Using Oil Lamps When The Lights Go Out 

I have acquired two oil lamps;, purchased wicks and oil and am watching this so I can set up my lamps! I'm excited!

I recently became obsessed with collecting and restoring antique oil lamps. They come in such beautiful varieties of shapes, sizes and colours. Loved your video.

An advantage of candles and oil lamps over battery lights - for winter emergencies - is the heat they produce.

I LOVE that curvy lamp shade its pretty!

Best oil lamp video I've seen. Thank you❤️. I got an oil lamp at a garage sale last summer and it needs some TLC.

Your oli lamp that is over 100 and broken is an Alladin lamp ( not the genie kind) and i locks on. You need mantles instead of wicks. All parts available at Lehman's. Caution the mantels are extremely fragile. But the light is very bright. Also parts and wicks for regular oil lamps are available at Amish stores if you live near a community. My wife and I are completely off grid no solar. We even have a kerosene cookstove with oven for summer instead of wood cookstove which is winter only.

Great video!!!

Thanks for the video! I have two oil lamps that belonged to my grandmother - they're most likely 100 years old or more now and are in great shape. Now I feel more comfortable getting them ready to use.

Thanks Mam for the demo.

For emergencies, I bought some votive candles at the dollar store, the ones in the tall jars. They'll burn for hours. Oil lamps will give better light.

Other videos I've watched don't explain in as much detail as yours does the real life, how-to use, care and maintenance of these lamps. Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for.

I'm in the UK and just came across your videos! Also just bought my first oil lamp! 🎉

Thank you soooo much for doing this video. It was perfect, because I've never had an oil lamp before and I just bought my first hurricane lamp.

I’m in desperate need of your help. I have a table oil lamp like the one you have with the burner being a male. The knob where you feed the wick through gets stuck and hard to turn. How can I replace it or fix it? If I may email you with a picture of it that would be amazing. Info on the lamp it’s made of depression glass so it’s from the early to mid 1900’s. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

I wondered where this hostess was from. Then I heard her say "fixing to have..." and immediately knew, the South. LOL. I'm from Louisiana. Fixing-to is definitely a Southern thing.

Please tell people that the wicks come in different sizes IE widths & instead of buying the short 6" wicks you can buy them in 10 foot length & cut them yourself to a longer length to last longer with less waist when they become too short to work.

Hi from france. Thank you for posting this video, i have been learning so much. I only have one oil lamp, i want to buy more. They look so beautiful and are so useful.❤❤❤❤❤

I have a collection of old , and not so old oil lamps. Nice looking but practical backups as well . Nice video. Vary good presentation . Ontario Canada 10/23

You know the wick is too high or needs trimming when you see smoke/soot. If you used carbon felt for your wick, you never need to trim the wick again. But you still need to adjust it to get rid of smoke. Also, you can trim the wick into a spoon shape or fang tooth shape to give a different flame pattern. Even a saw tooth pattern changes things. Most oil lamps cannot properly burn veg oil or olive oil. But you can if you use the right wick or sew in some copper speaker wires strands into the wick. Hotter oil will wick up easier than cooler or cold oil.

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I really like Aladdin Lamps , they have a double Wick and Mantel that incandesces which produces much more light .

Thank You so much for showing how to unscrew and trim the wicks! I have my gmas oil lamp and the spinner thing quit grasping the wick and I can't unscrew the base cuz it's stuck like its glued it looks rubbery plastic screw on base...it won't budge but I will try the metal part to unscrew..I was afraid I would break or bend it...and I def don't want that! I also need to replace the whole wick cuz it's kinda short...its old too...at least 30 yrs. Not used much.

Great video. Thanks for sharing how you handle your lamps. We live in Florida, and if we lose power it's apt to be because a hurricane has blown down the power lines. Yes, I'm writing this just after Ian went through--happily we escaped the worst of it. But usually we will be without power for a couple weeks because, like you, we're at the end of the line and the last to get power back. In preparing for this storm I got the idea of getting out the Aladdin lamps. In many ways they're more convenient than flashlights/battery lanterns. The problem is what you mentioned towards the end...the lamps give off some heat. And in the days after a hurricane, with temperatures and humidity in the 90's heat is not what you want more of. Anyway, thanks for sharing some good tips. I grew up on a farm with oil lamps, but I had forgotten what little I might have known about the best way to trim wicks. Also, the tip about "lamp oil" not smelling as bad a kerosene is great. Although K-1 kerosene is supposed to be pretty good, I'll have to try it. So, thanks again.

im terrified of candles it burnt down a families home and almost all of them died it was a long time ago but i remember so nope to candles i use flashlight and extra bulbs and plenty of batteries .... those oil lamps are very pretty hugssss

Good lady ... all ways had one in are home as was growing up..

