Why do hurricane lanterns look like that?

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  • @TechnologyConnections
    @TechnologyConnections  Před 2 lety +6523

    Hello! I want to add some _nuance_ to the discussion because of course there's plenty. Kerosene isn't the only fuel that these lanterns are capable of burning, and some options that are available now are less unpleasant for indoor use. And as a matter of fact, one of the things these are still useful for is emergency heat since they're putting out quite a lot. However, *not every fuel is safe to use in them* so my official advice is don't use these lanterns indoors at all. The room I film in is quite poorly ventilated without the HVAC system running so it was a pretty non-ideal situation, but the room smelled like an airport and my throat was getting irritated. It's unpleasant and makes me feel terrible for the millions of people who still rely on kerosene for their lighting fuel.
    (also, to be clear, kerosene by itself isn't the problem - kerosene heaters are widely available, but modern designs can burn the fuel much more completely for a safer and much less unpleasant exhaust. These lanterns literally haven't changed since the 19th century)

    • @1121494
      @1121494 Před 2 lety +216

      You might consider outside filming an option in such cases again in the future, just as you did film some stuff outside in the times back before your studio. Stay safe and ideally please don't suffocate yourself for your videos.

    • @jimalbi
      @jimalbi Před 2 lety +178

      Your first Dietz lamp also produce carbon monoxide since it burns air with a lowered amount of O2.

    • @justindunlap1235
      @justindunlap1235 Před 2 lety +45

      Thanks for doing a hurricane lamp video, I always take a few of these with me camping.

    • @RhizometricReality
      @RhizometricReality Před 2 lety +102

      You are legitimately a fantastic writer and producer. Your subtle jokes and memes are so great

    • @redmoon383
      @redmoon383 Před 2 lety +22

      So what I'm hearing is, buy one of these and get the indoor fuel too so I can have a neat shiny

  • @georgefrankly
    @georgefrankly Před 2 lety +27521

    I've never been so adequately humbled by a high end Deez Nuts joke

    • @josephgrueter890
      @josephgrueter890 Před 2 lety +845

      It rustled up a hearty guffaw from me, that's for sure.

    • @TheGreatPurpleFerret
      @TheGreatPurpleFerret Před 2 lety +1358

      Snuck a little "bofa dietz" in there too

    • @Techy2493
      @Techy2493 Před 2 lety +670

      I wonder how many takes it took to do that with a straight face

    • @Silent002
      @Silent002 Před 2 lety +456

      @@Techy2493 Judging by the outtakes, a lot! I'm glad to see he was laughing at that one as much as I was.

    • @Ogaitnas900
      @Ogaitnas900 Před 2 lety +142

      Oh man I was having such a sad day, now I'm crying laughing feeling much better.

  • @mattsonn
    @mattsonn Před 2 lety +4036

    “My lamp runs on jet fuel” sounds a lot cooler than it actually is.

    • @cr4zyj4ck
      @cr4zyj4ck Před 2 lety +653

      Unfortunately "my jet plane runs on lamp oil" sounds just as lame as it actually is.

    • @lonelyshrimpart
      @lonelyshrimpart Před 2 lety +49

      I'd imagine it's actually a fair bit warmer

    • @alexanderkupke920
      @alexanderkupke920 Před 2 lety +58

      Is this kerosene actually that close to the Jet A-1 variant modern jet engines burn? I now jet fuel is actually quite close to Diesel Oil.
      To add to the confusion, what is used in lamps is called "Lampenöl" (lamp oil) or Petroleum in German. Jet fuel is "Kerosin", "Paraffin" is the waxy stuff candles are made from.

    • @andrewj3177
      @andrewj3177 Před 2 lety +8

      Sounds hot tho

    • @SeanBZA
      @SeanBZA Před 2 lety +189

      @@alexanderkupke920 Jet A1 is kerosene that has been dewaxed, removing all the longer chain molecules, so that it will not turn to slush at -40C in the aircraft fuel tanks. The wax that is removed is further classified by melting point, so you get soft waxes that melt around 40C or lower, often sold as Vaseline or petroleum jelly, and harder waxes that melt around 70C, which are used to make candles, and as a base for many cosmetics and shoe polish. Higher melting point waxes are also used in industrial applications for various things.
      Diesel oil is very close to paraffin or kerosene, just has a somewhat less and slightly different range of melting and boiling points and density. To further confuse things you also have Rocket kerosene, which is a very highly refined Jet A1, that is designed not to freeze till around -100C, and which also has even less wax in it.
      In general you can run the diesel vehicle on kerosene, but it will run poorly, as diesel has additives in it to lubricate the fuel system, which is needed, plus the wax will tend to clog fuel lines and injectors as it flows through and undergoes local cooling. Same for a jet engine, which will run on diesel, though it will smoke heavily, as the fuel is not being fully burnt before it leaves the combustion chamber.
      Run a modern GDI engine on kerosene and it will very quickly fail, but older mechanical injection engines do not care, and will run on diesel, kerosene, Jet A1 or even vegetable oil, provided you can get it liquid enough to flow through the pump.
      Lamp oil can be also a blend, with it consisting of a mix of kerosene, diesel and even lighter oils and benzene to make it light easier, and also can have aromatic oils added to it to have an odour other than the distinct one.

  • @frenchiephish
    @frenchiephish Před 6 měsíci +205

    Heya, have really enjoyed this series. I'm a Chemical engineer and specifically work with combustion processes. For heat output, we actually care quite a bit about preheating combustion air with waste heat because it improves fuel efficiency as you're using less of the energy from combustion to get the air to the flame temperature. Realistically, for light output it probably doesn't make a meaningful difference to the fuel consumption. I'd hazard it was more likely that they Dietz was probably trying to look at air preheat for flame stability, as combustion tends to be better behaved & more stable when heat is already present.

    • @BrianWestlakes
      @BrianWestlakes Před 3 měsíci +8

      I reasoned this and was going to post something about maybe the cold blast design was preheating the combustion air to help the fuel on the wick reach it's flash point and burn it more efficiently.

    • @Sinnistering
      @Sinnistering Před 3 měsíci +6

      Thank you! This is a niche thing, but I'm glad you said it. Thermodynamics is a cruel mistress, and one we must all follow.

    • @jordandixon6255
      @jordandixon6255 Před 2 měsíci

      I’m so glad you told him.

    • @flaircraft
      @flaircraft Před 2 měsíci

      Thanks for posting this, it means I didn't have to lol. Warm air also helps the unburned fuel atomize more completely for more efficient combustion.

  • @neo42mvn2
    @neo42mvn2 Před 10 měsíci +80

    I wish I could up vote twice. One for the Dietz Nuts joke. One for Baja Blast lamp

  • @tkkim5236
    @tkkim5236 Před 2 lety +822

    His voice, his tone, his tempo, his pauses, his timing, his composure, his usage of physical gestures... The guy's speech skill is near impeccable.

    • @kitsunekaze93
      @kitsunekaze93 Před 2 lety +39

      he has talent, and has had a lot of practice!

    • @tkkim5236
      @tkkim5236 Před 2 lety +14

      @@kitsunekaze93 indeed! That kind of execution does not come without a price. 😁

    • @Ganliard
      @Ganliard Před 2 lety +14

      @@kitsunekaze93 And a prompter mirror!

    • @black_platypus
      @black_platypus Před 2 lety +29

      Speech 100, agreed :)
      And that's before we get into structure, writing, humor and wit!
      Some people always assert that "the pun is the lowest form of wit". I think that's needlessly reductionist and generally pretentious: These videos are a great example of how puns can really elevate a talk.
      I love the humor in these videos 🖤

    • @tkkim5236
      @tkkim5236 Před 2 lety +4

      @@black_platypus and i love your comment. 👍🏼

  • @randy25rhoads
    @randy25rhoads Před 2 lety +770

    “Except I kept reading, and I found… typos…”
    I fucking love this guy.

    • @juhailmarisalminen
      @juhailmarisalminen Před 2 lety +4

      IKR!

    • @kjcorder
      @kjcorder Před 2 lety +9

      This episode has everything i love about this channel

    • @jazzdirt
      @jazzdirt Před 2 lety +10

      Yeah.. Mental note to self: "Should really refrain from drinking liquids while watching TC"

    • @mumblbeebee6546
      @mumblbeebee6546 Před 2 lety

      Yeah, he is gold!

    • @ropersonline
      @ropersonline Před 2 lety +2

      There's got to be someone out there who feels the opposite way.

