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Kerosene Heater Wicks      (To find a wick for your heater, click here.)

Kerosene Lamp Wicks - center draft, circular wicks

Sad Iron Stove Wicks

Kerosene Heaters                 (Back to top of page)

Flame Spreaders from Heaters in the Past 100 Years

Kerosene Lamps and Lanterns        (Back to top of page)

CENTER DRAFT LAMPS, by diameter of wick.  Wicks available on the lamp wick page.

#0L - Manhatten Student Lamps, Miniature lamps. (3/4" nominal diameter)

  • Miller Finger Lamp (Requires wick #0L), owned by Alex Muzyka

  • Assortment of miniature lamps using wick #0L:  From left to right: Rochester mini finger lamp, Plume & Atwood "Little Royal", Bradley & Hubbard finger lamp, Guadard 15''' Matador lamp and cut off a little in the picture, a Plume & Atwood nickel plated "Little Royal" with 6" shade.  Owned by Alex Muzyka.

#1L - Rayo Jr.

  • Rayo Jr: Flame spreader; lamp lighted.     Owned and photographed by Alex Muzyka.

  • Junior lamp lineup:  Far left: Rayo Junior;  2nd from left: Miller Juno Junior;  3rd from left: Bradley & Hubbard Junior;  Right: Plume & Atwood Royal finger lamp (As far as I know, the only size #1 finger lamp. Everyone else made only size #0 finger lamps).  Owned and photographed by Alex Muzyka.

  • Lempereur & Bernard (L&B) Brevette lamp, unlighted, lighted.  Owned by Alex Muzyka.

#2L - Success Lamps (1 1/4" nominal diameter)

#3L - Rayo - 1 1/2" nominal diameter wick

#3P&A - Plume and Atwood, Royal.

  •      P & A "Trophy" lamp with 14" ruby shade.  This lamp has been converted to electric, but all I need to do is remove the electric socket, put in the flame spreader, fuel the tank, and it's ready to go.

  •      B & H "Imperial Banquet" lamp with milk glass shade patent date 1884, with rare Kosmos-Brenner style burner.   Photo of burner:  Wick knob; side view of burner; bottom view of burner; and top view of burner installed on font.  From my collection. 

  • Handlan #30 Caboose lamps, one restored and working.    From my collection.

  • P&A lamp. The same type of burner as the Handlan lamp but is nickel plated. The wick raiser cage is part of the burner, as in the Handlan.    Owned by Alex Muzyka.

#4L

#5L - "Store" lamps, 2 9/16" nominal diameter wick

OTHER LAMPS AND LANTERNS

KOSMOS LAMPS:  Illustrated on the Kosmos-Brenner page.

Kerosene Stoves              (Back to top of page)

Note:  "Butterfly" brand kerosene stoves are available from www.StPaulMercantile.com

  • Butterfly #2412 pressure stove (best backpack kero stove)  From my collection.

  • Butterfly #2412, disassembled pieces (can be packed)

  • Butterfly #2413 single burner (gravity flow, edge-burning wick design)

  • Butterfly #2416 (two burner, side tank)

  • Butterfly #2418 (two burner, center tank)  From my collection.

  • Burner lifted on Butterfly stove (gravity flow wick design)

  • Haller "Origineel," a German stove.  This is a small stove, about 6 x 9", and uses a thin 2 9/16th wick. More photos and information here.  From my collection.

  • Harper Beatrice "Boiling Stove", made in England, probably post war, likely used as a "caravan" heater and stove.  Essentially, this is a very successful update of the 1880's "sad iron heater" such as the "Golden Star."  This heater uses a 4" wide wick cut from the B&H lamp wick.  It can boil a teakettle of water in 10 minutes - with no fumes or soot.  Virtually identical to an all-brass stove made in Germany circa 1900.  From my collection.

  •          Beatrice "Boiling Stove" dated 1901, with a cast iron base.  Note chimney is identical in style, above.

  •          Beatrice #33 "Boiling Stove," dated 1901, with an enameled base and rare top plate extensions.       Photographed next to my Harper Beatrice to show the size difference.   From my collection.

  • Karan 212 (Golden Night) (#2 burner, high heat output)  From my collection.

  • Premier Jr.  (8  strand wick design)  From my collection.

  • Premier Sr. (10 strand wick design)  From my collection.

