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How to Make an Emergency Lamp from Common Household Items

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com I followed instructions given in the Non Electric Lighting series, on how to make this vegetable oil lamp. What got me interested in trying this out was, all the materials are items most people have readily available at home. Materials: Vegetable oil Baby food jar or votive candle jar (I got mine from Goodwill) Table salt wooden toothpick cotton (must be 100% cotton, not a blend) nail polish remover matches Directions: 1. Fill […]

Learn about Lanterns, Lamps and Candles before the Next Power Outage

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I recently finished reading Lanterns, Lamps and Candles: A User’s Guide by Ron Brown. It is an e-book that is available on CD. The book delivers just what the title says: everything you need to know about lanterns lamps and candles. It tells you the various types of emergency light, fuel types, safety tips, complete with instructions on how to make your own. I learned a lot about emergency lighting from reading this book. It was interesting to find out […]