Where To Find Oil Lamps and How We Collected Our Off Grid Lighting
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- Опубліковано 13 бер 2019
- In this video I share how we found most of our oil lamps, some different ideas on where to purchase oil lamps and my thoughts about reproduction oil lamps.
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I agree the older lamps/ burners work better than the new ones today. We don't have as many as your family but we have 10 lamps and two Deitz lanterns. All but three of the lamps are antique, two hanging lamps we bought through Lehman's, and the other was a Goodwill find for half price( color tag day), so paid $1.25 for it. The antique lamps we bought from a private sale through Penny saver type newspaper. We looked at the Alladin lamps, but they are expensive and for a brighter light, we use a LED battery operated lantern, we also use these LED lanterns in our barns.
Oh, thank you for showing your lamp collection! You have some beautiful ones, and what a blessing to acquire a box of arms like that! We only have a few lamps, and none are quality antiques, but they are cozy to have around :-)
I love these!! The holders they are beautiful!! Thanks for sharing!! I didn’t know such existed and such a great find!
The one with the white shade is my favourite too. I would have liked to have seen it lit.
Love your lamps! Makes a warm and cozy atmosphere!💕
Thank you Diane!
Like all the lamps, nice set up, God Bless
Hello, coming here from Homestead Tessie’s recommendation, looking forward to learning from your channel.
Thx for sharing you lovely collection of oil lamps... I love a soft light at night...
Thanks great post all the best from England
Your oil lamp collection is beautiful, I am with you on the older lamps... we have found a few hangers, however where we live, and in our travels. The hangers I have found are very expensive. We use the lamp oil that is not supposed to give off any smells, but they seem to sometimes. Once again wonderful video. Thank you for sharing. Have a BLESSED DAY 😊🌻😊
I'm from the young population but I still love antiques.
🧡🤗🧡 Thank you for watching Sami!
Good morning. I have made several of the quart jar lamps from some of the jars, green, from my Grandmother and given them to members of our family as a reminder of Anna. I find that filling the jar part way with either marbles or small stones, gives them more weight in the bottom and less "tipsy." Some of the oil is also displaced and not as much oil is needed to "fill" the lamp. Works! Have a good one. >
Good Afternoon, nice collection of oil lamps and those brackets are nice. That's a fairly good price for all of that. I am interested in getting at least one oil lamp I like the old charm and coziness. I came from Homestead Tessie's channel I like what you do and look forward to your videos. You have a great channel very informative.
Prowl ebay, they've got scads of oil lamps. DO NOT buy new, look for used, they are higher quality. I'd go for the Queen Anne #2 oil lamp as the parts for it are still readily available.
Great Video !
Great tutorial! I have two that I got from the flea market!
Antique stores are good places to find oil lamps. I got a finger oil lamp for $24.
beautiful collection of lamps you have! I wish I could keep the kids (and myself sometimes) from breaking the globes! LOL LOL
I love oil lamps. I used to use them all the time. When we moved the majority of them were misplaced. Some day I'll find them.
You should make a video on what oil you use and if you've ever had an accident with one of them (broke them or dropped them)
Great video and beautiful collection
love the hobnail lamp shade
Love the oil lamps I have just 1 so far till I move into a house then I will go to garage sales
Ruth, as I mentioned in my comment above, I have been making emergency oil lamps out of empty jars.
There are many videos on YT telling you how to do it.
You can use jars that you would be throwing out anyway.
All you have to buy are wicks and oil.
Your most ekspendsive oil lamp ther hang with the white shade. Can you make a video Where you turn it on?! I will love to see it on.
Beautiful
My Amish friend ordered me all new burners for my lamps. They are not so flimsy as the original ones were.
I wonder if I mount a mirror or some type of reflective behind that might work this is a great idea
Worth a try :) The sell scones with mirrors for candles which work great to increase light. We have had lamps sitting in front of mirrors that increase light but the mirrors were a bit large.
Definitely use mirrors, they will double the light.
I'm a oil lamp freak , beutiful lamps you guys have there,how high from the floor are your arms lamps ? Thank you very much.
