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Pardon my ignorance, but can one run a Coleman propane lantern straight off a 5-gallon tank with just say a 12 ft hose equipped with the proper fittings? Or, do I need an inline pressure regulator?

For over 50+ yrs, I've used free standing Coleman lanterns charged with Coleman gas, but some visitors are exhibiting obvious coughing issues with extended sit downs in our wall tent. We run a well vented wood stove too, but a couple folks insist they are reacting to the gas burn. I mostly ask because I do not want to dink with dozens of those little green bottles during Cookie's 20 or 30+ day fall/winter outings. I see hoses for sale, but no mention of regulators.

Appreciate the help, and please don't turn this into a Covid shot deal.

I've done it in several camps using an inline regulator. Perhaps someone here is more knowledgeable than I, but I've had no problems doing it with a regulator.


L.W.

Look up three port propane post .I put my latern on the top and use a colman hose for my 2 burner cooking stove

We had some folks saying our propane powered forklift was giving them headaches. We then got an electric forklift on trial without telling anyone about it and the same dang people were still complaining that the forklift was giving them headaches.

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Bry:

Is there a regulator in that tree hookup? If not, then it's likely safe to do a direct hookup. My desires though are to run hose from an inside eve up to ridge pole center. Optimal lighting location for cooking and general socializing. I don't want a tank sitting square in the middle of our floor space so no tree.

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I don't know why it won't copy right but do a copy & paste of the above address and it'll give you the hose you want.

used that many times with a later and a hose coming off for a stove

No regulator required.

Never needed a regulator off a 40 lb tank

Run them coughing sumbitches off.

They run at tank pressure and have multiple ports. Should work fine, you’ll just want to be sure everything is secured well. Search “propane tree” and you’ll get multiple brands of the same basic idea.

Propane or Coleman fuel won't make much of a difference INSIDE a tent. A bunch of people inside a tent even without a lantern still produces a lot of CO. Why not just put a CO monitor inside the tent...

Phil

Battery lanterns beat hell out of propane

Thanks troops. Given the hoses for sale with the proper fittings and no mention of regulators, it seems direct hookups are possible. Also, there's no regulation with the green bottles. If one sees a mushroom cloud over SE Oregon this fall, and I seem to have vaporized, and a 12 x 14 wall tent falls from the sky, one will know what happened. There will be a dandy yard or estate sale at our home, as the kid has little interest in most of our doings.

Appreciated,

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I agree with Hanco. And much more efficient at producing light not heat.

With the latest lithium battery technology and led lights, you’ll save a ton of money over the long run vs propane.

I hope to NEVER go back to Coleman lanterns.

Stammster: Given occasional sub-zero temps and at least frost every morning, heat is a good thing. Our location below is at about 4,200 ft elevation.

We do have a 200-amp hr lithium battery (about $1000) setup and solar panels on our accompanying camp trailer, but the battery is mounted on the exterior. Wonderful outfit, but its downside is the battery won't take a charge once our sustained temps fall below 32°. It's common for such conditions to persist for a week or more, and in that interval, the trailer furnace can eventually run the battery down. Beings we're bush whacking with no hookups, there's ice in the dog's bowl most mornings. The wall tent is a very popular place for 6 to 7 visitors most evenings given its wood stove. Typically, we're in the tent for 5 to 6 hrs each evening in late Oct through the 3rd week of Nov. Pretty much just sleep in the trailer, since it has to be winterized.

We've had several instances where folks pull in with a trailer in the late afternoon, and they're gone when we rise around 05:30 in the morning due to their frozen water lines and fully discharged batteries.

Here's our setup for that venture:


Toss out some apples and the does come in. Since the rut is on, a buck will show up eventually.

A little small quiet generator is the ticket.

Yes

Completely doable, plenty of options and fittings. Of course a world is at your finger tips via the search tab on this same internet connection youre using.

Now, as for the pardon of ignorance…yes, it happens but wouldnt it be fun if we still had the 112 lb drunk guy from Az cuss you out for not knowing and then start 3 fights with others on the thread for completely unrelated topics.