Kerosene lantern for beginners Dietz Comet oil lantern # 50
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2022
- This video is for people who have never used an oil-burning kerosene lantern before. I purchased a Dietz number 50 comet kerosene lantern. It was not working properly initially.
Because I have used kerosene or hurricane lanterns before it was easy to get mine working. However, I thought it would be good to have a video for people who might get a similar lantern and had never used one before,.
The Dietz kerosene lantern has a good reputation but it is more expensive than the lanterns you get at Walmart and some dollar stores. I am normally an extremely frugal person but it is not safe for me to buy and use the cheapest made kerosene lantern I can find.
I was told that this model lantern was initially a popular lantern with the Boy Scouts. This is an excellent size for camping. I can also see it being used on small boats.
I much prefer solar lighting in place of kerosene or candles but I like the reliability of kerosene lanterns. If you hang a kerosene lantern in a shed for 40 years that did not have the metal degraded or rusting initially more than likely after 40 years you can put some fuel in it and get it to work. I don't think you can say that with a solar powered electronic lighting system. I think I can fix just about anything on my lantern. Not so much with my solar lamps.
Stands 8 1/2 inches tall
Burns 15 hours on 6 ounces of fuel
6 candlepower output
Comes with a 3/8 inch wick
Great for camping for emergencies
Dietz #50 Comet Oil Burning Lantern (Green)
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Hey Robb -- I have 2 large very, very old Dietz & 1 small. I was raised with cutting the wick to a point. It gives off a non-flickering flame.
Hey Deb, you could be right. I was just going by what people have told me over the years.
Definitely going to try that. Thanks Deb. It may even conserve fuel.
Good video. I have four. New and old. When ever I see one at a garage sale. I have a bad flashlight addiction as well. Thank you for sharing 🐿
I’m addicted to the hats with led lights in the brim. I buy cheap 2032 disc batteries by the hundreds. Speaking of flashlights, I have the “hots” for one of the newly available military flashlights that can be used as emergency fire starters.
Hey Oscar, that's cool. I think they're pretty neat not just for being practical but for the historical connections.
Great video! I have one of these that I hung in a young tree in my yard. Each year I said, "I need to take that down over winter." Yeah, well that never happened and now the lantern is about 20 feet up in the tree.
That is so funny.😃
@@RobbsHomemadeLife I'll try to remember to take a picture of it and post it on my community tab.
Yes time does fly. That is funny.
When I lived in Texas, I got a few of the walyworld lanterns and also a 5 gallon gas can of kerosene. I think I got one lantern prepped to use, but to this day I still have the lanterns and never needed them for a hurricane 😄 I still have about 4 gallons of the same kerosene. I used a gallon of it to burn a stump 😁
I think kerosene is a handy thing to have. You can use it in different do-it-yourself formulas. It was sort of our great grandparents WD-40. People used it for everything.
Thank yo so much. I forgot to bring mine to my in-laws house because they don't have a light on their porch. I go out to smoke my e-cig at night and it's pitch black. Next time I go which will be soon, I will make sure to bring it with me and your video showed me more than the actual instructions.
Hey thanks a lot for commenting and I really appreciate it.
Your video helped so much...mine was a gift.. I love it
Glad I could help!
Very informative. Thx for sharing
Glad it was helpful!
Neat little Dietz comet you have there! 🙂 Yes I have two Dietz # 50 comets that I scored from a good friend & got them working after I ordered parts ( clear & green globes plus new burners & wicks ) from W.T. kirkman lanterns! Great little lantern too & May bring the comets to camp on my camp vacation! 🙂🙂
Hello Jeff, thanks for taking the time to watch the video and even as comment. Much appreciated. I don't use a lanterns very much but they are handy to have and they get a lot of enjoyment out of them.
@@RobbsHomemadeLife You are welcome & yes collecting lanterns is fun & each of my lanterns have a turn of being lit as I relax outdoors.🙂🙂
great video. I have several of these type lamps and have used them for years. Olive oil works fine in them.
Good to know!
You can get them at the Olsen's Mercantile also. I'm just imagining Charles Ingalls showing his adopted son Albert, how to do this also for tomorrow's morning chores before dark and then he played the fiddle for the whole new family with the fireplace and everyone dancing..
Good night John boy.😃👍
@@RobbsHomemadeLife I miss the Waltons Homemade Life..