  • @Silvermoonshadow
    @Silvermoonshadow Před rokem +220

    We had the dead flame lanterns when I was growing up in case power went out during storms. It definitely saved us when our city got hit with a blizzard for a week and the grid went down. The lanterns provided both light and a bit of warmth. It was a really poignant moment in my life, and to this day, my dad still has these lamps. Have a follow. The way you spoke was relaxing and informative. I also love the bloopers.

    • @snoodles3013
      @snoodles3013 Před 4 měsíci +8

      we have them down in florida to for hurricanes, everyone in my family has at least a few of the deadflame ones. have used them quite a bit myself.

    • @tondekoddar7837
      @tondekoddar7837 Před 4 měsíci +5

      Rural Sweden, Finland etc yes, we still have these (fueled, ventilated outside even though electric lights too but this is backup, warmth to one room during blizzard etc so no breaking of water pipes etc). Also, cow's getting calf they call/fetch human help most often 3-4am, and if power is out this is bright enough, fast and yes, test it, brighter than electric lamps and simpler than flame-incandescent ones for emergencies and speed).

    • @Herlongian
      @Herlongian Před 4 měsíci +6

      Reliable backup lighting even today. Simple and quick. As he said, it’s better than nothing at all.

    • @russellchristian4320
      @russellchristian4320 Před 3 měsíci +3

      ​@@snoodles3013My Grandma moved to Stockton during the 1930s from Oklahoma, she always made sure to have a handful of these around just in case. We used them every winter.

    • @carlosgaspar8447
      @carlosgaspar8447 Před 3 měsíci +1

      perhaps it's the jet fuel that is a waste compared to the necessity of having a lantern.

  • @Dog4life_
    @Dog4life_ Před rokem +119

    This is absolutely fascinating to me. I can remember my Dad's lantern as he walked home in the summer as he would spend the night at a tobacco barn curing bright leaf tobacco. No flashlight just his lantern. Memories from the late 1940s. No electricity until I was 3 yrs old. I still have 2 lamps and one of his lanterns. Thank you.

    • @LMS887
      @LMS887 Před 3 měsíci +4

      So you are at least 75 y/o?

    • @lellamas2778
      @lellamas2778 Před 3 měsíci +5

      I remember my father using hurricane lamps in the 80s/90s (from a family of farmer's). While camping - it was our main source of light at night.

    • @user-fo4ve5fo4z
      @user-fo4ve5fo4z Před 3 měsíci

      @@lellamas2778 ...and once your eyes were adjusted it was plenty of light.

  • @DetroitBORG
    @DetroitBORG Před 2 lety +2755

    The deadpan “Dietz Nuts” joke had me pausing to 😂 😆 🤣

    • @irishfitz
      @irishfitz Před 2 lety +31

      Currently waiting for my eyes to dry to resume.

    • @NathanDavisVideos
      @NathanDavisVideos Před 2 lety +5

      I thought the same thing too!

    • @starkravingmad31
      @starkravingmad31 Před 2 lety +13

      I literally spat out some of my drink like I was in some sitcom.

    • @dennisbartello7682
      @dennisbartello7682 Před 2 lety +13

      Deitz Nuts are ON FIRE!

    • @RyanPlate
      @RyanPlate Před 2 lety +11

      Just here to make sure this was acknowledged ✊

  • @Pypamid
    @Pypamid Před 2 lety +1127

    "Why in the world would you need 31 minutes to explain this?"
    31 minutes later
    "I'll be damned"

    • @Stanley.1977
      @Stanley.1977 Před 2 lety +20

      Because a half hour just aint enough time! 😉👍

    • @shaujun_9309
      @shaujun_9309 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Stanley.1977 anyone ever told u that u look like a know off version of the undertaker?

    • @Temple-of-Procrastination
      @Temple-of-Procrastination Před 2 lety +1

      Or a radioactive Putin

    • @lesselp
      @lesselp Před 2 lety +4

      Patrons get shorter versions

    • @Marinealver
      @Marinealver Před 2 lety +1

      Evolution, not Revolution

  • @jenr8049
    @jenr8049 Před rokem +18

    You keep saying it's extremely unpleasant... yet that's a smell that we LOVE... it reminds us of camping and power outages & board game nights with family.

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther Před rokem +1

      Hi jenr have you become a flat earther yet? If not I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

    • @account-pi3nj
      @account-pi3nj Před měsícem

      ​@@flat-eartherdude you are dilusional you know that right?

  • @alexk3088
    @alexk3088 Před rokem +95

    Used a couple of cheap hurricane lanterns from walmart in deer camp this past fall and they worked great! Bright and steady light outdoors, felt just like electric, and no fussing with brittle mantles of propane lanterns, although those are definitely brighter. One of them did spill inside a tent, so I wouldn't resort to that, but outside, around the bonfire they were great.

    • @joshyoung1440
      @joshyoung1440 Před 6 měsíci +7

      Ugh those god damn mantles... used to break those things so easy camping with my dad

    • @larrywhitbeck5280
      @larrywhitbeck5280 Před 3 měsíci +5

      I grew up on a farm in very rural NE. We used these all the time for the long walk from the barn to the house. The grid, as we call it today, frequently went down in storms or for a mirriad of reasons. The tradition keorseme lamp was used in the house, the hurrican lantern for outside. It was VERY dark out there. Light pollution was not a problem. Chores were always done in the dark, before or after sunrise & set. They were an essential part of early farm life. Now 70byears later for me, I have several of both kinds that came from our farm as a child. I still use them when the electricty goes out, as it still does!!
      Thank You for a well presented good lesson from "the old days". Larry W

    • @user-fo4ve5fo4z
      @user-fo4ve5fo4z Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@larrywhitbeck5280 oh the stories you could tell about the snowfall in winter up there...

  • @Suction_
    @Suction_ Před 2 lety +4164

    "I've always had a fascination for these"
    The entire basis of this channel and it's fantastic lol

  • @scabbynack
    @scabbynack Před 2 lety +320

    "I will NOT be interested in lamps I will NOT be interested in lamps"
    A few moments later:
    "Hm wonder how much a hurricane lamp is"

    • @ohyou_6599
      @ohyou_6599 Před 2 lety +7

      $27 taxed and shipped

    • @jerrystauffer2351
      @jerrystauffer2351 Před 2 lety +5

      @@ohyou_6599 price has been stable the last 30 years.

    • @PP-uv1kw
      @PP-uv1kw Před 2 lety +4

      about $ 7.oo (or less) at walmart or harbor freight.

    • @aruna8499
      @aruna8499 Před 2 lety +6

      I have one as decoration in my room and I always loved the look of it... never knew how amazing they were... Thanks, Dietz Nuts!

    • @vidard9863
      @vidard9863 Před 2 lety +2

      Honestly they are pretty handy to have around when the power goes out.

  • @joshyoung1440
    @joshyoung1440 Před 6 měsíci +79

    15:22 BOFA DEEZ LANTERNS. HE KEPT GOING. MAN'S UNSTOPPABLE lmao I love finding fellow quiet types with surprisingly risqué humor. CZcams got it right recommending this channel to me

  • @AWhinyKid
    @AWhinyKid Před 3 měsíci +10

    Experience from living in extremely rural Papua New Guinea in 2017-18. Improvements in batteries, LEDs and solar panels has pretty much eliminated kerosene lamps in the last few decades. People in my village grew up using kerosene lamps but the only one I ever saw was retrofitted with and LED bulb and just used for aesthetics. Everyone that saw it offered to help the owner set it up correctly because the LED was far dimmer than the original kerosene.

  • @GearHeadedHamster
    @GearHeadedHamster Před 2 lety +275

    The video starts out in darkness lit by candle light.
    "Gather 'round children. And I'll tell you a horror story of latent heat."

    • @rik8508
      @rik8508 Před 2 lety +12

      followed by a scary movie about the refrigeration cycle

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 2 lety +3

      Alec was right about the Western vibe that these elicit.

    • @GearHeadedHamster
      @GearHeadedHamster Před 2 lety +3

      @@rik8508 Then it become a full movie franchises about RCA's exciting new video disk technology. Fallowed by 20 sequels all on the same topic.

    • @MattMcIrvin
      @MattMcIrvin Před 2 lety +1

      @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Loved the reference to peg solitaire.

