Well, that was a bit of an anti climax... I been a bit fearful of a petrol/gasoline lamp. I checked for leaks with some soapy water, fitted and burned an Anchor single-use mantle (those that came with it were top/bottom tie), a few pumps, lit a match, open the valve and..... Not the towering inferno I'd dreaded, no flaring, no drama..it pops into bright life and I haven't touched it since, no mad pumping, valve adjusting, finger-tip searing interventions. Actually, all probably a bit too easy. Gas? Danger? Good seals, a proper check, outdoors, no prob.
Hey Norman...how old would this Coleman 282 be? Considering it's not running on an official Coleman mantle its incredibly bright and very adjustable. The American design seems to take the concept to another level. My old Dad, who was a welder, loved working with American tools and equipment. He always said the quality and durability was so high.
Nice one @Seamanjive. Now you have just stepped into the Coleman cave of treasures. It’s a whole new adventure. I have been in this cave for a while and I run all the “gasoline” types on a product called “Shellite”. I don’t use petrol because of the additives that may eventually clog up the works. Shellite is a flammable hydrocarbon solvent used primarily as lighter fuel. (Also known as Recosol R55). It is commonly used as a lighter fuel, for metal cleaning or cleaning surfaces prior to painting and as fuel for Shellite stoves, torches and lanterns. There will be an equivalent that you can get in good old Blighty. Cheers Pete
@Seamanjive if you look underneath your lantern, you will see some numbers. Those on the left = month, right side = year. e.g. 10 91 = October 1991. Henry.
I should have checked that...I'm not going out to the garage now, its wet and windy here in SE London... I fired it up again about an hour ago. Windy and wet outside but it lit easily. I'm impressed!
"Shellite is an explosive mixture of picric acid and dinitrophenol or picric acid and hexanitrodiphenylamine in a ratio of 70/30. It was typically used as a filling in Royal Navy armour-piercing shells during the early part of the 20th century" Er.....
@Seamanjive Shellite (Brand name, originally from the Shell company), also called Recosol 55, is Australian naphtha (pure gasoline). You should look for the UK equivalent (probably petroleum-based “panel wipe” - not the water based one). Tony
@Seamanjive The Shellite you speak of is indeed an explosive used in amour piercing artillery rounds. The Shellite I speak of is a Australian pure petrol as a Tony has explained. The first will give you a big bang for your buck, the second, if used correctly, will light up your life. You choose ........ Cheers Pete
GASOLINE, Coleman lanterns like this one love that type fuel!! You won't have any problems with this lantern.
Har har! Well, it's running like a charm on Aspen4 but I'm looking forward to experimenting! Thx for your input Pete.
Yes, it runs great in my Coleman 282 and Optimus 324 Rider stove...the stove on white gas used to give me lots of problems, difficult start, flaring, leaks. Dont seem to get any of that on the Aspen fuel but havent changed any seals. I do think. the needle was a bit charred. I've been using the stove as test bed for petrol/gas type stoves before using in a lantern. Next step is to try unleaded petrol with a dash of Wynns injector cleaner.
The Coleman Dual Fuel devices are built and marketed to run on both Coleman Fuel (or equivalent) or pump gas. The dirty little secret of how that is achieved is that they are made with a fatter generator that takes longer to clog when running pump gas. If you want to extend the life of the lantern only run CF. Nice to know you can burn pump gas if you have to, but I'd save it for emergencies.
