Talk:Carbide lighting

Although orphaned, this page provided a unique resource. My 87 year old mother in law was trying to describe what she referred to as "Carbon" lights in her home that were removed when she was five years old (1927). She recalled that there was an outside tank but did not recall exactly how the lights were lit. This was the only reference I found on the internet.

Earl Kilgore Iowa

Kilgorebtrout (talk) 03:40, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Uses other than for domestic lighting
This article only discusses the domestic use of carbide lighting. It is known to have been used in at least two expeditions to Antarctica, and was widely used in automotive headlights from about 1900 to 1915. Its widest application was probably in miners' headlights.

RogerInPDX (talk) 04:41, 17 February 2011 (UTC)