How to Use / Fill / Light an Oil Lamp or Oil Lamp How to Video. In this video we will show you how to properly and safely operate an oil lamp. Including how to Fill Light and Adjust the flame for optimum wick life and Oil Lamp burn time.
Excellent video. One tip I have for installing a new wick: Draw the wick out the top of the burner a few inches and put it into the kerosene in the base upside down for about 20 sec. This will saturate the top of the wick. Then turn the wick back down and place it right side up into the base. This way you don't have to wait for the wick action to draw the kerosene to the top of the wick.
Good Morning :) Thank you so much for sharing this. I love how you actually went step by step. I have recently came across 3 vintage oil lamps and I am dying to start using the,. I am a bit of an old soul. Thank you again for showing us :) Have a wonderful day.
My dearly departed Aunt left behind a beautiful oil lantern and I’ve set up my ancestral altar and I was a bit nervous about lighting it, I’ve never had the experience until now your channel came up first on my search and I’m so excited that o finally was able to lite it up and the fear is gone Lolol Thank you 🙏🏽
I bought an oil lamp yesterday and was a bit nervous about lighting it as the instructions said very little. Thank you so much for your video, I will attempt the first lighting soon.
We have a storm rolling in soon and needed a quick refresher on how to do this since it's been well over 20 years since I used one. Thank you so much for the video!
I wanted to purchase an oil lamp. I was worried about safety and unsure how to use it properly. This video walked me through every step, and answered every question. Thank-You. I love the glow of candles and thought I would step it up a notch and save on electricity as well. You are such a blessing!
I was learning about these and apparently the Greeks and Romans used them because they were considered at the time to be very bright compared to ordinary candles. So many of their guards and soldiers would carry them on patrol, or if you were wandering into the creepy dark forest to arrive to another town this would light your path really well. They also made special hooks on wagons that could hold about 4 of these lamps so the driver could see where he was going.
Nice video - and useful, above all. I lost a couple of these lamps during a move and looked up "oil lamp, wick, feeding" and your video came up. I bought a used lamp recently, but the gear mechanism seemed to be broken. Thanks to one of your other videos, I was able to re-thread it properly, after cleaning out the debris inside. And yes, everyone should be very careful about cleaning up spills before lighting ANY open flame. Kerosene, as opposed to the lamp oil featured, is much combustible and not safe for strictly indoor use. Also, for people who are just trying this out for the first time, the wick should be quite low, not peeking out more than 2 mm above the crest of the assembly, unless you want to set off any smoke detectors in your dwelling :) These lamps, especially during prolonged power outages, are much safer than having open candles in the house.
Thanx to god for youtube and being able to find this vid. I grew up not being aloud to go near fires even the coal oil lamps. My family has dozens of these indoor coal oil lamps and as such i was never taught how to use them. Nearly 2 years ago my dad had moved to our family farm sence he fixed the farmhouse up enif to love in. And sence we have soo many of these lamps my dad left at least 6 of them at the house i still live in. Well this night in my area the power went out and i need to see and do things so imma gonna have to use 1 of them and now i know wat to do. Luckily my phone uses mobile data so i cud actually searcb this up. Thank god. I was really worried about being able to use them safely and aspecially when there all over 80yo and some r over 100yo so i wanna be careful with them too.
For a couple bucks, I bought a vintage miniature made in Japan oil lamp. Likely it dates to the 1950's, maybe the 1960's at the latest. It's really cute because it's got an owl figurine next to the lamp part. Too bad there's no way to post pictures, because it's a very interesting little item. I bought the lamp for the novelty, but I'd like to use it for its original purpose, rather than let it sit on a shelf collecting dust. This video was really helpful!
“Instructions said to fill it up to about THERE”!…Too funny…my instructions were very similar with them stating “Just don’t over FILL”…So I made sure not to overfill it and ended up filling to about where you did…U know what I’m saying…, filled it to right about “THERE”! Works like a dream…👌
We have a couple of Salmon Falls pottery style oil lamps which are set up for use but we've never used them. I got an odorless lamp oil and now feel confident in how to use it, thanks to your tutorial. Thanks so much!
With the prices of lamp oil/ kerosene, I have recently tried using ULSDiesel. Running the wick down low like you ha e in this video I haven't really had much of a smell. Great video
Thanks for the video, I have a couple of oil lamps and in a recent power cut realised their usefulness ..... except that I had no oil and didn't really know how to set them up! That's remedied now thanks to your video.
The glass globe is primarily to make a strong current of air through the burner which gives a hotter flame and more light with less smoke. Of course it also protects from sife draughts, The dome on the burner forces air on to the flame. Your burner isn't brass, it is pressed steel with a coloured lacquer.
Thank you for this video! Having to use my grandmothers' lamps because of power shut-offs here in Northern California. Bought some oil but came without directions.
thank you so much for this ! i bought one today and the only oil that they had were paraffin oil but they say it's odorless, no smoke and economic. so yeah, but i hope it works. now that i know how to use it.
I'm trying to get rid of most of my stuff. Im too dependant on electricity when the power went out for a week we had no light source and use the last of my battery from my phone to use as a light source. We have a boiler so we could still take warm showers and use the stove. I'm seeing what else I can change. I'm getting a barrel to catch rain water too using it to water my plants and veggies and to soak clothes.
I watched this video bc the first time and only time I lit an oil lamp, somehow it set a fire INSIDE the lamp!! How did it do that? I've been afraid of them ever since but love the way they look.
I have two beautiful glass lamps which are about 16 inches high we bought about 50 years ago but when filling them for the first time in 50 years I descovered the threads on those burners are clockwise to loosen. is this normal?
I've purchased some oil lamps recently, so thanks for showing me how to use them. I bought some oil with the lamps which is a paraffin oil, plus a bottle of the same oil you purchased at WalMart. Have you compared the WalMart oil to other brands in the last year? Care to comment if you have? Thanks.
dagnyatl Thanks for the comment. I'm glad it helped. I have only used the oil in the video. I have heard you can use different types though. I have seen other videos that explain how to use them on you tube. Hope it helps. Be Well Friend... InteliGear.
+Jojo The Lobster You can use any kind of oil, but paraffin oil burns the cleanest. other oils have a strong odour or create soot when burned. I've even used olive oil!
