Hello all, I forgot to mention that the oil/fuel for the lamps is really just a refined paraffin ( kerosene ), this eliminates that very strong smell the standard paraffin gives off. I recommend the refined oil or you will stink the house out ! and sod your lungs up in the long run ! I hope everyone is keeping well, good luck and take care in this very real simulation ! ha ha. yep its a good one ! 😆🤣
Parrafin is more refined than kerosene to be fair. So you really need to br careful here. Paraffin is relatively safe, kerosene is heating oil. Not safe.
I feel the power cuts will come very soon Jim , i look at the live energy mix and wind/solar has been low for a while now, they are using up a lots of gas to make up the shortfall, also our government have ask France to export more electric to us a few days ago ! but they are short themselves as some of their nuclear power stations are running at low capacity as they are doing some maintenance work. Get the army lamp ready mate ! dont look at the mantle when your lighting the lamp ! or is that poking the fire ?? take care of those mantles ! ha ha take good care Jim, see you soon.
Yay... There he is... Not sure why but not seen an upload for ages now... Was missing your beautiful mug 😍😍😘😘 good work mate. Be good to see you and the fam out here in Spain one day. 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸 Self reliance not compliance 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hello Benn, always good to hear from you, i must admit i have used mine alot as well and not saved the oil for a power cut. It really does give that calming atmosphere. last night i had a lamp on and watched "farming though the years " the war time one on channel 5 on demand. Keep safe and well, thanks so much.
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD sounds cosy mate. We love to read by ours too, the difference on the eyes is quite alot, no eye stress after a long reading session. Currently rereading Victorian Homesteading. Love this book 😂📖📖
Hello from Maryland, USA :) I can't see myself buying oil lamps but I have to watch because I enjoy your videos so much.. I have a smaller yard but it is full of raised garden beds. You have a good personality and sense of humor. We would make for great neighbors. Keep up the good work and the fight against the oppressive government over there. I hope it doesn't come to the states any more than it has already! Maryland tends to be very liberal but we got a win recently now we can concealed carry a firearm easily if we choose. Good luck brother!
Hello Zach, thanks for your kind words. Its getting bad over here ! towns and cities are having heavy traveling restrictions put in place for car owners ( only 100 journeys a year in restricted zones) this is coming next year unless the public protests can stop them ! the trouble is none of this is talked about on mainstream media ( like the BBC ) or even reporting the protests ! so many have not got a clue about what's coming or even going on ! too busy reporting on celebrities and other mind dumbing subjects for the masses ! our mainstream media is like a sluice gate pumping out a constant flow of raw sewage ! ha ha. Im so glad i live in the country, but to be honest i would like to be 50 miles remote from towns now, I'm only 12 miles from the nearest busy town , Super self sufficiency in the country is the only way i can see freedom in the future, they are forcing us to rely on them, that gives them the control they want ! ha ha not here though ! Thanks, good luck and take good care.
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD I watch Sargon, Paul Watson and Count Dankula... I feel like I get a good sense of what's going on over there. I think the UK is a good bell weather for what might be spreading to the US. You're doing the right thing. I try to reduce my bills down as little as possible and only eat out of my garden. I wouldn't trust the BBC ... we have NPR. Basically government/corporation funded "news".... when they choose the news you hear and the spin ...you are getting lies of omission. Keep up the good work.... you can really only create a safe space on your property and feel bad for those that choose to be one step away from desperation and dependence.
Hi Gary. Thanks for this timely, funny, informative vid. We may all need to fall back on oil lamps. You have given some great hints and tips for grew use of theses lamps and the various fuels available. You have a great collection of lamps. I hope all is ok with you. 🤓 🐶 🧔🏻♂ 🥶💨
Thanks Johnny and Jacob. I do love the old things that last forever, i want to turn this cottage into a walk back in time. keep safe and well, take good care.
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD You are welcome Gary, we really enjoyed the vid. We love old' made to last' items. Turning your home back in time- fab. Thank you. We are in one of our quiet times now, before lambing towers the end of March. We don't have many ewes nowadays but it can get a bit hectic. 🐏 Take Care Gary. 🤓 🐶🧔🏻♂ 🥶 💨
Hello Bry, last night a watched a wartime farming documentary with the lamps on, it sets the mood perfect. I've seen some really nice lamps on eBay, £150 to £200 touch ! cranberry coloured shades are the most expensive from the very late 1800s to early 1900s, Mine are the cheaper ones that i can afford. I prefer the past and the old days, a more of a simple basic technology life where things lasted for ages ! . Hope your keeping well, i will pop by your channel to see you and see how your keeping, I'm still very busy decorating and doing repairs here. Thanks Bry , blessings sent.