Hello. I Really like your oil lamps. I think About to buy a two arms oil lamps like that you show in the video. I only use oil lamps in the evening time couse of its cousy. Is there something i need to look for about the burner to Know og its good. I will buy it from usa couse we dont have that model here in denmark.
love love love all the pretty lamps...neat that you use them...I used to collect them...(kindred =) ) but hubby was not a fan...wonder if he would think the same now...hummmmmm...lol
If we get hit with an EMP and the grid goes down, he will be thankful for a smart wife.
Those reflectors are mercury glass, and about $90 a piece to replace them but its painted on I believe, nothing to worry about except breaking one...😕
Found a dozen lamps(9 useable) for 10 bucks at a garage sale once upon a time. I've always loved burning them, but I got chewed out on a particular website by a gentleman who was iritated with those of us who were unfamiliar with the toxic fumes oil lamps produce. I use K-1 fuel and have kerosene on hand in case of emergencies. Unfortunately I use my lamps much less now because of that reason.
Fumes are an issue for sure.
He was probably some "Safety Sally" who's never been outside of his parents basement before. Of course you have to be careful, yes they do get hot, and yes they do make some fumes, and if you live in a new extremely tight house you'll need to crack a window open- barely.
Just tell him you'll promise to wear your hard hat and steel toed shoes every time you use them.
Have you ever seen a will & finck map hazard oil lamp? What value how common
I keep finding Aladdin lamps ridiculously cheap in thrift and antique stores because they are always missing the mantle.
Mantels are cheap! Aladdin's are very expensive, although they are the best. A whole lot of light for very little fuel, and no smell!
@@johnwyman6331
John, I am just learning about Aladdin lamps on YT.
Have several hurricane lamps already.
What fuel do you recommend??
I have lamp oil, however the warnings on the bottles are frightening.
@@henryottis295 I use kerosene, but lamp oil should be just fine. Aladdin sells their own brand of lamp oil also. I hear low odor mineral spirits will work well also, it's closer to coal oil which is what they originally made oil lamps to run on in the mid to late 1800's.(after whale oil lamps of course).
Don't try to use gasoline, alcohol, or vegetable oil. Some are dangerous, and some just won't wick properly.
I hear that in Europe they use the term paraffin to describe what is kerosene in the USA. If you're in the US don't try to use Liquid paraffin as it's completely different, from what I hear it's actually a liquid wax.
Don't be over fearful of warning labels, remember they are written by lawyers. Just use them as a guide for something to be aware of and have some common sense. Such as not sealing yourself up in a small airtight space with a running fuel burning appliance. Although carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and low oxygen levels are real, they're normally only a problem in confined spaces, not an average room in a house.
Four more excellent information, and great parts, check out milesstair.com
Where do you find keep finding these thrift stores where the Aladdin's are ridiculously cheap? And how cheap?
@@johnwyman6331 Just before lockdown about a year ago, in a Carmarthen charity shop...think it was the Red Cross. Lableled as "oil lamp - not working" £20. Wick burnt down to the staples.
How safe are these to use indoors? Ie co2?
i love eagle burners no flicker in flame
Any center draft lamps?
The old ones have reflector hook ups.
Where do you find the lamps for the hangers? My mom gave us three antique hangers from my grandma but I can’t seem to find the lamps anywhere.
Hi Andrea, you can usually find them on ebay. Also at antique stores but I would try ebay so you can price shop.
@@ArtisanAcre thank you, I’ve never done eBay but it’s a must!😉💗
Nice gamble/ score for $50
I like using oil lamps too. What type of oil do you use? I heard there are some brands that are Smokless?? Less smell? I'm confused..
We use kerosene and seldom have a smell. There are those that swear by the actual lamp oil, which is expensive, and we have used that couple times but found that can smell just as kerosene. What we have learned is lamps can smell if the wick is not adjusted properly, if the lamp is sitting in a breeze and on a rare occasion, kerosene can get old and then smells no matter what you do.
