Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:31 pm
Not sure the type of candle your looking at,however.All open flame candle's,lamp's,lantern's...Need good clean fuel,wheather it's wax,kerosene,lamp oil,olive oil etc,& the right amount of Fresh air.depending on the type of fuel,wick,container the flame sits in...As an example: Whatever im burning,i'll stay w.the manufacture's recomendations..Useing kerosene only in a kerosene lamp..W/the same type of wick that came w/the produck..The recomended olive oil in a olive oil lamp..Ultra pure lamp oil in a wax based oil lamp..Different wicks soak up different fuels at different speeds..They also need more or less air depending on the size of the wick,material,container,Temp they burn at...All candles/lamps are a little different..By a good product,From a reliable company,(not a wallmart) that sells All the needed parts,fuels ,wicks to keep your choice of light working for years..Even my favorite little olive oil lamps from lehman's..will not bun properly if not used under the right conditions..If your outside..then a little soot don't matter..In a tear,use good lamps,the right way...they'll be just fine..1 of the easyer things you can do..is keep the fuel leval 1/2 full no lower...Lower fuel means longer time for the wick to get the fuel to the flame...If im in a survival mode..There might be more important things that need to be done..So just try to be prepared..A reliable light not taken care of...Well to me would be like takeing dead batteries w/ my new flashlight... All things are just my opinion..Rock on..