  • @oromain
    @oromain Před 2 lety +1696

    "We call ourselves Dietz Nuts"
    that hit me like a fucking truck

    • @creblabo
      @creblabo Před 2 lety +8

      lmao same

    • @max_kl
      @max_kl Před 2 lety +17

      *Dietz

    • @jacewhite8540
      @jacewhite8540 Před 2 lety +4

      That strangely rhymes,

    • @MadcapMatt
      @MadcapMatt Před 2 lety +71

      Following up with bofa Deez lanterns was pure genius goo

    • @shawnreap
      @shawnreap Před 2 lety +14

      For real. I snorted loudly and my kids looked at me funny.

  • @taliaperkins1389
    @taliaperkins1389 Před 4 měsíci +13

    15:17 "we call ourselves Dietz nuts."

  • @mststgt
    @mststgt Před rokem +37

    I remember that, 40 years ago, those lanterns were still used as warning lights on construction sites like scaffolding over a pavement.

    • @tonoornottono
      @tonoornottono Před 3 měsíci +4

      1984? really?

    • @mststgt
      @mststgt Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@tonoornottono Yes.

    • @alisterwest6987
      @alisterwest6987 Před 3 měsíci +2

      I'm 77 remember that too In the UK

    • @user-iv5gy3rc2b
      @user-iv5gy3rc2b Před 2 měsíci +1

      You reminded me of the little black smudge pots they used on highway construction and detours in the 1960s before they began using flashing lights.

    • @jhutt8002
      @jhutt8002 Před 2 měsíci

      They're still in everyday use in military in Nordics. I did my service 2012 and was in maintenance, so we had all sorts of equipment and electricity available in the woods, but most infantry doesn't for obvious practical and tactical reasons.

  • @spartanwar1185
    @spartanwar1185 Před 2 lety +1145

    First he says "Dietz nuts" and then he says "bofa deez lanterns"
    I know what you're doing man, i can't handle this lmfao

    • @WeebsLifeBalance
      @WeebsLifeBalance Před 2 lety +1

      What is this reference to?

    • @dickdickling9389
      @dickdickling9389 Před 2 lety +5

      @@WeebsLifeBalance There is also literally a product called Dietz nuts, they are meat nuts, they are nuts but made out of meat, Dietz nuts.
      They are delicious, they are Dietz nuts.

    • @PixelleHearts
      @PixelleHearts Před 2 lety

      So what you are saying is...
      You can't handle deez

    • @BelieveThePanda
      @BelieveThePanda Před 2 lety

      @@mutsukiaz this is better than school

    • @WeberMentzel
      @WeberMentzel Před 2 lety

      I liked the video immediately.

  • @austinrose3728
    @austinrose3728 Před 2 lety +742

    "We call ourselves Dietz Nuts..."
    "Bofa deez lanterns"
    I love you, and I love the outstanding work you publish on this channel!

    • @zachb8905
      @zachb8905 Před 2 lety +9

      A true gentleman and a scholar

    • @DanielPearson1
      @DanielPearson1 Před 2 lety +5

      got eem

    • @DasAlbatross
      @DasAlbatross Před 2 lety +11

      Thank you for this comment! I would have missed Bofa deez lanterns from laughing too hard.

    • @cerbralone
      @cerbralone Před 2 lety +5

      This killed me

    • @MikkiPike
      @MikkiPike Před 2 lety +4

      I was going to say something, but you beat me to it!
      Love his jokes for sure. 💖

  • @ScoopDogg
    @ScoopDogg Před 3 měsíci +14

    Appreciate the t shirt, grew up in the 70's over in the UK and reminds me of being poorly and off school watching kids TV on BBC 1 😀

    • @THEscatterbrainedberserker
      @THEscatterbrainedberserker Před 3 měsíci

      That is some creepy ass shit there. From the land of Monty Python and Thomas the tank engine then, weird

    • @ScoopDogg
      @ScoopDogg Před 3 měsíci

      @@THEscatterbrainedberserker 100% correct. And a Yorkshire man too 👍

  • @BA-zy2kb
    @BA-zy2kb Před rokem +25

    My dad used a hurricane lantern on a wooden sled shaped float to mark the end of his salmon gillnet at night until his retirement in the 80’s. It was seemingly brighter and arguably more noticeable than the D-cell based flashlight bulb type lamps of the day.
    It always amazed me that these worked so unfailingly well all those years along the coast of British Columbia given the environment and sea conditions.
    Thanks for refreshing these memories.

  • @MKVRiscy
    @MKVRiscy Před 2 lety +919

    That “Dietz nuts” joke hit me like a freight train

    • @deejay4am
      @deejay4am Před 2 lety +31

      Listen for the "Bofa Deez" directly after as well XD

    • @GabrielsLogic
      @GabrielsLogic Před 2 lety

      Time stamp?

    • @gymzaal4412
      @gymzaal4412 Před 2 lety +4

      @@GabrielsLogic 15:13

    • @nicholainissen
      @nicholainissen Před 2 lety +3

      I had to stop the video to laugh it out

    • @linforcer
      @linforcer Před 2 lety +5

      I facepalmed at it, but the bofadeez got me to laugh.

  • @EddieTheLightbringer
    @EddieTheLightbringer Před 2 lety +459

    "We call ourselves Dietz Nuts"
    Well played.

    • @2fluffytv
      @2fluffytv Před 2 lety +8

      Followed by Bofa deez lanterns freaking killed me dude

  • @occamraiser
    @occamraiser Před rokem +20

    As a bit of a pyromaniac who collects liquid fuel lights, heaters and stoves I was fascinated. I never thought through the reason for the hollow arms in a hurricane lamp - although they clearly were hollow. But interesting though the video was it was almost at the end that I noticed you wearing a teeshirt with the BBC Test-card on it that I grew up with when UK TV was migrating to UHF and colour......It completely made my day. Thanks.

  • @LigmaFrank
    @LigmaFrank Před rokem +7

    It would be nice to mention about Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish inventor that was first in the world to built modern oil refinery in 1956. His achievements included the discovery of how to distill kerosene from seep crude oil, the invention of the modern kerosene lamp (1853), the introduction of the first modern street lamp in Europe (1853), and the construction of the world's first modern oil well (1854).

    • @peterc4082
      @peterc4082 Před měsícem

      This guy is MAGA so he doesn't do Poland. But thanks for this.

  • @Sir.Craze-
    @Sir.Craze- Před 2 lety +1810

    "we call ourselves Dietz nuts"
    You, sir. Are this decades most important comedian.
    I thank you for your continued service.

    • @marcfuchs6938
      @marcfuchs6938 Před 2 lety +18

      Since this might be a national US American thing (me being German), I would appreciate if somebody put me into the picture of "Dietz Nuts". =)

    • @mrtickleuk
      @mrtickleuk Před 2 lety +21

      @@marcfuchs6938 It seems that it's because it sounds like "Deez nuts", which is - apparently - an American slang term for testicles.

    • @bobellingson4025
      @bobellingson4025 Před 2 lety +5

      @@marcfuchs6938 Web search for "Deez nuts"... Urban dictionary has an explanation...
      Also, you are not the first German to be in the dark about "nuts" (admittedly, a different usage)... taskandpurpose.com/history/us-army-nuts-bastogne-surrender/

    • @lordhughmungus
      @lordhughmungus Před 2 lety +71

      And right after he says "bofa deez lanterns".

    • @CampfireCrucifix
      @CampfireCrucifix Před 2 lety +7

      Exactly the type of content I subscribed for.

  • @spokehedz
    @spokehedz Před 2 lety +564

    The puns in this episode are absolutely perfect.

    • @SueBobChicVid
      @SueBobChicVid Před 2 lety +2

      Wait, there were puns? I better watch again.

    • @Leron...
      @Leron... Před 2 lety +1

      Agreed. The quality and consistency if puns was a very welcome surprise

    • @Allangulon
      @Allangulon Před 2 lety +6

      He was on fire!

    • @PastaTurtle
      @PastaTurtle Před 2 lety

      Wait until you see his other videos

    • @TheAllMightyGodofCod
      @TheAllMightyGodofCod Před 2 lety +2

      Don't you mean absolutely deLIGHTful?

  • @astikkumar38
    @astikkumar38 Před rokem +15

    In my childhood in India I used to study under these lamps. These lamps have a special place in my memory.
    I'm 25

    • @kariskasarani34
      @kariskasarani34 Před 2 měsíci +1

      😂 am from kenya i used this every night in my childhood, every night for studying,having it like 4 inches from my nose

  • @thomasSgacheru
    @thomasSgacheru Před rokem +8

    I grew up using this lamps. Still have one in my house to use when lights are out. But my country has made significant development in my lifetime and electricity has replaced kerosene lamps/candles in majority of homes.