@@ArtisanAcre I too use kerosene. I have found when my kerosene starts to go bad (usually from absorbing moisture) I set it aside to use in my outdoor lanterns. Nothing goes to waste.
Nice collection. I wanted to add one thing to watch out for. I had an antique base and it needed a new burner, there was no repairing the old one, so I bought one that looked the correct screw on mouth size at Ace Hardware and discovered that the threads were Metric and would not screw onto the old imperial threaded base for nothing, even though being roughly the same size. So be careful of Chinese replicas replacement parts.
Great point!
The whole world is metric... only the U.S. is hanging on to the old British Imperial system.
The U.S. Armed Forces are also metric, so that U.S. parts are compatible with their allies, including NATO.
For some great information about antique oil lamps and other things that use kerosene, plus a source of the best wicks and chimneys, Check out Miles Stairs Wick shop.
I would like to know if there are filled with oil or kerosene I am trying to run olive oil and can I get mine to burn or should I say it just doesn't pull enough up the wick and burns the wick every two minutes you got adjusted within an hour of the wick is gone, can I use a different kind of Wick it is a flat 7/8 wide with a red line in it? Why do I need a different lamp and that's around Wick make a difference in those type lamps for oil
Olive oil has a much higher viscosity than kerosene therefore it does not climb the wick nearly as well. Diesel fuel is very similar to the viscosity of kerosene just not quite as refined. From what I hear jet A can also be used. Miles Stairs wick shop recommends low odor mineral spirits.
@@johnwyman6331 Yes to Jet A. I've used it in my lamps, and it burns bright and clean. The guys at the local airport always take some home to use in their kerosene heaters and lanterns. There may be a little bit of the de-icer Prist in Jet A, especially during wintertime. The mechanic at our airport, who went to college to study fuel, said the little bit of Prist won't hurt as long as your house is well ventilated. Jet A is just highly refined, high quality Kerosene.
Mix some kerosene with your olive oil.
Olive oil is too thick for the traditional flat braided wicks. There is a thinner, strip cotton wick that works better for olive and vegetable oils.
I have a lot of oil lamps and a lot of denatured alcohol. Is denatured alchohol an acceptable, safe fuel for oil lamps ?
No go boom boom. Flash point is to low.
@@grivolas2144 thank you.
Main reason I'm trying to stick to olive oil is because of fumes and safety inside my house
Do the oil lamps put out a lot of heat?
It depends on the type; flat wicks a little heat, center drafts can keep a room warm an aladdin puts out some serious heat.
@@grivolas2144 thank you
How do you tell the difference between a reproduction and an original antique arm?
Sometimes it is hard to tell. The new cast is usually from China and has some very obvious flaws to look for. 2 that are real give away, often it is crooked or has a very jagged edge somewhere on it. If there is a reproduction that does not have either of those 2 flaws then it is indeed often hard to tell.
I’m using Klean Heat and still have a smell. I have trimmed the wick. It’s new and a new wick and oil. I cracked my kitchen window but I can still smell it. Do you have any idea what I am doing wrong?
It may be just as simple as playing with the wick height, sometimes we get a lamp that becomes finicky on where the wick is. Try turning it up as high as you can without it smoking, let is be fore few minutes then smell to see if the smell has improved, you will need to smell over the chimney (as any off smell before can linger in a room for a bit) but don't get so close you burn yourself. If the smell is better then try backing down the flame a bit and repeat the smell test after a few. If it is back then increase the flame again. If this does not work, try moving the lamp to a different area and repeat the above steps. If this doesn't help I would try another lamp to see if it is doing the same thing, if so then it is the oil, if not, then it is the lamp itself.
Family Heritage Living: This Pioneer Life thank you!
@@Lindasromperroom Your welcome, and please let us know if it helps or not.
Family Heritage Living: This Pioneer Life it’s doing pretty good but even with one I can smell it. Should have stuck to flameless candles. I could just be sensitive to the smell. My home is very air tight too.
@@Lindasromperroom is your oil lamp new? I know Josiah has 2 from WM and they are very temperamental....hard to say. Good luck!