Re: [SilverStreak] propane lights

["Eddie" <Eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,
The LP lamps are readily available on eBait. If you get impatient, let me 
know and I have a bunch of them. The prices do vary a lot, depending on a 
lot of factors such as new, used, antique-type, solid brass, cast, globes, 
little control knobs, etc.

Certainly they are plenty safe and enjoyable. Tom Patterson has one in his 
Streamline Duchess and I in my Countess. They are very common, but seldom 
used. Use is more in the winter as they make a little heat. They are common 
to locate in a cabinet near the stove, near the fridge, or at the nose. This 
is simply for plumbing ease of access. Sometimes trailers have more than 
one. No, they will not asphyxiate you, soot up the trailer, or over pollute 
the interior. Some people also put them on the outside and trailer with the 
globe removed to prevent breakage.

Typically each has a control knob for brightness adjustment and off. The 
mantles can be sort of special, but any Coleman-type mantle will do and can 
be tied on. There is little smell or soot when lit due to the nature of 
propane. The lamps all typically have a top-shield to protect and dissipate 
heat, but you'd not want to mount so high to the ceiling to defeat that 
proximity slight need.

The lamps are fun, nostalgic, and do serve dry-camping needs affording a lot 
of light without any power. Once on and glowing bright, the brightness can 
be adjusted low to bright. The bright light is actually very small LP gas 
making the mantle glow.

LP from the bottle is regulated, as you can see the regulator on the bottle. 
The regulators are set and not adjustable by the user intentionally. The 
amount of pressure to any appliance is 5 ounces or less. That is so 
insignificant you can block and open line easily with your finger, and it 
won't begin to inflate a worn balloon.

Get a lamp, install it, and enjoy. Function is just like a yard natural gas 
lamp, or a Coleman lantern. LP use is extremely small and a barbeque sized 
bottle would run one for more than a month.

Hope any of this helps you.
-Eddie- Houston, TX

----- Original Message ----- 

> This is a question for the group. Back in the old days I had two different 
> trailers with a gas lantern for additional light. They had 12v and 120v 
> lights, but they also had one gas lantern that used propane. I see that 
> there   are propane lanterns for sale if you look on the internet, has 
> anyone purchased one of these and installed it in their trailer? I know 
> that they are not as safe as electric lights, but if a person only used 
> them for a hour or two a night are they really unsafe? Before I purchased 
> one and went through the trouble of putting it in I thought I would gather 
> opinions from the group.