Ahh I realize now that I'd assumed you guys remembered how I was into lanterns.
So 63 runners = 63 lanterns that work. I only count them when they work and
work correctly. For instance I have a Bernzomatic Dual Beam which is a propane
lantern but it doesn't burn right, it makes a big halo of fire around the
mantle which wastes fuel and puts carbon on the mantle eventually turning it
black. I *think* the problem is the propane can I've got in it. These use the
14oz blue propane tanks and the valves are never installed on those square to
the bottle. Next time you're in the hardware store sight down the line of
bottles, they're all bent different. The bottle I have I'd bought to use on a
different dual beam seen here lighting the camp:
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz353/curtludwig/Camp/SDC10750.jpg this can
misbehaved on that lantern too but I'd forgotten.So anyway when I get a new can
of propane it'll problem move from the "in progress" list to "runner" status.
One thing I should get is a propane re-filler valve. We've got one and camp and
its the bee's knees. We've got a "Mr. Heater Big Buddy" that heats the camp
pretty well. It'll run for about 3 hours on 2x 1# propane cans that we refill
off a grill tank. I also refill the 14oz can for the Dual Beam. Way cheaper and
more ecologically sound than buying new small cans.
-Curt
From: OK Don <okd...@gmail.com>
To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List
<mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Self sufficiency (long)
What is "Of course we're covered for lighting. Last time I counted I had 63
runners and I've gotten a few more since then plus a few more I could press
into service in an hour or two." a runner, and how does it relate to light?
We're all electric in the big house, but have a propane heater as a back-up in
the guest house. The grill is connected to the 500 gallon propane tank, and
that's about all we use it for now. Then there is the wood fired oven, but it's
also outside - no heat in the house from that.
Back when we lived in town, the power went out for a day and a half or so. I
used the inverter in the MB to power the wife's coffee grinder, boiled water on
the grill for her coffee and my tea - life was OK then.
--
OK Don
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our
people need it sorely on these accounts.” – Mark Twain"There are three kinds of
men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The
rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves."WILL ROGERS, The
Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers2013 F150, 18 mpg2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg1957
C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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