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    Rippingille Aston Road

    Dear Jennyann, Thank you so much for all your efforts and wonderful information :biggrin: The second link has excellent information that i hadn't seen before. I had previously emailed Miles from milesstair.com who is based in Canada. His website has a lot of great general information which has...
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    Rippingille Aston Road

    Hi Jennyann, Thank you for your reply and information it is greatly appriciated :encouragement: I have been to both links/sites and have sent an email to the owners of base-camp re obtaining a new wick and wick sleeve/carrier. Seems like the wick/sleeves and all parts are rare and very...
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    Rippingille Aston Road

    Hi Mike, Thank you for the above information it is very useful. Would you happen to know when the 116a was made or the years this model was made? and also are there many of these kicking around? or are they quite hard to find? mine is fully original and seems the only missing part is the top...
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    Rippingille Aston Road

    Hi All, I have just picked up a Frank Rippingille 116a parafin heater. I live in Australia and i'm finding it hard to find out any information on it - i.e. age, are they common or rare and historyon the item and company that made the item. I discovered this site while looking for information...
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