A very crucial accessory for your lantern is the mantle. If it has a hole in it the lantern may overheat and create a jeopardy. Have additional mantles along with you you on your trip and understand how to change them so that you can stop any issues of safety.
You can find several different models of Coleman lanterns that have either 1 or 2 mantles. Choose the model that will be most fitted to the way in which you want to use it and how much light you need to have.
With the right hardware and knowledge, unexpected challenges which are sometimes a surprising part of camping can be handled easily. Without taking the right gear, knowledge or information, these challenges quickly become huge issues. Practice fixing your camp lantern before heading out, and you will be assured around the camp fire.
Following the steps found with the mantle package, tie or clip the mantle to the lantern. Mantles are cloth and when new they feel soft.
When lighting the mantle, place the lighted match through the lighting hole on the side of the lamp. Mantles take a couple of seconds to light. If there are any flames other that at the mantles it alerts you there's a leak so turn your fuel valve off immediately and check to see what is happening after the lantern has cooled down. Change or repair what you want to and then relight your lantern.
Whenyour mantles are burned for the original time the material fibers burn away and leave a natural source chemical ash that, when heated, produces a bright incandescent light.
After a mantle has burned it turns into white ash and becomes very fragile. Let the used mantle drop into a cloth bag when removing to change to a new mantle so you will not get white ash on your hands or around your lantern.
You should usually light the mantles with a match and let them burn to ash before lighting the lantern. Attempting to light the lantern and burn away the mantles at the same time can cause a mantle to tear or break. It is recommended that if you have an electronic ignition lantern, you light it the 1st time with a match. After being burned off, mantles are delicate. Using the electronic ignition on the first lighting could cause the mantle to begin to break. Lighting the lantern the first time with a match will permit the mantles to expand and shape themselves, which makes them stronger.
You can find several different models of Coleman lanterns that have either 1 or 2 mantles. Choose the model that will be most fitted to the way in which you want to use it and how much light you need to have.
With the right hardware and knowledge, unexpected challenges which are sometimes a surprising part of camping can be handled easily. Without taking the right gear, knowledge or information, these challenges quickly become huge issues. Practice fixing your camp lantern before heading out, and you will be assured around the camp fire.
Following the steps found with the mantle package, tie or clip the mantle to the lantern. Mantles are cloth and when new they feel soft.
When lighting the mantle, place the lighted match through the lighting hole on the side of the lamp. Mantles take a couple of seconds to light. If there are any flames other that at the mantles it alerts you there's a leak so turn your fuel valve off immediately and check to see what is happening after the lantern has cooled down. Change or repair what you want to and then relight your lantern.
Whenyour mantles are burned for the original time the material fibers burn away and leave a natural source chemical ash that, when heated, produces a bright incandescent light.
After a mantle has burned it turns into white ash and becomes very fragile. Let the used mantle drop into a cloth bag when removing to change to a new mantle so you will not get white ash on your hands or around your lantern.
You should usually light the mantles with a match and let them burn to ash before lighting the lantern. Attempting to light the lantern and burn away the mantles at the same time can cause a mantle to tear or break. It is recommended that if you have an electronic ignition lantern, you light it the 1st time with a match. After being burned off, mantles are delicate. Using the electronic ignition on the first lighting could cause the mantle to begin to break. Lighting the lantern the first time with a match will permit the mantles to expand and shape themselves, which makes them stronger.
About the Author:
Marjorie J McDonald grew up with the Coleman lantern and understands how much convenience was added by utilizing this lantern. Her family used Coleman lanterns before the electric lines were run to her fathers ranch in northeast Montana which was not until she was high school. She is definitely a Coleman lantern fan.
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