I love oil lamps! I’ve been collecting them recently. Every time I go past one it just beckons to me!

Im just saying if the lord comes back you better be stocked up if your going to be left behind

I need a better lamp fuel. I use Klean Heat, and it has a strong diesel smell. Can anyone tell me about a better product choice? Very thankful.

Hello my sweet friend. 😍😘 Good to see ya. Love all these off-grid lighting options. Ya know, I Love the idea of getting thrift candles. I have never thought to get them for emergencies. 🤩Bless y'all. ❤️❤️❤️katie

What you gonna do when your buddy get rid of the lamp oil and candles.

Word 💯... I'm D I Y now and constantly ask myself, "what did they do before we had ________" fill in the blank... ty excellent presentation. Namaste

Thank you ma'am, too many folks don't know how to use these! I've used them the last 30 years now, and I never knew the wick can be cut any way you like!

Very well made video. Thank you for making this and sharing.

Very interesting video, I now mostly use oil lamps at home, 👍👍🌹🌹

Thanks for your video. Could you tell me where I could get a burner and the other part that’s attached to glass part, like on the last lamp you showed. Mine belonged to to grandmother and the one that’s on it has been replaced with the wrong kind.. thank you

I collect oil lamps also. Ace hardware carries lamp light ultra pure paraffin lamp oil. It is totally odorless and smokeless. Will not smoke up you chimney. Comes in a 3 quart bottle and cosy around $16.00. well worth the extra money if you have someone in the house who is sensitive to various odors and smells. Some Walmarts carry solar lights made by hyper tough. They come in brightness from 60 to 300 watts. When you turn them on they are at brightest watts. If they don't sense move after 30 seconds, they reduce to lower brightness to conserve battery power then goes to brightest when senses movement. Will last throughout the night.

Wonderful demonstration, thank you. We have several old oil lamps passed down to us that need to be filled up and made ready for use.

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This reminds me of my childhood. Lights would always go out. Break out the parcheesi board and lanterns. We heated the house with two kerosene stoves. My mother cooked off a kerosene kitchen stove. Lights don’t go out like they used to, but still have emergency candles and oil lamps.

I was just given a beautiful hanging brass double wick oil lamp with a big fancy shade. How does the double wick oil lamps work? Help the wheels look to be replaced because there are no markings on it. I see evidence of the plaster between some parts which I was told I should be able to see. It’s amazing and will look lovely in my 1886 Victorian living room.

Thank you. I just bought my first ones to use in my Victorian house. Great advice. You covered all the information I was wondering about.

When you trim and clean the wheel try using Goo Gone my goodness it will clean the crud and rust off with hardly any work at it’s a great product and you will love all the uses you can get from it

Great information!! Thank you!!

Thank you so much for educating us on this. My grandmother had the red lamp. Please keep them coming ❤️🇨🇦

Can the oil lamp fuel give you a headache. Are you supposed to leave a window open a little bit? What is the least smelly kind?

My mother passed away and she had 2 oil lamps at her house probably from her grandmothers. But the wick thing won’t in screw ! It’s stuck. I ran hot water over it, but it’s still stuck. Can you tell me what to do? Thank you

Love this. Thank you for the lamp information. Inspired to get my one little one ready to go. What would you say is the economics of burning one? How far does store bought oil go in terms of hours of light? Roughly how much light do they give off, for example compared to a 60 watt light bulb? Realizing economics go out the window in an emergency, but just curious. You have a beautiful collection! Looks like you don't let them just gather dust either. Thanks!

Great video! Very informative and thorough. One suggestion when lifting the chimney and crown on a hurricane style oil lantern is to place your hand over the top of the bail (large hanger) and reach down with your middle finger and grasp the small loop on the crown. You can then bend your finger up and it will lift and hold the crown assembly while your free hand removes the globe. I hope this helps.

Yes lighte and heat...

Awesome info! If you light a wick then turn it down too far can it fall into the tank and catch the whole thing on fire?

"It's fun to wear your winter clothes, you only see them once a year," - I cried a little in Canadian.

