How to Assemble and Light an Aladdin Oil Lamp

Jaclyn at Lehman's shows you the proper way to Assemble and Light an Aladdin Oil Lamp. View more oil lamp info at www.lehmans.com/category/oil-...

[@living0ffthegrid]

I just bought a Aladdin Genie 3 from Lehman's. The woman working in the "Oil Lamp" department Black Friday was VERY helpful. I had many questions before I picked out my lamp. I LOVE my Aladdin Genie 3, worth every penny.

[@IgnazZangenfeind]

I have an Aladdin Lamp now. At the beginning, I had some difficulties finding the right lamp oil. I used the common lamp oil from the home improvement store and the result was a wick that burned down within 5 Minutes. I then looked for another oil - pure kerosene, which was difficult to find. Then everything worked out, the wick soaked and did not burn down any more. You recognise real kerosene by its smell like petrol instead of cheap lamp oil smelling like a candle. This is very important.

[@LKN4WAR]

Thanks for the video very helpful.

[@LehmansHardware]

Aladdin recommends filling lamps to about 1/2" below the filler cap, if it is not used for some time you will likely want to keep it at least 1/2 to 3/4 full. For the best performance, do not allow fuel to sit in the lamp for more than 6 months.

[@smky143]

Fantastic I want one!

[@forrestry]

I believe so. They put out terrific light. They are so bright it is advisable to purchase the shade also. The light is equivalent to a 60 watt light bulb.

[@marxwell64]

Magnificent!

[@Bangelibangladesh]

I want one!

[@Berkana]

Conventional oil lamps don't use mantles; the light from conventional oil lamps comes from the flame, making the light yellowish; the flame also produces sooty smoke, even if it is not visible. The Aladdin style lamp tunes the wick so it burns with a blue flame, and the heat then causes the thorium-oxide coated mantle to glow from incandescence. This is the same way those Coleman propane lamps with mantles work. The light is brighter, whiter, and it produces no smoke.

[@ArmaHighVoltage]

That mantle looks like a Thorium mantle :O

[@scarekrow9]

Me too, she's really pretty.

[@LehmansHardware]

Aladdin recommends using only kerosene or Aladdin lamp oil in these lamps. Oils like olive or sunflower are too thick to travel up the wick.

[@catoni]

You acheive a greater light output by using a mantle.

[@courtfarm1]

i am a collecter of aladdin lamps & have quite a collection. i found an aladdin lamp once in a skip. On close observation of the lamp i found nothing wrong with it at all. confused as to why it was in a skip??? i found by smelling the font filler "PETROL" had been used!!! good grief no wonder it was in a skip can you imagine lighting a lamp with petrol in it. NOT RECOMMENDED.

[@northerbrewer]

You tell that by looking it lol ?

[@canamm]

A conventional oil lamp doesn't put out anywhere near the light that an Aladdin does. These things are super bright.

[@courtfarm1]

as i am a collector of oil lamps, i'm surprised that you didn't mention that mantles are "RADIO ACTIVE" It is recommended that you wash your hands thoroughly after handling a mantle!!!!

[@Odood19]

@cacaclaute kerosene, coleman stove fluid, veg oil, olive oil, whale oil, tiki torch fluid, diesel and used motor oil(2:1), and wd-40 work fine