  • @RichJMoneyTV
    @RichJMoneyTV Před 2 lety +573

    “Connect some technologies” - OMG HE SAID THE THING.

  • @quintinflower1317
    @quintinflower1317 Před 2 lety +2057

    "we call ourselves Dietz nuts"
    "Bofa deez lanterns"
    perfect

  • @RealTBTKenya
    @RealTBTKenya Před 9 měsíci +10

    We still own one and usually comes in handy during power cuts. The science behind the air intakes is amazing, I thought they were just handles 😂

  • @andersgrassman6583
    @andersgrassman6583 Před 3 měsíci +6

    Excellent video! Believe it or not, when I was a kid in the late 1960's in Western Germany, hurricane lanterns were used as warning lights for roadworks. Which made me fall in love with these lamps, lasting ever since.
    My family has a log cabin in the Norwegian wilderness, and there we use kerosene lamps. Yes I suppose they do smell, but that sort of adds to the atmosphere of being there, together with heating with woodstoves. As of late, we do however use camping gas for coking food. But that detracts some atmosphere.
    For some reason noone has brought a gaslantern. I suppose noone wants that very bright white burning light. (I learned how to strike a match in the dark already as a kid. Also when it's really windy outdoors. You pack two or three matches together, wet them in your mouth, and you get something like a micro-torch, also burning a second or so longer than a single match.)

  • @Hiker_who_Sews
    @Hiker_who_Sews Před 2 lety +181

    Another lantern use: My dad was born in the Mojave Desert in 1916. If someone had to go outside at night, one lamp was sufficient for light, but they would carry two. One near each ankle. Rattle snakes would strike at warm temperatures, so they would strike the lanterns instead of people's legs.

    • @cdgonepotatoes4219
      @cdgonepotatoes4219 Před 2 lety +9

      Also I guess bonus points for not having cold feet

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi Před 2 lety +13

      feels to me like that would work about as well as bug zappers.. you're still attracting them to the general area, and giving the snakes way too much credit vis-a-vis aim. Surely it's easier to just armor your ankles.

    • @keithlarsen7557
      @keithlarsen7557 Před 2 lety +16

      @@KairuHakubi A rattle snake has to hit a running mouse. I think their aim is dead and true.

    • @BroadFieldGaming
      @BroadFieldGaming Před 2 lety +12

      @@KairuHakubi It's not really so much attracting them though, just directing their strike. It's not like the rattlesnake would notice a person and move towards the heat in order to hunt, but more that IF the person stumbled across the snake, as is likely to happen at times, it provided a better place for them to strike than bare, or near-bare, skin.

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi Před 2 lety +1

      @@keithlarsen7557 okay but you will agree that the skills involved in chasing a furry gumball hopping along at a few inches per second are VERY different from the skills involved in striking at what amounts to two moving trees.

  • @reathyork
    @reathyork Před 2 lety +492

    "My fellow lamp aficionados and I, we call ourselves Dietz nuts"
    Genius lol

    • @JackDanielThe7th
      @JackDanielThe7th Před 2 lety

      Yass

    • @insane_troll
      @insane_troll Před 2 lety

      @@nettils5555 It means they are very easily amused by bad puns.

    • @baileyanderson6824
      @baileyanderson6824 Před 2 lety +2

      @@nettils5555 it’s a pun on “deez (these) nuts,” which was a meme/running joke for a while where you would sneak it into conversation.

  • @QUADBOYification
    @QUADBOYification Před rokem +6

    The fact that a thin (fabric) mesh burns into a mesh of as so it can illuminate brighter is genius but it also has a nice side effect. Radiating (infrared) heat. You did not mention that, missed it a bit. Some camp-heaters use basically the same setup with a metal mesh that burns the gas white hot, therefore radiating the infrared heat assisted by a metal reflector. This is so effective that mini handwarmers can be made that run (radiate) heat to its surrounding metal casing in a fabric sock. The wick soaked in fuel (Zipp) evaporates fumes that ignite the very fine metal or ceramic mesh on top of the container. It can not spill fluid because of the wick inside of the container. 8 hours of heat up to 60 degrees can be maintained in every position in your pocket as it only needs a bit of air to continue that proces. This has to my knowledge never been perfected, although these kind of heaters are sold even today by Coleman.

  • @DefaultFlame
    @DefaultFlame Před 4 měsíci +5

    I have two of these lanterns. One is intended more for decoration but is still functional, the other is less decorative, more sturdy in construction, and in general more practical. I have them because I have a liking for archaic lighting, among other archaic things.

  • @whogavehimafork
    @whogavehimafork Před 2 lety +834

    "Dietz nuts"
    "Bofa deez lanterns"
    I knew I subbed for a reason. Subtle usage of dead memes is my shit.

    • @Virsputin
      @Virsputin Před 2 lety +3

      conspiracy for the maximum sentence

    • @lajoswinkler
      @lajoswinkler Před 2 lety +21

      Nothing is dead about it. Just because cringy kids stopped using it after a week of spouting it like maniacs doesn't mean it's dead. As long as it's generally known of, it's not dead.

    • @AlanShortySwanson
      @AlanShortySwanson Před 2 lety +4

      I was laughing too hard to catch the "bofa deez" the first time.

    • @zachaliles
      @zachaliles Před 2 lety +1

      Those are dead memes? I guess I'm a little behind.

    • @Darkchylde50
      @Darkchylde50 Před 2 lety +1

      Memes never die

  • @iraqiimmigrant2908
    @iraqiimmigrant2908 Před 3 měsíci +27

    1. Paraffin is a term in the US used for liquid paraffin (I believe a slightly lighter fraction than candle wax paraffin) which is a type of aliphatic oil lacking in aromatic compounds, thus having less odor. It is often formulated in odorless mineral spirits. It less volatile and has a higher flashpoint than kerosene. Many use it as an odorless alternative to kerosene. This makes it less suitable for larger wicks as the oil won’t evaporate until much of the wick is exposed in the flame, causing the wick to burn off.
    2. Dietz wanted to have the hot air to help evaporate the fuel. Kerosene is not very volatile compared to other fuels, and is not even flammable (it is combustible like wood, but far safer than rubbing alcohol). It is a heavier fuel like diesel, I’ve spilled it on concrete and tried to burn it using a lighter but it wouldn’t ignite. It needs to be wicked and heated in order to better vaporize. By pre-heating the air you can increase the amount of fuel that can be burned thus increasing light for a small burner.
    3. Many use these lamps not just for the light but for heat. They burn cleaner and cheaper than candles. The standard dead flame lamps put out approx 1600 BTU/hr so it can act as a space heater. The Dietz lanterns are popular because they are much safer and can be easily moved around while lit.

    • @iraqiimmigrant2908
      @iraqiimmigrant2908 Před 3 měsíci +2

      I forgot to mention that there’s Kerosene alternatives like Firefly Fuel which is completely odorless, non-toxic, and eco friendly or Kleen Heat which is odorless but performs just as well as kerosene.

    • @bibinraj2000
      @bibinraj2000 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Also his example with the car intake isnt a 1 to 1 since the car intake needs cold air since its basically a heat engine and so benefits in terms of effciency from the greater temperature difference produced from cold air intake. While retaining heat for the lamp is an advantage since useful output is the black body radiation from high temperature so retaining heat is an advantage

    • @TonyFisher-lo8hh
      @TonyFisher-lo8hh Před 2 měsíci +3

      The common name varies by country: In the UK, "paraffin" (earlier "paraffin oil"), in the USA, more usually "kerosene". The official name in South Africa is "Illuminating Paraffin". In analytical chemistry, "paraffin" was the generic name for a series of hydrocarbon compounds - now called (I think) "ketones".

  • @FreedomTalkMedia
    @FreedomTalkMedia Před rokem +20

    You mentioned that Paraffin and kerosene are the same thing. Maybe they are very similar but here is what I found. If the bottle says paraffin on it, it costs about 60% more than if it says kerosene on it. I also found that the odor is about 70% less. My throat feels fine when burning it too. I burn lanterns inside for the mood, all the time. I generally keep the lamp medium to low too. That helps. Also you have to trim the wick. Even if the fire looks like it is burning fine, you can get a cleaner burn with a recently trimmed wick. You don't have to trim all the black off. Just the top 1/8 to 1/4 inch or so.

