Hurricane Oil lamps

[Bruce]

Anyone have experience on a hurricane oil lamp that will burn used engine oil?
Most online reviews are sketchy. Most don't recommend engine oil without severely diluting it with kerosene which some dilution is needed because the oil molecules are to large to seep up the wic properly. But it seems the oil ends up being a small part of the mixture and kinda a waste and why bother.

Not looking for heat, just light.

[Raybo Marine NY]

Not sure how clean a used motor oil lantern would burn indoors, unless this is for a shop then disregard - but im sure you know what you want.




I give the coleman duel fuel a 100% recommendation if its if its just emergency lighting those old style coleman lanterns use very little fuel, and its really clean you can burn it inside. I usually leave one of those on the kitchen table all night when the power is out and it will typically last about 2 nights on a single tank of fuel. Super bright light and its adjustable if you dont need it that bright. They can run on unleaded gas also

[Rawleigh]

Having dealt with oil lamps during several power outages I doubt that used motor oil could be gotten to burn clean enough not to soot up the globes too quickly. Also there are many bad chemicals and fumes that could be generated if it were burned in a confined area.

[Bruce]

Thanks, not for indoor use but I have two 55 gallon drums of used oil in the garage and was trying to figure something useful to do with them.

[STraenkle]

Or as UV used to say, Burn at night

[MarkS]

Bruce up here in da cold nort. Many folks have what are commonly refereed to as black gold furnaces. Guys heat their shops and businesses where some oil mess isn't a problem. I have a friend who heats his automotive repair shop with a waste oil furnace, he loves it.

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By the way these are manufactured 10 minutes north me.

[Bruce]

Now only if they sold waste oil air conditioning instead of heat.

[DanielM]

Now only if they sold waste oil air conditioning instead of heat.

Now you're talkin'

Maybe the fumes could drive away mosquitoes.

[MarkS]

Well at the very least you could heat water with it. Turn around on investment would be shortly after they planted you though.........

Danny you got mosquito's? Say it ain't so.

[Bruce]

You could probably run a still burner with it.

[MarkS]

Now we're getting somewhere.........

[TailhookTom]

Bruce;

My old marina gladly collected all used motor oil in a large, I think 270 gallon container -- I think they they ran it through a a device that converted it to heat. Yup, the primary means of heating the clubhouse and shop == used motor oil!

Cheap yankees that we are!

Tom