Had this link pop into my Google suggestions; Kerosene vs. Lamp Oil Actually informative for a change.
A good article, but remember they are talking about wick lamps not pressure lamps. Also paraffin oil is different to paraffin used in the UK. Paraffin oil (lamp oil) should not be tried in pressure lanterns.
Perhaps a little off-topic but... Cooking oil as a fuel? After wiping out a frying pan with rice bran oil in it (used as cooking oil - gluten free). I burned the oil-soaked paper towels in the wood stove. I was amazed how long it burned for, -made me wonder if it could work in a stove of some kind. (It would be nice to recycle it).
I should have read the article first, because it refers to various oils (though not Rice Bran Oil). Well I have too many wick lamps so I'll give it a try.
Well that seems to go okay Pancho. Is that brown liquid you filled it with just simply used cooking oil? Very nice hot orange flame. I wonder how it would go in a lamp too. Goodonya!
Shame they don't sell this stove in the uk. I wonder if it would work as well with a silent burner cap.
@chocki that stove is available to buy direct from India. No, you would have to swap the burner to a silent type, if coming from India they could probably supply a Liberty Silent Burner as well. Its more of a fuel shut off tap rather than a regulating valve although it would restrict the flow/regulate somewhat. If in doubt with UK Kero, use C1. If its a roarer burner stove you should be safe enough with C2 but be aware you may have to decoke after extended use. This depends on local suppliers fuel quality of course. Alec.
It might not work that well on silent burners. The roarer type burners are very strong vaporizers and would vaporize less volatile fuels more easily than the silent types. It most likely wouldn't on lanterns with straight vaporizers. It might still work on lanterns with Preston loop generators like the Petromax and clones since they'd work with pure diesel too. Only thing is it'll coke up the gens way faster than kerosene.
I've gone and won an 1952 Optimus No 111 since my last post. No it will not be run on oil. Good job I'm a member on the sister site
Anyway, with unadulterated, clean regular kerosene, the flames on a stove like that should still be pale blue when operating correctly, not orange or yellow.
What does it mean when both the lamp oil itself, and the lamps operated with lamp oil smell and perform exactly the same as with kerosene? I'm starting to believe that lamp oil is actually kerosene rebottled.
