can i use a coleman gas lantern indoors

Can I use a Coleman gas lantern indoors? ANSWER: Burning any fossil fuel indoors is potentially dangerous. Coleman lanterns burn fossil fuel and if used indoors create the potential for a fatal buildup of carbon monoxide

. For this reason, Coleman strongly urges consumers to use its lanterns only outdoors.

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Can I use a Coleman Lantern indoors?

Can I use a Coleman gas lantern indoors? Can I use a Coleman gas lantern indoors? ANSWER: Burning any fossil fuel indoors is potentially dangerous. Coleman lanterns burn fossil fuel and if used indoors create the potential for a fatal buildup of carbon monoxide. For this reason, Coleman strongly urges consumers to use its lanterns only outdoors.

Do Coleman lanterns give off carbon monoxide?

Coleman lanterns burn fossil fuel and if used indoors create the potential for a fatal buildup of carbon monoxide. For this reason, Coleman strongly urges consumers to use its lanterns only outdoors. Click to see full answer. Similarly one may ask, do Coleman lanterns produce carbon monoxide?

What happened to the Coleman lanterns in the rain?

Two Coleman lanterns burning inside a tent during a pouring down rainstorm, 5 guys inside. One guy finally spoke up and said it was getting hard to breathe. We noticed the lanterns pulsating light, not steady. Another guy threw open the front door flap and the lanterns lit right up and we could breathe easy again.

Can you use unleaded gasoline in a Coleman stove?

Unleaded gasoline can be used in stoves and lanterns that operate with liquid fuel. When using unleaded gasoline as a cheap Coleman fuel substitute in your camping stove and lantern, you can expect the performance to be similar to when using Coleman fuel.

Is it safe to use a propane lantern inside a house?

Burning propane produces carbon monoxide, which is why you cannot safely use a propane lantern indoors. Like outdoor patio heaters, a propane lantern is only safe to use outdoors.

Can you have gas lanterns inside?

Surprisingly, some lantern manufacturers claim that gas fixtures are acceptable indoors, so long as they are properly vented, equipped with an electronic ignition, CSA-approved, and professionally installed.

Can a Coleman lantern explode?

Re: Safety Concerns - Coleman Lantern Model 335 The old exploding lantern wives tale is just that a wives tale. They will flame up. They can fireball if you open the fuel cap on a gas or coleman fuel lantern while it's running. They can catch fire if the valve packing is leaking.

Do Coleman lanterns produce heat?

Did a quick google search on this topic - most sites say that the output is around 1500 - 1700 watts which would be about 4000 - 5000 btu's.

Do lanterns produce carbon monoxide?

Carbon monoxide poisoning is a risk anytime propane-fueled camp stoves, heaters or lanterns or charcoal grills are used in an enclosed area, such as tents or campers, Wolfson said.

Do gas lanterns stay on all the time?

In addition to installation costs, gas lanterns cost an average of $10 per month each to operate, but can cost three times as much to operate, depending on gas prices in the area. The flame is always on unless you extinguish it. If you have a manual igniter, you will have to relight the flame with a match.

Does a Coleman lantern give off carbon monoxide?

Coleman lanterns burn fossil fuel and if used indoors create the potential for a fatal buildup of carbon monoxide. For this reason, Coleman strongly urges consumers to use its lanterns only outdoors.

How much carbon monoxide does a Coleman lantern produce?

under 2-3 PPM.

Do propane lanterns give off heat?

Any fuel-powered lantern will provide heat in addition to light. Propane is the easiest/cheapest to use, but I find my gasoline or kerosene lanterns are much brighter than propane even though they use the same mantles.

What is the difference between a gas stove and a Coleman stove?

The difference between your gas stove and your coleman, is that the gas stove is vented to the outside. The CO has a place to go other than in your living space.

Can you put a carbon monoxide detector in the same room?

Put a carbon monoxide detector in the same room and try it out. I'd just let it burn for a while and not be in the same area. If the detector goes off, I'd say it was a bad idea.

Can you use Coleman lanterns indoors?

NO to Coleman fuel lanterns indoors! We used to use them in tents. No problems in the heavy canvas tents that breathed, but then we got a newer one made out of nylon. Two Coleman lanterns burning inside a tent during a pouring down rainstorm, 5 guys inside. One guy finally spoke up and said it was getting hard to breathe. We noticed the lanterns pulsating light, not steady. Another guy threw open the front door flap and the lanterns lit right up and we could breathe easy again.

Does Coleman use gas?

Gas stoves burn natural gas (gaseous) fuel, Coleman uses liquid gas. Natural gas has A much higher effective burn ratio, leaving less toxins (CO2) in air during/after burn. I use mine on the back porch but, would use it on my stove.. if I had power to my external venting fan.

Is an internal combustion stove a lantern?

Internal combustion engines are not stoves or lanterns. If you are dumb enough to run a gas engine in the house or garage without external venting then you deserve to be vented from the gene pool (should have stayed awake during general science every public schooled child is taught this). The Amish have been lighting with coleman lanterns for generations. Don't be stupid about it just crack the windows open.

How to keep lanterns in room?

Keep a window open in the room the lantern is in and you will be fine.

Can you shut off gas ranges before sleeping?

people operate gas ranges/ovens for that amount of hours in houses sealed up for winter consuming higher amounts of gas. should be safe if you shut off before sleeping.

Does propane burn cleaner?

Also, I use the traditional lanterns. Propane should burn cleaner. It’s what my furnace runs on. As far as burning gas in the house, many houses have gas ranges. (Sadly, mine doesn’t.)

Do LED lanterns work with batteries?

For the OP and everyone else- they now make these dandy wind-up LED lanterns, that often also work by batteries. Along with a couple of these should be a Red Cross radio that also works by wind-up or batteries.

Can you sleep with Coleman lanterns on?

It’s not recommended, but as long as you have fresh air coming in you should be fine. Just don’t go to sleep with them on. You might not wake up if you’ve miscalculated the amount of incoming air. Really, I reckon my 70-something-year-old house gets enough ventilation – even when I don’t want it. Like in Winter.