This is Book 6 in The Non-Electric Lighting Series. The series is aimed at people who want to survive whatever it is that Mother Nature throws at us - blizzards, blackouts, or Carrington events. Lanterns that use mantles produce light on par with electric lights. And KEROSENE mantle lanterns have an advantage over lamps that use Coleman fuel. Kerosene is more generic, more widely available. The book has four basic sections: (1) It describes six different Coleman models, old and new, made specifically for kerosene. Collectors' items (expensive) and orphans (no spare parts) are ignored. The...

"The Amazing 2000-Hour Flashlight" shows how to add a 30-cent resistor to a $5 flashlight and create a light that produces useful illumination for 2000 hours on the same battery. Detailed instructions. 54 illustrations. A half-hour project. No soldering required The standard for "useful light" is defined and various lights compared to it. Brand names and part numbers and where to buy them (Home Depot, Radio Shack, etc.) are all identified. Related topics include bypassing the resistor, rechargeable batteries, and how to substitute other battery sizes. "Don't be afraid of the dark," we chide...

Candles work great in a blackout. Unless you don't have any. Vegetable-oil lamps are more of a sure thing. The needed materials can be found in most kitchens, even where no conscious "prepping" has taken place beforehand. And the operating cost for a vegetable-oil lamp is under a penny per hour, less than any type of candle. This book, Olive Oil Lamps &c., is the second volume in our Non-Electric Lighting Series. It describes 15 different vegetable-oil lamp designs. (And if you count the variations, it's more like 22 or 23.) These are simple lamps. Each one is pictured. They're easy to...

You can see all the books available (so far) in this series by entering "The Non-Electric Lighting Series" in the Amazon search bar above. At this point, we've gone through candles and olive oil lamps and kerosene wick-type lamps and we've arrived at Book 5: Coleman Gas Lanterns. Time to get off the porch and play with the big boys. Pressure lanterns, though not as convenient as throwing a wall switch, will produce light on par with electric. Do you know the difference between Coleman Quick-Lite and Coleman Instant-Lite? You probably should if you're into prepping. It's nice to speak the...

This book covers wick-type kerosene lamps and lanterns. It's for users, not antique dealers. How can we generate LIGHT? That is the question. Fuel substitutes, safety, operating procedures, maintenance, repair, and various lamp styles are the topics. Things to look for when buying used. Cost effectiveness. Homemade lamps. Candlepower. Those are the subjects discussed. Collector value? Never mentioned. This book covers, of course, the simple flat-wick lamps sold today in every Walmart and Family Dollar. But there's quite a bit more to it than that. As a young adult, I happened to be at my...

This is Book 7 in The Non-Electric Lighting Series. The series is aimed at people who want to survive whatever it is Mother Nature throws at us - blizzards, blackouts, or Carrington events. Lanterns that use mantles produce light on par with electric light bulbs. And PROPANE mantle lanterns have advantages over liquid-fueled lanterns. For one thing, propane does not degrade in storage. You can store it for one year or fifty years. It's still the same stuff. Hook it up and it works. What other fuel can you say that about? And propane is convenient compared to liquid fuels. No messy spills. No...