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther Před rokem

      Hi free have you become a flat earther yet? If not I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

    • @OG_BiggusDickus
      @OG_BiggusDickus Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@flat-earthermust be hard buying all that snake oil.

    • @OG_BiggusDickus
      @OG_BiggusDickus Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@flat-eartherquit selling snake oil.

    • @anondimwit
      @anondimwit Před 3 měsíci +2

      no he said some people call it the same thing

    • @kasugaryuichi9767
      @kasugaryuichi9767 Před 3 měsíci +4

      ​@flat-earther Earth is a god damn cube, get on with the times

  • @samueltaylor4989
    @samueltaylor4989 Před 2 lety +354

    I was wondering how he kept a straight face when delivering the puns about Dietz Nuts, and Bofa Dietz. Turns out he couldn’t!

  • @vanderkarl3927
    @vanderkarl3927 Před 2 lety +361

    "Dietz nuts" "Bofa dese lanterns"
    You're on fire!

  • @FYMFTP
    @FYMFTP Před rokem +10

    Amazing video! I learned a ton.
    We used Dietz lanterns in a wilderness school I went too, they burned all night, every night, and had been in use since the 60's when the camp opened. Of course basic maintenance was done, wics, cleanings, new globes, etc, but those lanterns had hundreds of thousands of hours on them, and function just as well as the brand new one I have. They burned farm grade, dyed, kerosene. On low, the smell was tolerable in a smaller space, but on high they would start to smell. I use paraffin oil in mine now, and I can burn it inside on high no problem, it's also MUCH more clean. At the school, we cleaned the globes every few days, mine can go months or more between cleanings with the superior fuel. It costs more, but I'm also not burning it every night.

  • @GiffordMusic
    @GiffordMusic Před 3 měsíci +10

    Who else restarted the video several times because they thought the screen was blank due to an error

  • @williamfrazier3572
    @williamfrazier3572 Před 2 lety +208

    I am 76 years old, live on an island 140 kilometres off the north coast of British Columbia and frequently rely on lanterns which, up until now, i have done so in total ignorance. Thank you for this illuminating presentation.

    • @m4anow
      @m4anow Před rokem

      Hey old man, get yourself a solar panel and some LED lamps and do your part, air travel is already too expensive. Or can I interest you in killing some of those pesky whales off your island shores and rendering some of that sweet sweet blubber

    • @bw3240
      @bw3240 Před rokem +7

      I see what you did right there

    • @Commando0333
      @Commando0333 Před rokem +1

      Me too

    • @kingshizit3106
      @kingshizit3106 Před rokem +1

      This right here is exactly why I love youtube.

    • @redrock425
      @redrock425 Před rokem +1

      What most impressive is that you can get an internet connection in a relatively remote location.

  • @AmazingJeeves
    @AmazingJeeves Před 2 lety +177

    Gotta love watching Alec in the outtakes as he chokes on "Dietz nuts." 😂

    • @forgiveman
      @forgiveman Před 2 lety +4

      A lot of takes to be able to say it correctly.

    • @kirkula
      @kirkula Před 2 lety +2

      I need to make dummy accounts so I can give this comment more upvotes.

    • @kirkula
      @kirkula Před 2 lety +2

      @@forgiveman I was gonna tell you to watch out for the joke, but you're in the clear. It already passed over your head.

    • @LawF250
      @LawF250 Před 2 lety +1

      I died laughing as soon as he said it🤣🤣🤣

    • @lachychops2
      @lachychops2 Před 2 lety +2

      He was struggling, almost like he had ligma 😥

  • @silvermediastudio
    @silvermediastudio Před 3 měsíci +2

    Reminds me of an old series on BBC called "Connections," hosted by James Burke. He would expertly, and humorously, traverse the intertwined scientific, political, and environmental avenues of history that all came together in peculiar ways to bring us modern commonplace conveniences and systems.

  • @wendybutler1681
    @wendybutler1681 Před rokem +3

    I kept our guinea pig warm with two of the old glass oil lamps when our power was out for days. Very handy to have. They give more light than a candle and give off some warmth.

  • @ThioJoe
    @ThioJoe Před 2 lety +2005

    How am i just now learning i didn’t actually know how a freakin candle worked. Knew about the wax fuel but not the curling part.

    • @TheDragShot
      @TheDragShot Před 2 lety +35

      I didn't expect to find you of all people here, but yeah I'm in exactly the same situation 😅 .

    • @tacticaloof6407
      @tacticaloof6407 Před 2 lety +12

      Too busy on the troll game

    • @mkv2718
      @mkv2718 Před 2 lety +29

      just a common thing that we take for granted... i.e, just so common you never thought about it. 🤷‍♂️

    • @TS_Mind_Swept
      @TS_Mind_Swept Před 2 lety +20

      I didn't know the wax was the fuel, myself..

    • @SlimThrull
      @SlimThrull Před 2 lety +25

      I, too, was surprised to learn that wicks needed to curl in order for candles to work properly. I always assumed that that's how it always worked. It never occurred to me that the wicks needed to be exposed to oxygen rich air to properly burn away (though, this does make perfect sense).

  • @FilFee
    @FilFee Před 2 lety +214

    "And we'll maybe explore it in a future video, but you know me. Probably not."
    *STILL WAITING FOR THE TELETEX EPISODE*

    • @bazanime
      @bazanime Před 2 lety +11

      Just type 888 for more information.

    • @FilFee
      @FilFee Před 2 lety +4

      @@bazanime 888 just turned on the subtitles.

    • @MrJJandJim
      @MrJJandJim Před 2 lety +1

      @@bazanime 888

    • @johnd6487
      @johnd6487 Před 2 lety +1

      I was looking at his t-shirt and wondering when I missed the BBC test card episode

  • @Tori1234100
    @Tori1234100 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Could we eventually just get a supercut of all the bloopers you've got somewhere on your computer hard drives, hearing you laugh and your smile brings genuine joy to my heart

  • @richardrodriguesjettappa9744

    True. I am about 70+ years old now. Born in rural India, I have used pretty much all types of lamps that you have described. From lamps burning vegetable oil in terracotta devices using a wick made of rolled cotton, candles, and lamps using kerosine and also petronax lamps. But they are all inly memories. I remember those days when I was doing my arithmetic home work of addition and subtraction. Imagine with that beginning to a Ph. D in applied maths at the age of 28, well with electric lamp.

  • @ginsengaddict
    @ginsengaddict Před 2 lety +240

    Me: "Oh! A new Tech Connect vid! I'ma watch that and learn some stuff, sweet!"
    Also me: "Deitz Nuts, Lol"

  • @deveus1
    @deveus1 Před 2 lety +270

    "Allow me to fill you in on the Dietz" - that's the one that got me

    • @SetariM
      @SetariM Před 2 lety +8

      Dietz nuts was a GOTEM to everyone watching lol

    • @slehar
      @slehar Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you! I missed that one!

  • @therealkillerb7643
    @therealkillerb7643 Před rokem +7

    I am old enough to remember when every household in my little community had a couple of these. We thought they were called "Hurricane Lamps" because the only time they were used was when the power went out, usually due to hurricanes or other really high winds! Thanks for the correction!

    • @egoalter1276
      @egoalter1276 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I believe they are called some variation of storm lamp in most languages, because thats exactly what they are. Storm proof lamps. And their primary use was naval for the longest time.

  • @BairMendoza
    @BairMendoza Před rokem +7

    I’ve been using candles with flat wooden wicks and they are fantastic. They burn beautifully and they make a really satisfying crackling sound.

  • @lucasrose1028
    @lucasrose1028 Před 2 lety +189

    Speaking as someone who did industrial combustion for many years, pre-heating combustion air is actually something that is done because it increases the efficiency as well and allows for higher temperatures to be achieved. The reason being is that you don't have to heat the incoming air to the temperature you need which actually wastes heat energy. The reason you want a cold air intake into your car engine however is for the higher density that colder air contains which naturally also means more oxygen because your not trying to heat the engine. If your interested in learning more about pre-heating in combustion systems the term your want to look up is "regenerative combustion burner" as they can explain it much better than I can.

