Be prepared!!!

[doug hodder]

So I've got a major snow storm happening...on the phone with some other forum members tonight and the power goes out, off and on a number of times...I'm sure glad I've got the 228 that Chris sent me, my B-day lantern and my 242B "go to" lantern running....everyone elses house in the neighborhood is without light....not me...I got "Sunshine of the night"..

Now I just need a gas pressure alarm clock to get me up in the morning.....oh wait, maybe I have one?....I had Chili for dinner! Gotta love life in the woods! Doug

[Shadow Catcher]

Been there done that, bought a generator because We do like having heat and power to run the sump pump and food in the refrigerator not go bad or...
Yes with all the camping gear and the soon to be (one way or the other) teardrop [6 days before I turn the legal dogs lose] we could do very nicely, but

[Wolffarmer]

Tuesday night my power went off. Just fired up a couple of lanterns and got out my latest 413 and finished cooking my pot of beans.

No sweat.

Randy

[Big Dan]

Whats the deal are you gus hooked to the japanies power grid?

[TheBizMan]

I bought a genarator for the summer black outs so I can run the AC in my office. However, today was nice and sunny and a warm 74 degrees.

[High Desert]

Doug's right, always be prepared. In fact I have one of my kero 220Es running next to my desk right now, and most evenings in the winter. In the summer there's always one or three outside. Just in case of random power outages, lightning strikes, tonados, alien invasions or what not. Just in case ya know...

[Larwyn]

I know these ain't vintage but.............

I keep a Coleman North Star propane lantern and a single burner Coleman propane stove handy for use during power outages. A couple of old battery powered lanterns also come in handy during outages. I have used a white gas Coleman lantern and stove inside before but if the fuel has "soured" the odor ain't that pleasant (only happened once)........

The North Star is quick and easy to light. You just turn the knob and the piezo striker sparks, the propane pops, and then there is light. It has been my "goto" emergency lantern since the day I got it. The single burner stove takes takes up very little room in the cabinet and comes in handy during a power outage. We plan to replace the electric stove with a gas one if we can ever "wear out" that electric one.

[teardrop_focus]

Larwyn, some profane appliances are old enough to be considered "vintage"... but, well, they're "profane" to we naptha addicts.

slow

power outages are rare in wyoming. but we do have them. its why I am not watching tv any more. the last one a month agao took my sattallite reciver with it.

Surge protector. Get one; they're cheap insurance.



Shaun! Pls post a pic of your kero 220! I'd love to see what the conversion looks like!

Doug... glad to hear that your birthday lantern does more than sit and get looked at. Warms me heart, it does.

[Rock]

Chris,

No pics but all I did to convert a 288 to kero was swap out the genny with a 214 genny. Runs awesome. Adjustable output too. Not that $8.88/gal would keep me from running Colemans it's just cool to run them on $3 fuel.

Now I carry kero for the 288, the Petromaxes and the Dietzs, but still have to carry CF for the stoves. Got the idea from the guy in Venezuela over at the OldColemanParts forum, though he conveted a dual-fuel (290?). The light is a little yellow compared to CF but it doesn't bother me.

Eric

[High Desert]

per Chris' request, 7/59 220E on kerosene. Like Eric said, cheap fuel will make ya smile.

preheating the generator & burner



and at full power (no flash). No detectible odor from this baby



pic of pre-heat cup on the generator



running the cheapie new style reflector to keep it from blinding DW across the room . This is still a favorite lantern of mine, I got it about 20 years ago at a swap meet for five bucks.

[doug hodder]

Cool lantern Shaun....I need to pick up a kero model. I've got a load of antique Aladdins and some wick ones now...nothing pressured though. Doug

[teardrop_focus]

Hey now. Thanks Rock, thanks Shaun.

Shaun, what did you do exactly to convert that 220E to run on kero? Sure is a clean lantern!

[High Desert]

Chris, it's a fairly straight forward conversion for someone like yourself that understands lanterns.

1) use a known good running 2 mantle model
2) the big part is the gen. Use the tube from a 220 gen and the gas tip and internals (pricker rod, spring and packing) from a 200 gen. Put it all together.
3) add the preheater cup. These can still be had from Coleman, look on the parts list for a 214. I got mine from Old Coleman Parts.
4) Keroverts tend to run with a bit of yellow tint as mentioned. Using the old Silklite manltes removes almost all of it. I'm told Peerless mantles also work well on them.
5) fill 'er up with kero, and fill the preheat cup with alchohol. The 91% stuff burns clean, no resisdue.
6) Light the alcohol. When the cup has just about burned off, just hit the gas. She'll soft light and away you go.
7) my personal (and limited) experience with these is that they like plenty of pressure once good and hot. 40 pumps or more, then they really rock.

I learned these tricks over at the CCF. There are a few more things you can do to fine tune the gens, but this is the basic conversion method and has worked well for me.

I really enjoy these, maybe because I can get away with running them in the house lol. As they produce a lot of heat, it makes a dandy personal space heater

Doug, this is fun to do with those otherwise mundane green 220s. Betcha like it

[PresTx82]

I have to put a Kero conversion on my list. I like the idea of taking a 220 a converting it.

Also, did you notice the CCF has been down all night.?

[High Desert]

Did you try the new domain name Mark? They're in the process of changing things over, that may be the issue. I haven't had a problem but the traffic is lighter than normal

http://www.colemancollectorsforum.com/