Coleman white gas/kero conversion

[Usingmyrights]

I picked up another vintage Coleman lantern last night and while looking for more info on it I found another forum that had instructions on how to convert it to run on kerosene. The reason was the cost of white gas vs clear kerosene. For occasional use, its probably best to just leave it stock, but in a SHTF scenario it'd be nice to have the option to go either way. The conversion used all Coleman parts, though one part was fabricated due to Coleman being out of stock. It was claimed to take less than $20 and 10 minutes to do. I have not tried this yet myself, but probably will in the near future. Here's the link for reference to anyone who may be interested.

http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbu...nufacture.html

[rancher1913]

white gas is just unleaded gas. I have several lanterns that say to use unleaded gas as the fuel source.

[Usingmyrights]

IIRC, white gas has a much lower octane. Everything I've read said that using unleaded gas will cause the generator to foul quicker. That's one reason why they have white gas only models amd dual fuel models. Different generators.

[defenestrate]

white gas is mostly hexane. It burns/evaporates more cleanly than regular gas and makes for a cleaner solvent. I think petroleum ether is basically the same thing.

[Cabin Fever]

Our PetroMax lantern will burn kerosene, white gas, regular gas, Coleman fuel, rubbing alcohol, diesel fuel,mineral spirits, paint thinner, etc. without any conversion and is about 5-times brighter than a Coleman lantern.

http://www.britelyt.com/faq.htm

[GoldenCityMuse]

I'm starting to lean towards propane myself, it is cheaper by far than the others. Plus, I have the adapters to refill the 1 lb 'disposable' propane bottles.

Propane lasts basically forever under pressure.

[Usingmyrights]

CF - It looks like it is more versatile fuel wise, but what about cost? You can find Coleman's all over for under $20. The two I have are rated at 300cp. While the 500cp the the britelyt has is considerably brighter, it is far from 5 times as bright.

[Cabin Fever]

From a thread a while back ==> S&EP lighting options

Just did a little research on non-electric lighting options that some of us are relying on when the electricity goes off. Lumens are a measurement of light output. For instance, a 60-watt incandesent light bulb puts out about 900 lumens.

Just to put things in perspective.....

Inexpensive solar path light: 1.25 to 2.4 lumens

Single candle flame: 13 lumens

Hurricane lanterns/kerosene lamps: 20 to 100 lumens (depending on wick thickness and length)

Aladdin lamp: 800 to 900 lumens

Coleman two mantle propane lantern: up to 970 lumens

Coleman Norstar dual fuel lantern: up to 1100 lumens

Britelyt PetroMax lantern: up to 6000 lumens