A very informative video that should be helpful to many. Also I would like to complement you on your table-top Oil Lamps, they're beautiful! I have one vintage oil lamp and two modern one I purchased in the 1990s. I have eight Hurricane Lanterns which I favour. I also have four 12" Hurricane Lanterns that I use in my backyard on the patio and/or my front porch, in which I burn Tiki Oil to help keep mosquitoes at bay. Best wishes...

I have a elec lamp that looks like a old lamp that someone added power to so I may remove power and use it with lamp oil and It has been around as long as I remember and I am now retired.

One of the main reasons that is is hard to turn the wick up and down is that the wick is old and not pliant. Solution is to replace the wick.

Hello. I live in a trailer park at the base of the Cascades in Oregon, and recently we had an ugly ice storm that knocked out power for about 4 hours on the first day, and then about 12 sporadic outages for the next two days after that. I just got to thinking about oil lamps as a source of light, and I'm wondering if you guys have any experience with Danforth oil lamps? They are handmade of modern pewter (no lead), and appear to be very nice and well-made. They aren't cheap, about $180-$280, depending on the model. I would certainly love to get one. Thanks for the video!

Do you have any tips on brand names or makers they are good quality lamps as opposed to a bunch of this Chinese made garbage?

Very nice video

Can you use Olive oil instead of lamp oil?

I also live on the very end of the power stream and we lose power for a few days at a time during bad storms. But i have a gas line running to my house. The gas never goes out. I bought a generator that connects to the gas line and it can run my house indefinitely and never need to be refilled. But for backup lighting i made my own oil lamps. I burn regular paraffin oil. I bought a bunch of 32 ounce mason jar mugs with lids and handles and used a 4 inch tall half inch pipe in the middle. Held up by spiraling wire. For the Wick i use Carbon felt. It doesn't degrade as it burns and will last for years of continuous use. They put out lots of light in a little tiny easy to carry lamp. The problem is i never get to use them because the power goes out, i turn it right back on with a switch.

GOSH I love you guys! I miss you so much! Thanks for the awesome info! Hope to see you soon! Much love!

I'm glad I found your channel. When you said put on more cloths don't waste energy,I fell in love with you. I had to laugh, ask my kids ,Moms famous words. I've always been like minded. And you taught me some things about lamps . Thank you. Will be watching. Much love and prayers.

Love your explanation! Now I know what to do with my oil lamps! Thank you 😊 Love to you and your family 💖

Good info. For my needs the taper candle and holder will work best. Just ordered a case of taper candles and two holders on Amazon.

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Great video! I have oil lamps, but didn't know how to use. Now i do! Thank 😊 you

Wow... you guys are just up the road from me. I'm in Lexington.

How do I refill an electric oil lamp

If I still had kids I'd have them use the new battery candles. When I bought an Aladdin lamp I made the mistake of getting a brass bottomed one and can't figure out how I'm supposed to know when the oil is getting low ("they say" not to let them run out of oil). New sub. 👍

You have the cutest magnolia draw. I could watch your videos all day.

Bring outdoor solar lights inside.

CANDLE LANTERNS, camping or others, are the SAFEST candle option !!

Maybe a past life memory just came to me... That one could clean this soot with milk.... How ironic....

I have one but I cant figure out how to fill it I cant take the burner off the top it just round only it don't want to come off the wick part opens up how can i fill it up please help me

Very nice and accurate presentation thank you

Good people!

Common sense would allow not to carry that

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Where did you find these if I can ask? The large ones are exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks

Great video ❗💯🔥🏆👍

Thank You!

Forgot to ask. Did you get the bird nest out of your chimney?

i also live in NC. we have oil lamps ready at all times, LOL

Never been burned by wax... is it possible?

Steve has a collection of about 70 oil lamps

those scented candles are very toxic. be very careful with them

Now do we really need a 28 minute video on oil lamps?

Sending greetings from eastern NC. Thanks for posting!

Automatic lamp. Soak dogs tail in oil and light. Dog will automatically move light from place to place. Good for power outages.

I have 16 lamps now use to have 24 , gave some to family and friends . Back in the late 80's you could find nice old lamps for 10 , 12 dollars now their 100 $ . loved the video , i have 2 of the same lamps your using .

Dear..what about regular olive oil;?...do you have some lanterns from 1830...remember the movie Houseman, with Tommy Lee Jones?...dont ignore me please...you look very good in the video