(17 September 2013, 22:35)Highlander Wrote: I have just purchased a gas lamp,.. the reason being that I dont want to light the oil lamp that I have,.. we had a power cut about three weeks ago just for the one night, so I lite the paraffin lamp, and promptly fell over my [black] German Shepherd while carrying it to where it was to stand.
Now I was lucky, because as I hit the floor, not only did it not break, but the flame went out as well,... BUT,.. I learnt a lesson well,... so it is one lamp that I will keep, but it will be a real emergency before I light it again
So, I think that oil lamps are a real danger if you have kids,... or dogs...lol
Lucky escape HL
I guess yu're saying that a gas lamp would have broken but that is fuel would have been retained in the canister, and not spilled and ignighted as could have happened with the oil lamp?
We have a couple of oil lamps. we have used them very infrequently. They have hook arangements on them to allow them to be semi permanently gastened to walls and solid surfaces. Thanks to your cautionary tale, I think we'll be screwing ours to comething solid before too long.
Thanks
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