Re: [SilverStreak] propane lights

[Joseph Winkler <joepatwink@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Eddie, and yes your info helps me a lot. I remember that they do put off 
a bit of heat, when I used them in campers I had in the past they were used the 
most in fall camping and the heat was an added benefit. If they are good enough 
for you and Tom, they are good enough for me. I just need to get my PEX plumbing 
job finished before I start on a gas lantern. I did get the PEX put in to the 
water heater but will have to remove the water heater to go any farther. By the 
way, did you know that when you have copper pipes that have frozen an burst you 
can't splice in the PEX fittings? The have swollen just enough that they will not 
go into the Sharkbite fittings. So you end up trying to find a place where the 
copper didn't swell. That takes a while sometimes.
Thanks again for the info.
  Joe


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

> 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