  • Swastik       (12 strand wick design)  From my collection.

  • Cook stand  (supports wide and heavy pots above stove) (Instructions on how I made the cook stand.)

  • Cook stand  (made from a metal aquarium frame)

  • Stove setup  (kerosene stove canning operation)  (I made this setup for my wife.)

  • Stoves as heaters  (various types of heat sinks on stoves)  From my collection.

  •       Note: Butterfly stoves are available from www.SurvivalPro.com and www.StPaulMercantile.com

  • Mini stove I made using a P&A Brooder House Heater as the base, using expanded metal as a cook surface.

  • Mini stove I made using a P&A Brooder House Heater as the base, but using an electrical switch cover as the cooking platform.  Note that this unit should be used outside until the galvanizing is burned off.

  • Brooder heater, not a P&A, with original chimney and mica window.

  • Sad Iron heaters and mini wick stoves from the 1880's up, American and European.

  •        Single wick "Golden Star" stove, front, back, open.    From my collection.

  •         Three wick "Golden Star" stove, front, and another three wick open.

  • Pocket kerosene stove from WW I era, folding for easy carrying. Quite rare! A stand unfolds from the lid for balancing a small pot or canteen. The brass cap on the lower right screws tightly over the wick so kerosene does not leak during carrying.  A US 25 cent coin and a WW I era .25-20 Winchester cartridge case are shown as comparison for size.  This little stove uses a 1 1/2" section of lamp wick to produce heat - not much - but it is an interesting piece of history.  From my collection.

Kerosene Heater Accessories    (Back to top of page)

  • Kerosene heater igniter #3

  • "EcoFan" for wood stoves.  The difference in temperature between the base and the "fins" on the top creates enough electricity to turn a fan and circulate heat.  This fan has very limited use for kerosene heaters:  It cannot be use on a convection heater; it can be used on some radiant heaters which are not insulated on top, but not over open vent holes directly over the catalytic converter.  It works very well on an Aladdin Tropic, but the photo shows it cannot get enough heat to move on the well insulated Aladdin TR2000.   From my collection.

  • Kerowind electric fan.  This all-metal fan can sit on top of a heater and help distribute the heat.  Note the vents on top: air is pulled down through the top, cooling the electric motor, and then blown through the circular 1/2" gap at the base of the unit, thus circulating heated air slightly toward the floor.  Note also that the electric cord is suspended on a wire rack to keep it away from the most intense heat.   From my collection.

  • Moonlighter reflector.  Shown sitting on top of a DC-100.  This reflector is designed to fit behind the glass chimney on a Moonlighter heater, reflecting heat toward the front while allowing the heater to be closer to a combustible wall or furnishings. The reflector is stainless steel with an insulation air space and an enameled back panel. It was designed to be attached to the grill.  From my collection.

  • 1918 Perfection heater advertisement.  Note the thrust of the advertisement:  A kerosene heater allowed a family to avoid crowds obtaining coal to heat their homes and thus avoid the influenza pandemic which ravaged the world, killing at least 20,000,000 people.  And now we have the possibility of an avian flu pandemic that could be far worse than the one in 1918!!!    From my collection.

 

Unusual Kerosene Heaters

  •       "Auto Motor Heater" from my collection.

  •       Auto Motor Heater diagram from my collection.

  •       Auto Motor Heater Primer Wick

    • photo, and available asbestos Priming Wick.

  •       Mini Kerosene Heaters (Brooder house, well pump house, etc) From my collection.

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  •       English Greenhouse Heater  from my collection.  Unique 2,100 BTU heater which uses two 1" wide wicks to provide the heat for the metal chimney.   Not for indoor use as they do have an aroma when burning.   Available for about $50 USD from
                    Norfolk Products
                    55 Wilbury Way
                    Hitchin
                    Hertforshire Sg4 Otw
                    England                                   laurencenicholls@btconnect.com


 

Miscellaneous

  • Diesel truck tanks for kerosene storage (Old steel Mack truck 110 gallon tanks salvaged (i.e., free). I cleaned them up, painted them, then put them on cradles built from pressure treated 4 x 4'x and 2 x 4's for cross bracing.  A boiler valve with 1/2" clear vinyl tubing allows containers to be filled by gravity flow.  They have worked like a charm since I set them up in 1999.

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