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Olive oil lamps are a wonderful alternative to lamps that require kerosene or liquid paraffin — both polluting, harmful petroleum by-products.
Table Lamps with stand, Chamber Lamps with handles, bright Cabin Lamps, Patio Lamps and 2-pack Kits for making your own olive oil lamps. Additional wicks are also available.
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First I experimented with different oils in my beautiful old oil lamps — none worked. Then I searched for a heathy alternative and finally found a couple in rural Oregon who developed and make these lamps. After using one myself with happy results, I realized that everybody should have access to olive oil lamps as a sustainable augment to beeswax candles. (My old lamps are now decorating a friend's home.)
Olive oil is a 99% pure renewable fuel, so it produces no smoke or odor and can't aggravate allergies. It's also far safer than kerosene or lamp oil as it doesn't catch fire if tipped over. You don't even need to use good quality oil for these lamps. The flame is very bright and you extinguish it by swishing the oil over the wick or pouring new oil over the wick, rather than blowing out or capping while burning (produces soot inside the bottle).
Olive Oil Table Lamp with Stand
This lamp is attractive and very economical. With the oil level to almost the top of the wick coil (about 1/2 cup), the burn time is nine hours.
Lid for easy storage. Nickel element.
Olive Oil Table Lamp with Stand: complete kit (stand, jar, wicking, directions)
Patio Lamp: jar, wicking, directions. 3" tall incl. lid, 2 1/4" diameter, plastic lid.
Chamber Lamp with Handle: The handle makes this lamp easy to carry, especially up and down stairs. Jar, wicking, directions; 5 3/8" tall incl. lid, lid diameter 2 3/4", metal lid.
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Cabin Lamp - the brightest: This lamp has a different wick — a 1/4" wide woven cotton wick, making it the brightest. Jar, wicking, directions; 3 3/4" tall, 3 1/2" diameter, metal lid.
Kit for two table lamps — only $12 for two lamps! Elements, wicks, directions. For jam jars or any relatively straight-sided jar of similar size (as in table lamp above).
Kit for two small lamps — only $10 to make two lamps! Elements, wicks, directions. For small baby food or other small jars (as in patio lamps above).
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