i shall look into paraffin ,never thought of it ,do quite like the idea of something that will last ,as every other thing nowadays is built **** ,presumably lanterns give off a fair amount of heat ?
You can heat up a tin of food on top of them, but not a family breakfast. Unless it's oat meal
 
my dad used tilley lamps during the strikes in 70s but cant remember there effectiveness etc,but heat as well as light would be good
 
i shall look into paraffin ,never thought of it ,do quite like the idea of something that will last ,as every other thing nowadays is built **** ,presumably lanterns give off a fair amount of heat ?

Yes in a nutshell the design I'm getting has been made by various countries over the years, it has heater and cooking attachments available.

It is safe on paraffin, but lamp makers guild say by design petrol is dangerous and german army stopped using petrol in them.

BriteLyt claim multi fuel-but on petrol have had explosions with mantle failure on petrol(lamp makers guild)

CJN Adams multifuel claim 100% petrol is dangerous and only sell to Amish as I asked them.

I bought from
http://www1.conrad-uk.com
But

Petromax HK500 Chrom do english
BE SURE IF YOU BUY TO BUY RAPID START
Anchor brand do tin instead of brass chrome-but |I went for the best quality I could find.

Roughly 350-400w or 500 candle power
 
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how enclosed an area could you use them ?

We end up in marquees quite a lot so they are less of an issue, I would think the grade of paraffin would be critical, I remember my great grand mother had a paraffin heater which was toasty warm and only remember smell on shutdown or start up.

She had a window open slightly to allow continuations fresh air, so I would guess as long as a good grade paraffin is used and you have air supply via a window they are okay.

There were also pink and Blue paraffins-from memory the blue was household and red was greenhouse?

Paraffin/Kerosene heaters are more popular in America and from what I read modern heaters are okay if you have ventilation.
 
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We end up in marquees quite a lot so they are less of an issue, I would think the grade of paraffin would be critical, I remember my great grand mother had a paraffin heater which was toasty warm and only remember smell on shutdown or start up.

She had a window open slightly to allow continuations fresh air, so I would guess as long as a good grade paraffin is used and you have air supply via a window they are okay.

There were also pink and Blue paraffins-from memory the blue was household and red was greenhouse?

Paraffin/Kerosene heaters are more popular in America and from what I read modern heaters are okay if you have ventilation.


Use these alot for heat. in the winter when it -30F and wind at 20-40 mph, it can really make a furnace work hard, and these help with extra heat. and a lot of poor use then also , in a home garage ,etc work just great.

World Marketing KW24G 23000 BTU Convection Heat Indoor Kerosene Heater
 
Okay I now have 1 perfect lantern and one Friday night special free repaired with a repair kit I bought.

When fettled and some 41 butterfly mantles they are superb-but I was ****ed off at quantity control out of factory.
 
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about a minute to start and allegedly 400w and 8 hours light for 1 ltr paraffin
 

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