Learned something new today! :)
Hey thanks a lot for watching and commenting. I appreciate it.
Cool Video 👍🇺🇸
Glad you enjoyed it
Good review Robb Im a big fan of Storm lanterne but Ive only got a bunch of old cheap ones maybe time to invest the old ones work though 😃👍🌪️🌪️
Hey Smith, have you ever seen the ones that allow you to cook on top of them? I have also seen people attach thermal electric wires to the top to generate small amounts of electricity.
Thank you bro 🙏
Hey thanks for watching the video and taking the time to leave a nice comment much appreciated
I've always loved lanterns of all kinds, and this one is really gorgeous, I might just buy one ... Btw, shoe goop, duct tape and salad olives were on board on all moon missions, just in case something goes wrong! 😂😂 take care Robb, loved the video. 😊
"That's one small step for man, and one giant leap for canned mackerel."😃👍
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Ive hung onto 3 of the little cheap walmarr ones for almost 20 years. Ive used them a few times and theyve worked ok. I bought a really big bluegrass belknap at an estate sale that has no fuel cap,so ive never used it. Id like to buy some dietz for the better quality and availability of replacement parts. Great video,thanks.
Hey thanks a lot for taking the time to watch the video and leave such a nice comment period I really appreciate it. Good luck with your Lantern.
Our electricity is sketchy at best so have an assortment of alternate lighting options scattered through the house. I have 3 tall glass containers that fill with water and then an inch or two of cooking oil is poured on top of the water with a floating tray that holds a tiny wick to burn. They were bought as a table centerpiece because they were also a conversation starter.
The large Coleman lantern still scares the heck out of me with that hissing and glowing cloth sock, some solar-powered small lights, candles, a crank-up handheld flashlight, and two plain glass simple hurricane lanterns with the wick dipped in lantern oil. Those are my favorite for long-time power-outs because of the simplicity and safety of using them.
I agree. I kind of like my solar lamps but I know if they breakdown it's doubtful I will be able to fix them. One reason I like the kerosene lanterns is because they are a part of our past.
I have a Coleman propane lantern. It's nice for camping I keep it outside though it's stinky haha and for fire reasons of course. 🙂 I use an LED one for the tent.
Hey Jennifer, we used to use a big Coleman propane lantern when I was a kid when we went shrimping on the bridges at night. I remember being mystified at how the mantels work.
@@RobbsHomemadeLife that sounds like quite the life!
I've used vegetable oil and corn oil in little homemade lamps before. It burns okay. Come to think of it I've used melted lard too but it solidifies when it gets cold.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing about the coconut oil.
thanks!
Welcome!
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Thanks Paul.
Hello from Detroit Michigan brother
Hey Detroit always good to hear from you
Thanks so much for this video. I recently bought the identical lamp and it had no instructions with it. I couldn't figure out how to properly remove the globe for cleaning, now I know! What's the best way the minimize soot from accumulating inside the globe? Cheers!
I think it's impossible to eliminate soot but you can reduce it by keeping your wick trimmed and not having it too high. Also it helps to use a clean filtered lamp oil instead of kerosene.
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Do you have any resources for repairs? Have a comet that's lifting bar won't work
Andrew if you do some research there is a guy who focuses entirely on lanterns on UA-cam. I bet he would know. I can't think of his channel name right now though.
A must have. I use kerosene for the outdoor lamps and paraffin lamp oil inside. I have a pile of em’. They’re not made as nice as they used to be, but they still work. I have some pretty big ones but my favorite is the next size up from yours.
I’ve been kicking myself for not buying the solid brass ones being offered about twenty years ago. I’m afraid to see what they would cost now in brass.
I might buy a walmart lamp and try it with some old corn oil that’s no longer useful for cooking. Maybe some of the peanut oil that I’ve drained off of natural peanut butter too. I’ll let you know how it worked.
BTW, I drain off the oil from natural peanut butter and use that peanut butter instead of the more expensive sesame butter for chick pea (garbanzo bean) hummus.
Boil a pound of dry garbanzos .Drain and add a generous tablespoon dollop of peanut butter, some garlic powder and cayenne pepper, lemon juice and some olive oil. Mash it to a paste in a food processor, a blender or with a potato masher .Serve with a drizzle of olive oil and lemon juice sprinkled with paprika. Scoop it up with a soft white flour tortilla or homemade flat bread or even toast. Great in salad too.