    • @AntiCookieMonster
      @AntiCookieMonster Před 2 lety +17

      I would add that engine analogy doesn't seem to really apply. As far as I can remember combustion engines use, at least in part, gas temperature (and thereby pressure) difference to generate torque. Cool running engine is more efficient. A lamp kept cooler isn't as it doesn't cycle.
      I have a sneaking suspicion this was just throw away joke made before a real point. The comment is written, so I might just post it anyway.😅

    • @expertautomotive4451
      @expertautomotive4451 Před 2 lety +5

      As I long-windedly explain in my public comment, cold air intakes only became popular with multi port EFI engines. Prior to that, carbureted engines needed heated intake air in order to atomize fuel well enough to meet emissions standards.

    • @reaganharder1480
      @reaganharder1480 Před 2 lety +1

      @@AntiCookieMonster to the best of my knowledge, the pressure change due to temp only matters in regard to how much oxygen is actually in the cylinder, and thus how much fuel can be combusted. Conveniently, EFI engines pump fuel into the cylinders based on the manifold air pressure (or i'm pretty sure they do), which means that the higher pressure of colder air will also result in higher fuel pumped into the cylinders, and since that denser air does have enough oxygen to combust that extra fuel, you get more power.

    • @TheScottyboyee
      @TheScottyboyee Před rokem

      Lol I just commented theorizing the same thing lol guess I should have scrolled a little further down and seen someone who actually knew confirming my theory

    • @miketyke9451
      @miketyke9451 Před rokem

      There is still confusion here. I started repairing cars and other vehicles in the 1960s and stopped in 2018 as a professional. After gasoline engines are at operating temperature, many stopped heating the air fuel mixture, This was before and after emission controls were added. Heating was done for fuel economy more than emission concerns. atomization may have improved, but if the air fuel ratio was around 14.7 to 1, the compression cycle added plenty of heat and turbulence to atomize for proper combustion. The factories were pressured to have clean exhaust and get good economy at the same time. They would lean mixtures as far as possible, the engines produce low power and often Hydrocarbons increased if everything wasn't perfect. Warmer intake temps caused higher oxides of nitrogen to be produced, which was a controlled emission gas. They added EGR systems that put exhaust into the fuel air mixture, not to heat it, but to add an inert substance that cooled combustion temps to lower the oxides of nitrogen. things got back on track when computers started controlling nearly everything and actually enriched the fuel air ratio so the catalytic converters could get hot enough to clean the exhaust. Best horsepower occurs with cool air and fuel. Of course if you look into Smokey Yunick's expander cycle engine, than all of the above means nothing. Maybe it's a hoax?

  • @insovietrussia
    @insovietrussia Před 2 lety +409

    I'm feeling very phlogisticated now.

    • @bluephreakr
      @bluephreakr Před 2 lety +6

      @I care Ah yes, you again. Mine telling us which publishers of the Quran release books suited for use as a flame wicking substitute? Knowing this would also help me source paper to treat the Bible in equal regard, just so you don't think this is a dig at your faith _solely._

    • @_GhostMiner
      @_GhostMiner Před 2 lety +7

      *Hello there, little boy.*
      *I am the pyroman.*
      *Do you like Phlogistinators?*

    • @mattiviljanen8109
      @mattiviljanen8109 Před 2 lety +2

      In that case you should see a phlogicist.

  • @peabody3000
    @peabody3000 Před 3 měsíci +9

    say "whale oil beef hooked..." congrats, now you speak irish

  • @sundownsigns
    @sundownsigns Před rokem +2

    I'm 76 years old. My first few years growing up in the Missouri Ozarks was in a house lit by kerosene lamps, late 40s and early 50s. A couple sets of grandparents used these for a few more years. I still have a couple of these for when the electric power goes out. Thanks for the interesting presentation.

  • @tracyrreed
    @tracyrreed Před 2 lety +345

    "Dietz nuts" and didn't even crack a smile. Perfectly deadpan. That's quality!

    • @sedfer411
      @sedfer411 Před 2 lety +43

      I bet you didn’t watch the ending

    • @kanedaku
      @kanedaku Před 2 lety +1

      30:09

    • @tracyrreed
      @tracyrreed Před 2 lety +4

      Ok, I watched the WHOLE video except the last couple minutes of outtakes. :)

    • @aleistergein114
      @aleistergein114 Před 2 lety +4

      Norm Abram of New Yankee Workshop once said that when wood is free and you get as many takes as you need, every cut is perfect.

    • @gareatouai
      @gareatouai Před 2 lety

      15:13

  • @jfh400
    @jfh400 Před 2 lety +162

    5:45 is literally the best François-Pierre-Amédée Argand impression I've ever seen.

  • @tyasbank
    @tyasbank Před 5 měsíci +3

    We used these at boyscouts, no matter where we were they always worked as long as the wick is maintained. And those things last long. But they live up to their name, come rain or wind or more these things would keep going at it. Never appreciated the design that much until this video. We also used them safely in the larger tents (cooking tent and such) we had. Incredible reliable piece of technology.

  • @jimtomatola
    @jimtomatola Před rokem +4

    Somewhere I read the cold blast improves light output because, cold air is denser, the act of pulling cold air down the tubes creates a ram effect ( like a siphon for water ) that increases the air available at the base ( or density of the air ), which creates a brighter flame and uses more fuel.

  • @gormauslander
    @gormauslander Před 2 lety +647

    You tell your jokes with such a straight face I nearly miss them every time. Dietz nuts caught me off guard

    • @Marcus538
      @Marcus538 Před 2 lety +7

      Thats how your supposed to tell jokes , so idiots dont get them , then the intelligent people have the pleasure of laughing at idiots

    • @midimusicforever
      @midimusicforever Před 2 lety +9

      It took a lot of outtakes for him to do that tho. :P

    • @razorblade136
      @razorblade136 Před 2 lety

      Whale oil beef hooked!!

    • @sn0skier
      @sn0skier Před 2 lety +11

      I lost it when he later said "bofa" Dietz lanterns.

    • @bennemann
      @bennemann Před 2 lety +2

      Check out the goof takes at the end of the video, it took him many tries to achieve the straight face!

  • @marsdeimos4301
    @marsdeimos4301 Před 2 lety +1034

    Speaking of confusing names for hydrocarbons, in my language (Czech), Kerosene is known as "Petrolej", which sounds similar to Petroleum (i.e. crude oil), and Petrol, which in America is called Gasoline, often shortened to Gas, though it isn't actually gas but liquid, and we call that "Benzín", which is pronounced exactly like Benzene, but that's a different chemical substance, which we call just "Benzen". It's not to be confused with Benzine, which is another name for Petroleum Ether, which isn't really an Ether, because actual Ethers are hydrocarbon derivates, whilst Petroleum Ether is a petroleum fraction with a low boiling point, which is the real reason why it's called Ether - it's on a basis of similar physical property, rather than chemical similarity.
    In German, where Gasoline is called "Benzin", Benzene is known as "Benzol", but in Czech "Benzol" actually means BTX, which is a mixture of Benzene, Toluene and Xylene. Regular Kerosene, like the one used in lamps is called "Petroleum" or "Petrol" in German, but aviation Kerosene, i.e. jet fuel, in German is "Kerosin".
    In Czech, we also call diesel fuel "Nafta", which sounds like Naphtha, but isn't the same thing, Naphtha is actually a name sometimes used for White Gas, which isn't gas but liquid, isn't white but clear, and can mean three different things (see wikipedia), but most common one is a fluid used in camp stoves, lanterns or lighters or as a solvent. Closest thing to Naphtha we have in our language is "Technický benzín" (literally 'technical gasoline'), but don't confuse it with normal gasoline, because if you put it in a gasoline engine, it's not going to like it.
    Naphtha, or White gas, also shouldn't be confused with White Spirit, a.k.a mineral turpentine which, surprise surprise, isn't really white or spirit, and is definitely not a turpentine (a distilled tree resin). We call it "Lakový Benzín" (literally 'varnish gasoline'), except it's not really a gasoline either. It's more like a paint thinner. If you want to know what we call paint thinner in Czech, it's "Ředidlo", which literally means "dilutant". Mind you, there are many different types of "Ředidlo" which I'm not going to list here...
    Interestingly, in Poland (which is right next door from us), Kerosene is called "Nafta", and diesel fuel (remember that is what us Czechs call "Nafta"), is known as "Olej napędowy" (literally "driving oil"), or colloquially "Ropa", which in Czech actually means crude oil, but is sometimes used as a derogatory name for diesel fuel. Crude oil in Polish is "Ropa Naftowa". In case it wasn't confusing enough already...
    Edit: i've had to make some corrections here and there because the nomenclature across languages is such god awful mess, I got lost in it myself. But at least we can make fun of it :D. Thank you for all the likes and replies.