Hello Shashi, its lovely to hear from you again. Grandparents are the best ! i do enjoy hearing the old stories they tell, many fond memories. I'm actually collecting lithium batteries from them dreaded disposable vaping things, i don't use them my self but i tell people i know to save them instead of throwing them away. They have a lithium rechargeable batteries in them ! such a waste for a one use item ! any way im building a large battery bank out of them , i have nearly 100 batteries ! im building them into a box with a small solar panel to make a free energy bank. Thanks Shashi, take good care.
Love our oil lamps. We always keep one on super low most of the night. The light is alot easier on the eyes if you wake up during the evening, our kids need abit of light. Out here in Spain, it gets dark, like pitch black at night, so the warm glow of the oil lamp is perfect. Here in Spain it's 5.50euro for a small bottle.... Need to find a cheaper supply I think. That or go fishing for a humpback, 🤭🤭🤭🤭
Are yes good thinking ! they would be perfect, i also like how they use these on solar panel to increase performance. thanks for your comment take good care
Hello Mark, i did have some ex British army lamps, Willis and bates VAPALUX M320 in NATO green., but i did not like the fact of having to pressurise them every few hours and use two different fuels. A different fuel to pre heat them. Methylated spirits and paraffin. Yes them lamps are very bright. I am trying to make my life more simple as I'm finding my work load is getting out of control on every aspect. Thanks for your comment and yes i do agree very much that them lamps are better. thanks and take good care.
We have quite a few but use araffin, kero at worst but kero ain't clean.. However , yer best bet is rechargeable batteries, a means to charge (solar for example). Christmas lights (leds) and a screwdrives in place of a soldering iron. Solder and flux. Doesn't get any more simple
Hi Gary, wow what a video matey . Really appreciate you going through all your lamps . I did try olive oil in my hurricane lamp the other night , there was a bit of paraffin so it was more olive oil with paraffin rather than the 25% you recommended. Going to go with the proper lamp oil leaving the paraffin for the hurricane lamps we use for going the wood shed. Won a nice lamp on eBay only £15 & from a hospice nice griffin chimney on it. So will be trying the lamp oil with that. Really want a duplex there’s one £40 with chimney & globe shade , & listening to the price you said you paid for yours plus buying a shade I’d say it’s a good price. Your duplex one is lovely & bright. The wall coach lamps are really fab, nice touch the wall holders you made. Facebook Marketplace in my area seems to have a few oil lamps on too, I bought a load of wick before we moved & won’t find it until spring when we repair the shed roofs and get the stuff in there. It’s all stacked in boxes in the dry at the minute. Thanks again! Really enjoy your videos 😊 entertaining but also informative!🤓
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD it’s arrived and I’ve washed the glass chimney carefully it’s shining now . Wick that’s in , it’s ancient so I’ve ordered some off eBay they are made in Yorkshire for over 100 years vs Amazon where folks saying the wick was hollow and flattened so it burnt as fast as a match. Hoping within a week that the lamp oil and wick will arrive. Got my eye on a duplex ending in 3 days & we could pick it up on way through to visit family next week 👍🏻
We buy a nice store of candles to go with our oil lamps but also led lights for the kitchen, they take so little energy from our batteries but give off a lot of light. We have regular blackouts in winter and they do the job so we rarely need to use our other sources of back up lighting.
Hi Gary, Sorry I have been MIA from your channel, just realized I have been unsubbed from you. I re-subbed and hit the bell. I found YT unsubbed me from a bunch of channels, you may want to remind your viewers to check. As usual, very informative, thanks for the great tips and advice. We have been living on 400 watts solar and a generator. So far so good. Take care, Amy
Morning Gary! As lovely as the old oil lamps are I think I'll stick with my rechargeable LED torches! We've also got a couple of LED strips ready for action, 3m long each, that run off any USB supply like a powerbank or the little magic box we keep in the camper to start it if the battery ever went flat. We've got a little 12v/5v power station in the hallway that runs off three big van batteries in the shed, and they are charged by a couple of small-ish solar panels on the shed roof. Nothing better than free power, if we had more money I'd have loads of solar panels and a big ol' battery in the house.
