Anchor lantern

windrose · Post by **windrose** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:34 pm

My Pop gave me a nice anchor lantern with a fresnal lens.... but the dang thing wicks fuel out of it constantly.... any way to stop this. I don't like having it on the boat because it makes such a mess.

windrose · Post by **windrose** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:42 am

Is this just too dumb of a question, or is the answer so obvious everybody knows it-- except me.....

catamount · Post by **catamount** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:53 am

OK, do you roll the wick back down when not in use?

Post by **Tim** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 4:36 pm

I was going to answer, "replace it with a Davis mega light", but didn't want to seem like a wiseguy...

Not having any oil lamps of any sort on board, I have no valid answer to your question. They've never excited me, so I've never had them.

Eric · Post by **Eric** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:31 pm

Another idea (nothing is too obvious): check for leaks...

Harry James · Post by **Harry James** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:44 am

I was raised with kerosene lanterns, we didn't have electricity. By wicking fuel do you mean that the fuel level slowly goes down, or fuel actual comes out?

A kerosene lamp will slowly evaporate kerosene through the wick, but it shouldn't be noticable. Lowering the wick will slow this process up. If it is damp at all with fuel you got a leaker and a fire hazard.

I got more comments on kerosene if anybody is interested.

windrose · Post by **windrose** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 2:11 pm

Even when I roll the wick down it still wicks fuel up out of the top of the lantern. The only solution I have found is to let the fuel burn completely out each night.

Harry James · Post by **Harry James** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:24 pm

This is a brand new one on me. I have lamps sitting around the house waiting for a tree to take out the power, never any odor let alone liguid. I don't ever remember anything like that when I was a kid even with metal railroad lanterns that we use to use outside. Could you send me a digital picture of the lamp?

Matt B. · Post by **Matt B.** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:28 pm

windrose wrote:Even when I roll the wick down it still wicks fuel up out of the top of the lantern. The only solution I have found is to let the fuel burn completely out each night.

I used to have an oil lamp where the wick had to be rolled down to the very lowest point; no wick visible unless you looked straight down into the top of the lamp. With the wick in that position, it should be impossible to wick it out of the lamp. It might to the top of the wick, but that would still be inside the lamp.