FUEL FACTS AND FIGURES

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FUEL FACTS AND FIGURES

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FUEL FACTS AND FIGURES

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FUEL FACTS AND FIGURES
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CANDLES: 3/4" diameter x 4" burns about 2 hrs. 20 min.; 7/8" diameter x 4" burns about 5 hrs.; 2" diameter x 9" burns about ...

CANNED HEAT: Stores easily and can be used indoors. A 7-ounce can burns about ...

FLASHLIGHT: 2-battery with new batteries will run continuously for ...

OIL: Emergency candles can be made from cooking oil. Take a piece of string, lay one end in cooking oil in a dish and allow the other end to hang over the edge. Light the dry end. Use 7 to 8 strings for more light. These are very smoky and should be used only when nothing else is available.

LAMP OIL (liquid paraffin): Ultra Pure lamp oil burns longer and cleaner than regular lamp oil. It is sootless, smokeless and odorless and the cleanest burning fuel, but one of the most expensive. Liquid paraffin burns ...

NEWSPAPER LOGS: Four logs burn approximately ...

CHARCOAL: Use for outdoor cooking only. Store in moisture resistant containers to keep dry. When used in a foil oven, use 1 briquette for every 40 degrees of temperature desired. For Dutch oven cooking, use the oven size in inches plus 3 briquettes on top and the oven size in inches minus 3 briquettes on the bottom for 350 - 375oF heat.

KEROSENE: With a 1" wick, a kerosene lantern will burn for ...

WHITE GAS: To burn a 2 mantel lantern 5 hours a day, the following amounts of white gas would be used: ...

PROPANE: Propane is very portable. It may be used indoors with good ventilation IF the equipment is made for indoor use. However, propane grills and camp stoves should only be used outdoors. Propane should be stored outdoors. Butane, another LPG gas, can be used indoors with good ventilation and is safe to store.

CAUTION*****DO NOT STORE LIQUID FUELS WITHIN THE REACH OF CHILDREN. --- full information can be found at link, above ---
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