Ashflash 1022 petrol or paraffin

Good afternoon.
I have got my hands on an AFC 1022 (see photo)
The sticker says ‘Gasoline’, but’ the presence of a spirit cup and the fact that I’ve read somewhere that they can be converted has raised my suspicions!
Sniffing the fount is inconclusive, I suspect it has been washed out and not used for many years.
How can I tell? And, if I have to do a ‘best guess’ test burn, which is the best way round and least likely to result in a fireball, and upset wife? Paraffin or Naphtha?

Many regards
David

 

Hmm - tough call. People do add pre-heaters to these for use with naptha as they can get exciting to light. Is there any way of seeing if a conversion was done by looking at the jet or any markings on it ?

@ColinG might have some ideas

 

Thanks for the response. I’ve just packed it away for the day! I’ll get it out in the morning, take it apart and post some pictures.
Many thanks
David

 

@Greencricketer .I Use kerosene in mine, I haven’t come across an Ash Flash that uses Coleman fuel/ petrol/gasoline . There are other rebranded ash flash, campway,Nomad. They are the same lanterns all use kerosene
I hope this helps.

 

Thank you for the response. I just wonder why it would have gasoline on the label, unless gasoline is a ‘catch all’ for all these fuels.

 

@Greencricketer ive been looking through the lantern gallery under Chinese ash flash company. There is a few different models and some of the reading tends about running on gasoline, in some of my adventures with lanterns some petrol lanterns have spirt cups, use them just like kerosene it preheats the vaporiser/ generator and avoids the big flare up you get when starting a petrol lantern.
If you search the gallery you may find your answers, safety tip, use minimal petrol to start with make sure your shut off valve works and no leaks anywhere.
I hope this helps

 

I installed a preheater cup on my Ashflash because the preheater side of the Ashflash in most cases doesn't work so it is very exciting when firing one of these lanterns up.
Your Ashflash is a gasoline powered lantern but I prefer to use Coleman Fuel in mine.

 

Thanks Norman
I’ll give it a ‘careful’ go tomorrow. I use Holts brake and Clutch cleaner here in the UK (no idea why my login shows the Stars & Stripes, & I can’t find how to change it!) the clutch cleaner is basically pure Naphtha & a fifth the price of Coleman fuel!

 

Sorry, another quick question Norman. What size mantles do you use in your Ashflash?
Many regards
David

 

Not a problem.
The Coleman 21 mantles work very well on the Ashflash.
You can also use the Peerless 2C-HG mantles which are the same size as the Coleman 21 mantles.
You can find mantles here Coleman Spares Price List.
I'm sure there are other places in the UK where you can find mantles.
Holts works very well indeed for this type of lantern.

 

Brilliant!
Thank you very much.
David

 

I added a preheater cup that I made myself because the start-ups got too alarming after a while. A minute or two preheat with denatured alcohol/meths and mine starts perfectly.

AshFlash were copies of Coleman lanterns that ran on Coleman Fuel but they weren't so good at copying the details of the fuel pickup and air mixing details. I've never tried mine on kero and as they didn't make specifically kery generators (as far as I know) I left mine running ok naptha.

 

Thank you for the response.
I will have a go with a small tank of naphtha tomorrow. Look out for reports of a fireball in East London!
David

 

The Ash Flash 1022 user instructions are here:

https://classicpressurelamps.com/threads/afc-ashflash-1022-instructions.14646/

Best regards

Tony

 

Thanks Tony.

 

You have a US flag showing probably because your internet connection is based in the USA - using a VPN will do this. Occasionally it is just wrong tho..

 

Interesting.
I thought the parent company of my provider is German. There seems to be nothing I can do about it. Frustrating, but, not disastrous!

 

You may find the post by @HighlandDweller in this topic interesting
Ash Flash model 1022

 

Thank you every one who responded to my mail. Ash flash 1022 now lighting my garden very nicely. Running on Holts brake cleaner (pure Naphtha). A very quiet lantern!

 

How very cool. Looking great

 

An excellent result and what a great light output! Well done.

 

Another one saved - looks good and it is going very well

 

Well done well done indeed.
Your Ashflash is doing what it is suppose to do and that's lighting up the country side.