN it would malfunction, and you did not want to be there when it happened. I've only seen two acetylene generators in use in my lifetime. One was owned by a very intelligent and cautious blacksmith/machinist, and it never malfunctioned to the point of destruction. The other one was also owned by a very intelligent and cautious blacksmith/machinist, and I was one block away when it blew all of the doors off and blew all of the windows out of his shop. It seemed like a miracle that he wasn't seriously injured. It burned all of his hair off that wasn't covered by his cap, and even left little white marks on his red face for each BB on the little chain between his welding goggles. It is a good memory because he survived, even though the shop did not. So - my view is that anyone who survived the use of an acetylene generator had the Lord looking out for him.
No - never saw it used in a home in this area (Southern Illinois). My brother had gas lighting in his big old house in Buffalo, New York, but I don't know if it was city gas or acetylene generator gas.
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