    • @remingtonspeed7481
      @remingtonspeed7481 Před 2 lety +142

      This was beautiful and infuriating to read. Thank you.

    • @andrewgwilliam4831
      @andrewgwilliam4831 Před 2 lety +113

      Great. Now my head hurts in 4 languages!

    • @martinba9629
      @martinba9629 Před 2 lety +55

      Alec should use this in a future script. Very fitting for the channel :-D

    • @liesdamnlies3372
      @liesdamnlies3372 Před 2 lety +18

      God dammit Europe!

    • @ericl2969
      @ericl2969 Před 2 lety +47

      Just more proof that this channel has CZcams's best commenters!

  • @umbrellacorp.
    @umbrellacorp. Před 4 měsíci +2

    Never thought I'd be seeing a video teaching about Old Fashion lamps.
    7:51 I remember using these and older versions when I was a child in the 90's.

  • @alessandrotrucchi8338
    @alessandrotrucchi8338 Před 5 měsíci +2

    28:42 the warm air provides the flame with some yellow bile humor, thus helping the phlogiston to more easily decompose the terra pinguis :⁠-⁠)

  • @echonovember636
    @echonovember636 Před 2 lety +288

    "Boffa Dietz nuts"
    Love how you can make the joke with straight face.

  • @Michelino_M5
    @Michelino_M5 Před 2 lety +149

    "Allow me to fill you in on the Dietz" that's absolutely brilliant, well played.

    • @nickfifteen
      @nickfifteen Před 2 lety +4

      When I heard that, I thought that was the pinnacle of Dietz jokes possible. I was clean, quick, and a worthy sensible chuckle.
      ...then he had to throw "Dietz Nuts" in.

    • @Michelino_M5
      @Michelino_M5 Před 2 lety +2

      @@nickfifteen Yeah and I'm afraid that "Dietz Nuts" got many more giggles from the audience. But we, we appreciate the finer things.
      By the way I laughed hard at the "pinnacle of Dietz jokes" part 'cause when you say it like that it sounds as if it were a sport category or a recognized qualification or something like that lmao

  • @moltenamber85
    @moltenamber85 Před rokem +1

    7:52 my mom has had two of those for as long as I can remember. I always love seeing them lit.

  • @Veronica.John10-10
    @Veronica.John10-10 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I personally appreciated the understated joke about whales, Wales, and Welsh.

  • @dastafford
    @dastafford Před 2 lety +305

    I love how old patents read like drunkenly-written letters to the editors.

  • @alabasterscarf612
    @alabasterscarf612 Před 2 lety +280

    "Well, allow me to fill you in on the Dietz."
    That's it. I'm out.

    • @anchuin
      @anchuin Před 2 lety +11

      Dietz jokes are too much for you?

    • @oliversmith9200
      @oliversmith9200 Před 2 lety +7

      You're calling it quitz on account of Dietz? What? Without Dieztz, the tale's incompletz. Why don't you stay, and retake your seatz?

    • @viscountrainbows6452
      @viscountrainbows6452 Před 2 lety +6

      @@oliversmith9200 Did you pay for these jokes? I need your recietz. Or else all your comments will meet with delietz.

    • @nullvoid3545
      @nullvoid3545 Před 2 lety

      stay! he makes an even better joke in a minute or so.

    • @rdormer
      @rdormer Před 2 lety

      I see what he did there....

  • @BarrettCharlebois
    @BarrettCharlebois Před 17 dny

    You seem like the type of guy I’d hang out with IRL. Just something about your intense deep dives into technology both old and new is right up my alley. I really like your videos, they’re soothing. I listen to them while at work and sometimes while I’m bunking down for the night. I’ve almost caught up with the entire video library so far. Keep up the great work!

  • @merrilymud7304
    @merrilymud7304 Před rokem +1

    Wow! That was the most fun I've had in awhile learning a historical tidbit about something I'd wondered about...lol. Thank you! I live "off grid - and use propane 'lamps', so I can't wait to hear what you'll share about the Aladdin lamp! Thanks again!

  • @espeon200
    @espeon200 Před 2 lety +168

    "My fellow lantern aficionados and I--we call ourselves Dietz nuts." *Head slams on desk repeatedly* The dad jokes are intensifying.

    • @DuffyBlanco
      @DuffyBlanco Před 2 lety +4

      Might need to turn down the wick

    • @frank7328
      @frank7328 Před 2 lety +9

      He then proceeded to say "boffa Dietz" right after.

    • @savdeeff
      @savdeeff Před 2 lety +2

      i had to pause the video until i could stop laughing

  • @danielhipps9786
    @danielhipps9786 Před 2 lety +135

    "Phlogestically smooth jazz" in the subtitles made me lol.

  • @walthampton6700
    @walthampton6700 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I truly can't think of anything i wouldn't enjoy learning from you. Thank you for the content and doing your part to bring us all a little closer together. Heavens knows, we need it more than ever.

  • @dustyschmitz7269
    @dustyschmitz7269 Před rokem +1

    I like this guy! He has a way of making this NOT boring. He is funny and makes me want to stay for awhile, because of his way of teaching boring and making it very interesting with a lil humor to make it all come together. Thanks!

  • @singh_vivek_in
    @singh_vivek_in Před 2 lety +149

    These lamps were the only source light even 15 years back in my village when electric supply wasn't available. The first electric lines arrived 15 years ago but electricity supply was rather erratic so these lanterns (called lal-ten in the local dialect) were fairly common for a long time after that (still are common?). These days, electricity supply is more reliable and there are LED bulbs with built in batteries so these lamps are being used less and less.

    • @singh_vivek_in
      @singh_vivek_in Před 2 lety +21

      @Cosmo Genesis Electricity isn't very reliable in india, though it is getting better. Such bulbs are easily available here from reputed manufacturers. Here is one such example.
      WIPRO 9 W Standard B22 Inverter Bulb
      dl.flipkart.com/dl/wipro-9-w-standard-b22-inverter-bulb/p/itm6b44753ace7d5?pid=BLBFMUX67YMNHWGV&cmpid=product.share.pp

    • @aliceeliot6389
      @aliceeliot6389 Před 2 lety

      And you got internet.

    • @deepaknanda1113
      @deepaknanda1113 Před 2 lety +8

      @@aliceeliot6389 yes...from laltern in my childhoold to gigabit fibre optic now...

    • @singh_vivek_in
      @singh_vivek_in Před 2 lety +5

      @@aliceeliot6389 I don't live in the said village. Neither did I live there as a child. My father served in the Indian military and I lived across India in various military campuses. My grandparents lived in the village though and every year, we used to spend about a month in the village during the school summer breaks. I have very fond memories of my time in the village, specially since my parents didn't dare discipline me and my sisters in front of our grandparents.
      And yes, there is cellular internet in the village now. It's 4G LTE with decent speed but nothing extraordinary. There used to be landline telephone in the village. I don't know if broadband was/is available.

    • @Giganfan2k1
      @Giganfan2k1 Před 2 lety +2

      Man I have wanted to go to India my entire life to see what is happening.
      One of the most influential talks I had with my great grand mother. She saw wagon trains going west on the plains. She did with seeing the internet becoming a thing. The change the entire world is going through. It is mind boggling.
      The area where I am at in the US we get power outages. So i keep back ups of everything. Going to other places in the world. As a US citizen get irrationally angry at people around me.

  • @robertotrevino9125
    @robertotrevino9125 Před rokem +1913

    "We call ourselves Dietz Nuts"
    This joke, my dear man of culture, deserves a Like and a Sub

    • @popsfereal3192
      @popsfereal3192 Před rokem +10

      Two.

    • @cooperlittlehales6268
      @cooperlittlehales6268 Před rokem +93

      And then bofa right after. Truly a script writing genius

    • @benzell4
      @benzell4 Před rokem +29

      I thought, ‘lemme give you the Dietz’ was the best.

    • @Upolaf
      @Upolaf Před rokem +5

      It give me no choice but to subcribe...

    • @kelben
      @kelben Před rokem +4

      OMG I burst laughing...

  • @Hullj
    @Hullj Před 3 měsíci +1

    Happy to have stumbled upon your channel. Thank you. I look forward to seeing a lot more of your work and luckily I can go back in time.

