Prepare your home with sustainable products that will help you survive the colder months. From wood burning fireplaces and oil lamps to card games and popcorn; you can be prepared with fun and practicality all winter long.
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Prepare your home with sustainable products that will help you survive the colder months. From wood burning fireplaces and oil lamps to card games and popcorn; you can be prepared with fun and practicality all winter long.
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By Glenda Lehman Ervin
( SPONSORED CONTENT)— Living simply begins with making sustainable choices, from the food you eat to the light you use. A staple in the Amish community, oil lamps and lanterns are a dependable, sustainable source of light that never need an outlet. It’ s no wonder that after all these years, folks around the world still use them— from remote, off-the-grid areas to suburban power outages.
But in a modern world where flipping a switch for light is the norm, using non-electric lighting can be a new experience for some people.
Here are five simple tips, straight from Lehman’ s lighting experts, on how to best use an oil lamp:
Don’ t Fill Your Oil Lamp Completely
Oil expands during burning, so don’ t fill your lamp to the top. We recommend filling it to about a half inch below the filler cap. This will help prevent the fuel from dripping out when in use.
Keep Fuel in Your Lamp
Helpful hint: The font of an oil lamp is also referred to as the base or tank of the lamp. To get maximum light and to prevent your wick from drying out, keep the lamp font more than half full of lamp oil all the time.
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How You Store Your Oil Affects Its Shelf Life
Always keep the lamp oil in a clean container, away from sunlight and at room temperature for maximum shelf life. Aladdin lamp oil is smokeless and odorless and will last for years when stored in a cool, dry place.
Keep Your Wicks Trimmed Evenly
You should trim your wicks each time you refill the font with oil.
Helpful hint: If your lamp is smoking, the wick is either set too high or needs to be trimmed.
Never Leave a Lit Lamp Unattended
It doesn’ t matter how many times you use an oil lamp; it is still a flame light and treating it with care and caution is always best.
And one final thought – non-electric lighting, like oil lamps and lanterns, do provide some heat, a great advantage for chilly days.
About the Author:
Glenda is the director of marketing for Lehman’ s and the daughter of company founder Jay Lehman. She is responsible for shaping customers’ view of the brand.
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