Well, I’ve convinced myself to go soak some beans. Weren’t we talking about oil lamps? Man… I’m getting old.
Hey chops, this is another great comment that makes me know you should be making UA-cam videos. I'm going to try your recipe. I make sort of a redneck version of hummus but over the years I never added sesame butter because it was always so expensive. I am going to try your peanut butter replacement idea and do a video on it. When my mom was sick I used to make a recipe with chickpeas mayonnaise carrots onion garlic lemon and lots and lots of parsley. She would eat that on bread when she lost her appetite and would not eat anything else. I would make it in my Vita mix 3600. Oh, I forgot I also added a hard-boiled egg. Sometimes two.
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Your vita mix will make short work of it. You may have to push it down into the blades a few times though. I do with my Oster blender.
I learned that trick from an adventurous hippie girl back in 1970. She was a brilliant “wild child” that got arrested one day for walking down the street wearing one purple stocking and one yellow stocking with a homemade dress made of a paisley tapestry. Nothing came of it. It was so damn funny, I had to befriend her. It was a notorious officer in a small town who should probably remain nameless for now. I have a great story about one of his other misadventures for another time.
I’m going to try your redneck hummus. Sounds good.
P.S. Boil the garbanzos with plenty of garlic and save the water (pot liquor) in case you need to add moisture. It tastes great.
I can branch off on different paths while thinking or talking of one thing and ending up completely somewhere else too. Maybe we need to toss down some breadcrumbs or write down keywords so we find our way back again?
I used to do that, especially with my reading choices when younger. I would find a good historical novel and at the end of that it would trigger something like the writing methods of that time (hieroglyphics), then into calligraphy and then papermaking, which led to making inspirational or funny signs for myself using inks and pens on my own paper to produce text like an illuminated manuscript page. I never knew where those branches would take me as it often went to the food preparation of that era too. It never just ended there either as weaving fabrics or embellishing them with embroidery could be involved too. One thing just led to another! Everything really is connected with something.
With the separating natural peanut butter oil in the jar, I have to incorporate it back in with the peanuts otherwise it might break my knife trying to get it out of the jar to spread it on the toast. No, we are not just doddering old fools losing our train of thought, but showing off that we know a lot of stuff. Who has time to be bored when having a senior mind that drifts around?
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I find that following ones muse is the best choice. Maybe not as financially profitable, but ,ultimately , more valuable.
I wanted a wooden spoon. I needed a tool to make it, so I made a forge and learned how to forge ,harden and temper steel. Next thing I knew , I forged metal for nearly ten years , learned how to fashion leather into knife handles, cast brass and aluminum parts and make various leather goods. One thing led to another . It was a great journey. I still want to make the spoon. The forge and workshop was destroyed by a flood and some downed trees. I guess I’ll make the spoon now. I have tons of wood. Always nearly broke but never bored.
I’m also interested in making paper. I’m keeping my eyes open for a deal on an antique paper press. Something with a big cast iron wheel and screw to give it a good squash. I definitely need another hundred years to scratch the surface of my interests. Sounds like you may too.
@@chopsddy3 A hundred years wouldn't be enough to give me the time to explore all of my interests either. I'll never understand when someone says they are bored or lonely. Not possible if we keep having interests. My day starts with figuring out what to putter with that day, or do absolutely nothing at all!
I have some olive oil that turned rancid. I’ll try it in a lantern. That would be one way of getting rid of it.
That's a good idea Brad.
I also have such a lamp, just in case the electricity fails for a longer period of time 👍
Can the kerosene lanterns also use paraffin based oil fuel?
I'm not sure what paraffin based oil fuel would be. However, most people use fuel that is specific for kerosene lamps. Regular kerosene can be used but they are dirty and smoky.
Just a tip: if you use anything other the kerosene....you will clog wicks. As to wick straight or pointed cutting. It comes down to flame spread as it gives off light.
Hey thanks a lot for watching and commenting I really appreciate it. Your comment about the flames spread makes a lot of sense.👍
Not true. I use diesel in mine and it doesn’t clog the wicks.
Dude! How new to lanterns are you? You do want a rounded wick, the air tubes deliver air to the wick base to make the flame brighter. The wick feeder is called the burner.
You could be 100% correct about the nomenclature. I am not going to get into an argument over what something is called. However I have been using lanterns since I was a kid. I'm pretty old now. As far as using a rounded wick or a flat square wick I have always used a flat square wick to reduce smoking. Interestingly enough the company that manufactures this lantern also recommends a flat square wick. Perhaps you should notify them of their error.