  • @larryrowe5259
    @larryrowe5259 Před rokem +1

    Recently found an old NIER oil hurricane lantern at a re-sale shop. Although it was rusty, it appeared to be intact, except for the glass globe. I am currently restoring it and enjoy the process. Fortunately, Dietz makes a replacement glass globe for this 280 model lantern. Subscribing today. Thanks for your content.

  • @yogalandawellnessyolandati7654

    It’s after midnight, I’m totally sober, I do not own any lanterns and have honestly never thought of lanterns in any way, yet I sat enthralled watching this entire video. Well done, sir.

    • @admcstabby
      @admcstabby Před rokem +6

      SAME! I *almost* want to go out and buy a couple lol.

    • @patrickmccleary1144
      @patrickmccleary1144 Před rokem +7

      I own tons of lanterns and more than a couple of kerosene heaters. I live in a very rural part of Kentucky up on a mountaintop and it's amazing that I even have electricity let alone Internet. The people in my area rely on a co-op for our electricity so it's pretty much a monopoly and electricity is high. Even with energy-efficient heat pumps are electric bills can easily run $250 $300 a month, and that's when the electricity is on! It's not uncommon for us to go without electricity for at least 24 hours and there's been several occasions that it has lasted a week and on a couple of occasions a month. So We rely on kerosene heaters and wood-burning stoves for heat. And kerosene lanterns/hurricane lamps/Aladdin lamps as a backup for lighting and also helps with a little bit of heat. I have probably 10 or 12 kerosene lanterns and just recently installed a kerosene wall lantern next to a reproduction wired wall phone "we also don't get self-service in this area" I recommend everyone should own a couple of kerosene heaters and at least 3 or 4 kerosene lanterns. I have a backup generator countless flashlights and flashlights and generators can fail, and batteries can go bad. But my kerosene fueled equipment is rotated regularly and I've had kerosene and several of my lanterns that is over 10 years old and although it does expire the 10-year-old kerosene lanterns I have hanging to function although not as efficiently when the kerosene was fresh. But in an emergency it would work. I've tried all other types of lighting and heating equipment like propane and gas stoves and they all have their purposes. But for the most part you can't be kerosene for dependable heating and lighting. PS but it doesn't hurt to pick up some LED Christmas lighting after the holidays, that comes in handily as temporary lighting while you're looking for your lighters and matches :-) in conjunction with emergency exit backup lighting that comes on automatically when the electricity goes out it lights my entire home even if I'm not home at the time for 2 and half hours.

    • @budjiman1
      @budjiman1 Před rokem +3

      Same. The algorithm is helping us prepare for the apocalypse, apparently. Lol

    • @howardrickert2558
      @howardrickert2558 Před rokem +1

      I’ve had a few...what’s all this about lanterns?

    • @PeatyR
      @PeatyR Před rokem +1

      Agreed 100%

  • @Smesp
    @Smesp Před 2 lety +220

    I'm still wondering if the pun about the wales beeing "de-lighted" was intended.

    • @natebell4764
      @natebell4764 Před 2 lety +6

      oceans over was definitely a play, do you think he was going for a double in a single breath.

  • @tya04
    @tya04 Před měsícem

    That green lamp brings back many memories of Colman lanterns being used on family and Boy Scout camp trips.

  • @thinkpadBentnoseTheBlind
    @thinkpadBentnoseTheBlind Před 9 měsíci +1

    I still have an old glass oil lamp and a smaller tiny one,and a kerosene heater . Rarely used but always handy. and i have two of the latter ones. Both hanging as ornaments.

  • @jefflindeman
    @jefflindeman Před 2 lety +100

    I’ll admit that my first thought upon seeing this in my recommends was: Yeah, I’m curious, but not really 30 minutes curious... and then I was sucked in for 30 minutes. 🤣 And so it goes.

    • @ErebuBat
      @ErebuBat Před 2 lety +19

      As such with Technology Connections…
      And then you will watch a video on dishwashers and it will change your life.

    • @RoeRogers
      @RoeRogers Před 2 lety +12

      Just wait until you get to the 5 part CED trilogy.

    • @knewledge8626
      @knewledge8626 Před 2 lety +3

      I never noticed the video was over 30 minutes until you mentioned it 😁

    • @Koisheep
      @Koisheep Před 2 lety +1

      i saw the video late in the night and i couldn't make it through the end, but i made a point of finishing this video first thing in the morning!

  • @jamesslick4790
    @jamesslick4790 Před 2 lety +131

    Technically, a Zippo lighter is an "oil lamp" that you can carry in your pocket.

    • @orlock20
      @orlock20 Před 2 lety +4

      Ah technology, miniaturizing even the gas lamp.

    • @nthgth
      @nthgth Před 2 lety +1

      I spent like the first 30 years of my life thinking they worked like Bic lighters 😆 No, they're much, much cooler.

    • @jamesslick4790
      @jamesslick4790 Před 2 lety +2

      @@nthgth Bic lighters also are pretty cool. A cylinder of compressed flammable gas and a valve controlled burner and ignition system (same ignition system as a Zippo) that can be bought for less than $3 and lasts months is a cool bit of engineering!

    • @nthgth
      @nthgth Před 2 lety +1

      @@jamesslick4790 Know what, you're right! I was being judgmental there. They're also pretty cool when you look at how they work. The Bic way is sort of like a miniaturized barbecue, and that's awesome

    • @jamesslick4790
      @jamesslick4790 Před 2 lety +1

      @@nthgth Yep, LOL. I've been smoking for 41 years (If you don't smoke, don't start, Lighters CAN be used for other uses!.Like Fireworks! LOL.) I am a Zippo collector, (as well as a Pennsylvanian!) But I gotta say "BIC" is really an underrated outfit. How the heck can they make all those pens, lighters and razors SO GOOD, and yet SO cheap ?!? I use Nothing but Bic razors BTW, (Screw Gillette!) But yeah a Bic lighter is a "gas grill" in the same way as a Zippo is an oil lamp! Good analogy! 👍😊👍

  • @DisillusionedAcronym
    @DisillusionedAcronym Před rokem +1

    both the subtle "bofa deez" and baja blast (especially the pause) were gold. i have seen your videos before but those alone - besides the excellent videos themselves - necessitated a sub.

  • @okidokinawa1753
    @okidokinawa1753 Před 3 měsíci

    I really love the ending, during the bloopers role, when he gets to the point of whimpering with frustration. I just feel really relieved that I’m not the only one who does that. 😂

  • @Bleats_Sinodai
    @Bleats_Sinodai Před 2 lety +362

    "Dietz Nuts."
    - Alec "Technology Connections" Watson, 2021

    • @nekoill
      @nekoill Před 2 lety +8

      Bofa deez, if you will

    • @xmlthegreat
      @xmlthegreat Před 2 lety

      Elementary, my dear Watson

    • @Beeks81
      @Beeks81 Před 2 lety +10

      Oh shit, i didnt know he had a last name. This is like finding out Tom Servo has a middle name.

    • @scaper8
      @scaper8 Před 2 lety +6

      @@Beeks81 That's what I was thinking! Like, "Watson?!" It's fitting, "Alec Watson" absolutely sounds like an adventurer, scientist, explorer, or the like from Victorian London.

    • @nfcknblvbl
      @nfcknblvbl Před 2 lety

      Ligma Bofa Dietz Nuts.

  • @shayan-gg
    @shayan-gg Před 2 lety +80

    when i was a kid (10 years ago), we used these in our home (in india) for lightning as electricity was only available for 4 to 8 hours a day. I was facinated by these and now i know how they work. thank you.

    • @nishchaypallav
      @nishchaypallav Před 2 lety +1

      लालटेन।

    • @shayan-gg
      @shayan-gg Před 2 lety +4

      @@nishchaypallav Beta zara kirana ki dukan se lalten ka tel le aana

    • @rolsonvas7122
      @rolsonvas7122 Před 2 lety

      Nostalgic

    • @akihokokurosaki
      @akihokokurosaki Před rokem

      @@shayan-gg hame free me milta tha ration me har month kerosine , from village in jharkhand 😄

  • @philipchua4120
    @philipchua4120 Před rokem +1

    Thank you. Never taught this in high school in the Philippines. I’m 65, still learning. 😊😊😊

  • @patriciaramirez9295
    @patriciaramirez9295 Před rokem +1

    Love the content!! But the bloopers at the end is worth the wait. Thank you.
    We have quite the collection of all the lanterns mentioned.