Hello, you cant beat free solar powered stuff, i am going to take my lighting circuit off the grid as soon as the weather gets better. You have done the right thing at your place, i think the power cuts are coming very soon, i check the real time energy use figures often and wind power has been very low the last week along with solar as well, gas use at the power stations has been high ! the government also had a chat with France to help import more a few days ago ! but France are short as well because they have put many nuclear power plants into standby for maintenance, or is the real reason a lack of uranium imported from Russia ?? Brace yourselves, i really do think planned blackouts are on there way soon ! ha ha, keep safe and well, thanks Simon.
I love oil lamps too. Only have a couple of small ones. One was handed down to me from my dad - a family heirloom. Thanks for this informative video. Lots of love to you all x
Hello, yes your right about them lamps but sadly they are not original ones from the past, they have a little sticker underneath saying made in Hong Kong ! ha ha but i love them, perfect for a horse and carriage. They did come with the hooks to hang them onto the carriage. Its lovely to hear from you, hope your keeping fit and well, thanks and blessings sent
Hello Gary. Thanks for a very informative video. Your favourite lamp would have had a mirror on the black circular round to reflect the light even more. I do like your lamp collection. How long roughly do they burn for? Best wishes from Plymouth
Hello Nathan, once the bowls are full they burn for a good 12 hours, that is for the bigger lamps. Sorry a bit late getting back, its always non stop busy here, i hope your keeping well, take good care and thanks so much.
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD Hello Gary/Vicky, Thanks for taking time to reply. Always great to hear from you. I imagine you are getting the ground ready for planting this years crops? I hope you have successful growing year. The weather is beginning to warm up down here in Devon, we have been hitting 12 / 13 degrees and the weather has been like spring days. Best wishes to you all. Stay safe and well!
@@nathanjohnhendry9529 hello, yes i have just started to get a few beds fertilised and dug over. Ive planted a very too early optimistic potatoes bed and have double sheeting covering them , hopefully it might work for early potatoes. Shallots have also been planted. Your a little warmer there but only by a couple of degrees. Roll on spring ! i hate the winter !
We got caught by the cheapie hurricane lamps too,absolute garbage.If you need reliable you have to go old school . If you want brightness from an oil lamp get yourself an Aladdin lamp They're dearer and more faffing with mantles etc but they're very bright and kick out loads of heat up the chimney. Some are using ethanol indoors in paraffin heaters maybe its ok for lamps ??
For blackouts we will decamp into Desmond. I know EMP techniques I could use to protect the power in Desmond but I suspect he would not use EMP but the full bucket of sunshine, Take care stay safe.
Hello, yes you have the perfect tool owning Desmond as long as you have plenty of Stored gas and fuel. I don't know how you feel but I constantly seem to be in survival prepping mode lately ! a good few hours a day is spent hatching plans to combat the crisis going on for life to remain easy and comfortable. Are you thinking a little like this being an ex service man ? thanks Dave keep safe and well.
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD Yes I keep planning and I look at places we could go and hide for awhile or forever. Even down to a water supply and meadows for planting. Take care.
Hello Danny, i had to google this as i have never heard of them. A great invention, but a little bit expensive for me. I did go to a country life museum a few years back and there was an old clock that run on a similar principle and it lasted a good few days before the weight needed hoisting up again. Thanks Danny take good care.
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD no problem I've bought parrafin lamps too.. just thought long term It might be a better option when the economic collapse happens.. either way people aware and prepping have a much better chance.... all the best..
You must have known, we were out yesterday on the hunt for some oil lamps, we didn't find any but will keep looking. As always a great imformative fun video ❤ I know there are many variables but roughly what sort of burning time would the lL bottle give you? Love to the family Deb & Trent xx
Hello, always good to hear from you. At a guess i would say 1 litre in my duplex lamp would burn for over 35 hours, but a quick google give the figure of 1 gallon = 258 hours ! thats a lot, but i think this would be a single wick lamp not a duplex. So there is 4.5 litres in a UK gallon, 4,5 divided by 258 would give 57.3 hours burning per litre ! wow more than i though ! i do love numbers ! ha ha , thanks so much, hope your keeping well, take care. Great question !
Thanks Gary we have just had a quick google and managed to find it for £4.49 per L which is much cheaper than Amazon. Trents just arranged to go look at 2 oil lamps tomorrow off market place 😍 Thanks for doing the maths, I wouldn't know where to start 🙈
@@deborahhobsonwasdubber2405 The more refined the oil is the less paraffin fumes but refined clean burn oil is more expensive, standard paraffin can be very wiffy ! ive seen some cheap paraffin in B&Q, but they sell it for green house heating. Make sure its clean burn as you don't want to sod your lungs up ! or make asthma play up. 👍