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When I was a kid.
The railroad closed the station near my house.
They threw away boxes of kerosene lanterns.
All of the kids in the neighborhood wanted them for night fishing.
But they smashed them
so we would'nt take them.
I don't know why people do that. I remember when I was a little kid we were walking home and someone had actually thrown out a small wooden hydroplane about 8 feet long on a trash pile next to a telephone pole. We went crazy. We decided to go home and find some way to bring it back with us. We got a hold of a shopping cart and went back to get the boat and someone had smashed it up and put holes in it.
Robb has some knowledge about operating the lanterns, but has no clue about fluidics. For example, the holes he pointed to in the beginning, that he claimed were air intakes were actually exhausts for the the boundary layer (Coanda effect) on the inside of the globe, that help keep the globe clean and a little cooler. The brim above that area is the actual air intake. And, the hurricane lantern is called that because they are wind resistant, not because they were for use in hurricanes! Also, kerosene is a crap fuel and should only be used in emergency. Pure paraffin or higher molecular weight lamp oil should be used. As mentioned, many vegetable oils can be used. Charcoal lighter fluid can also be substituted in a pinch. NEVER try to use naptha, gasoline, or alcohol in these lamps.
Thanks Mr. Nick. You could be right. I may have gotten something wrong in my description but I have always managed to use my lamps when needed. Oddly enough, they were only needed in emergencies like hurricanes. Thanks for watching and commenting appreciated.
This lamp is broken, one cold blast / air tube has seperated. The chimney should not rotate, only lift up to access the globe for cleaning.
Hey thanks for your input much appreciated
Didn't show how you fuel the lantern, and how to light this candle, although granted is fairly intuitive. Have wick turned up a good bit, stick lit match to it & soon as it lights turn wick down somewhat. If flame smokes, turn down the wick some more. Trim wick either straight across or sometimes I've found a slight dip in the center can give you a nice wide flat flame: more light with out smoking.
Only use kerosene or approved lamp oil. These lanterns aren't the best for indoor use, they'll stink you out. With that said, if used indoors & you are using lamp oil be sure oil is approved for indoor use, - may trigger allergies regardless.
Also with oil lamps, to extinguish, turn wick down for minimum flame, obviously for lanterns such as this raise your globe bail and blow out the flame. I've heard from old timers what you do not want to do is turn the lit wick down into the oil or big fire can result. Never tried this but mostly I'd think the flame would smother itself out before the flame could get down into the oil fount.
Supposedly LANTERNS of this design, unlike lamps made for indoor use back in the day, are made to be self extinguishing if tipped over. Never tried that, not going to try with my valuable antiques. Much controversy surrounds if a tipped or kicked over barn lantern started the Great Chicago Fire. The story was supposedly, much later admitted to be a hoax. Two points there, lanterns by that time were made pretty much in the style of the lantern pictured in this video in terms of the bottom part anyway where the burner & flame spreader business end is. However a kerosene LAMP designed for indoor house use could, and in fact did back in the day, start fires if upset. Using a lamp in a barn would have simply been plain STUPID.
I've never tried to fix leaking founts, other than sometimes rinsing with solvent, allowing to dry and swish aluminum metal paint around inside, allow to dry thoroughly in sun, can patch minor seeping type leaks. I'd think special tank repair liquids would be your best bet, someone said epoxy would likely hold. Not so sure about shoe glue or silicone based sealers, me thinks the oil would eventually dissolve those repairs.
Old timers have told me that taking your lit lantern out in inclement weather, snow or rain, could result in a cracked globe. But if that were true, how did railroads ever operate at night in all kinds of weather.
Not old enough to have used a barn lantern to milk the cows, lol. Old enough to have had parents and remember Grandparent & Uncle who did actually use these lanterns back in the day. Cheers everyone, happy and safe kerosene lantern enjoyment.
Hello Mark, thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video and especially for leaving such a helpful comment. I appreciate it and I'm sure the other people watch the video will to. Thanks again.
Anyone know where I can buy whale oil?
sure! I buy mine from Wales.
We had one as a kid but my Dad never let me play with it. There is probably a reason.
id remove the globe and set it down, rather then swinging it around like that.
Thanks Chris
Looks chintzy as all get out