Don’t do this. (White gas in a kerosene lantern) what actually happens?!

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Paul Vaccaro Thereal111t

Күн бұрын

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@johnnorman7708 11 ай бұрын

Im surprised it didn't run away immediately. Maybe higher temperature and fuel vaporization is the necessary factor.

@Thereal111t 11 ай бұрын

Yeah I agree

@curtwuollet2912 2 жыл бұрын

It helped you were out in the cold. Most of the excitement happens when the white gas gets warm and starts vaporizing. It then gets uncontrollable. Try it in the summer.

@Thereal111t 2 жыл бұрын

Good point.

@nedrajess7037 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that. Ive wondered over the years but never went “all the way”. Not cut and dry for sure, but your results demonstrate that its not worth using the white gas at all, and possibly trouble as well.

@Thereal111t 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s definitely the takeaway. One of the other comments pointed out that by doing it in the cold and snow… it wasn’t properly a demonstration of what would happen in warmer temperatures. I agree.

@Trump985 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting, I expected it to get out of control when it (the gas in the tank) heated up. I’m wondering if the cold weather prevented the gas from evaporating at a rapid rate in the tank? I’d be interesting to see what happens in the summer. Obviously gasoline is way to volatile to be a safe fuel for a kerosene lamp or heater, but I find this experiment interesting.

@FrankBenlin 2 жыл бұрын

One tank of gasoline is guaranteed to last a lifetime. And because the collective IQ seems to be plummeting this disclaimer is included with my stupid joke. *Don't use gasoline in a lantern, it will kill you.*

@michaelheurkens4538 2 жыл бұрын

I have a storm lantern (lamp) similar to yours, but bigger that is about 100 years old and made in Canada. Regardless of how full I fill it, as long as it remains upright, no fuel leaks out from the base of the air tubes and I use it all the time. Those tubes allow pre-heated air from the flue to briefly warm (not heat) the fuel for efficient burning especially in winter as well as protect the combustion air from wind and rain so it will not blow out; hence the name of storm lantern (lamp). Stop using it if fuel leaks out when it is just sitting there - it is faulty. FYI, a flat-trimmed wick is easiest, but a slight peak like a house gable gives more light. Cheers and be safe from Alberta, Canada.

@theblackspotguild Жыл бұрын

I've got several that leak, no matter how new or old they are, or how not-full they are, unfortunately. So it seems it is indeed just how these are sometimes. I just make sure to not put them on anything that will get ruined by the oil.

@davalleyguy5020 Жыл бұрын

I think it's the Chinese junk that leak, they are just for decoration. I recently started using Grampies old storm lamp, also from canada. I never knew the tubes were functional! And I'm 52. I enjoy it on the deck at night.

@marcopruscini1603 8 ай бұрын

A trimmed wick, as you said, is it. No odours, much possible light.👍

@boisebadboy93 20 күн бұрын

I have alot of used, filtered canola cooking oil from Thanksgiving this year. My dad has a couple gallons of Coleman Camp Fuel, and I wonder if my wick style oil lamp would burn well if I mixed the Coleman fuel with the cooking oil.

@theblackspotguild Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video friend! I had googled "can you use white gas in an oil lamp", and this was exactly what I needed. Not good! Several of my oil lamps leak as well, even if they are not overfilled. But as you mentioned, not a big deal with the regular lamp oil or even kerosene I suppose. But with the white gas, no bueno! Thanks for the great video!

@jrmcferren 10 ай бұрын

This is kind of what I would have expected. What you did was convert the Dietz lantern in to a Zippo lighter, in fact, you would have probably only needed a spark to light it. Just like a Zippo lighter, extended burning vaporized the fuel rapidly and caused it to run away. On the other hand, if you were to run Kerosene in a Zippo lighter, you would need an external flame to ignite it instead of the flint, but, you could burn it constantly for quite some time (possibly until the fuel ran out).

@austinwebdev Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. I'm willing to bet that it would work fine and safely if you mixed up the white gas with some used cooking oil. All of these fuels are just hydrocarbon oils that are different thicknesses.

@cfrost87 Жыл бұрын

The viscosity isn't the thing that is different-- every oil has a different flash point (the temperature that it ignites at).

@austinwebdev Жыл бұрын

@@cfrost87 the length of the hydrocarbon chain determines the boiling point, thermal rate of absorption, and basically everything that influences the flash point. If u compare a bunch of hydrocarbons, they're all hydrocarbon. The only main difference is the length of the molecules.

@cfrost87 Жыл бұрын

@@austinwebdev well using a fuel source that has too high or low of a flash point can cause issues-- like a lamp/lantern blowing up. Too thick and the wick will get burned instead of the fuel.

@austinwebdev Жыл бұрын

Yeah, ur right. But if you get a mix that is the same viscosity or close to what's meant to be used, it works. There's no actual way to design a lantern for a specific exact fuel. They can design it so this thickness of oil will wick and burn without smoking etc. It's all based on the general characteristics of the fuel. You can actually run a kerosine lantern on diesel just fine. They're close enough. It's like how vegetable oil and methanol mixed together will run a Diesel engine

@luistapia1942 Жыл бұрын

I heard a while back that if you're running vegetable oils, you can cut it down with white gas as an alternative fuel.

@chucknaill 6 ай бұрын

I complement you are your choice of wrist watch.

@Thereal111t 6 ай бұрын

Casio Duro!

@stonecutter2 2 ай бұрын

@@Thereal111t Love this watch, too. It looks like it's way more expensive than it is.

@doinsngoins 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting, thanks for posting this Paul!

@mdcbert 2 жыл бұрын

I did get enjoyment from this video. I have a Doets 40 red lamp that I hang on a post and burn outside to see how long it lasts, I’ve been using diesel and kerosene and Ive seen the warnings about using gasolene and always wondered why you can burn alcohol through a wick but not gasolene.

@stphinkle 2 жыл бұрын

White gas has a much lower flash point. It is not a good idea for wick type lanterns. White gas will probably work in a kerosene mantle (pressure type) lantern, but preheat will not be required.

@Thereal111t 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. This was definitely an experiment to see what would happen.