Emergency Lamp: Salt and Cooking Oil
by nobert soloria bermosa on Oct 12, 2008 with 13 Comments
How to create an emergency salt and cooking oil lamp.
Expect the unexpected so they say, and when the unexpected happens you must always be ready. Just recently, we experienced power failures in our area due to successive typhoons that hit the country. It so happened that we don’t have available candles anymore at home, no lamp and no flashlight as well. I thought the power supply will resume within a few minutes but I was wrong. My daughter started to feel uneasy and a bit scary because it’s very dark. Fifteen minutes passed away but still no power supply, it was then I decided to make emergency measure. I remember what an old friend had taught me way back in college.
With the aid of my cell phone, I went to the kitchen and started looking for the necessary materials I need to create an emergency lamp.
Materials:
- Drinking glass
- Salt
- Cooking oil
- Match stick or toothpick
- Cotton ball or a piece of cloth (cotton)
- Lighter
Method:
- Fill the glass with salt (¾)
- Add cooking oil (used oil will do)
- Wrap the piece of cloth or the cotton ball on the toothpick/match stick
- Put it on the glass with salt and cooking oil
- Kindle your newly made oil lamp
It’s so simple and so easy. It’s done; we now have an emergency lamp. The only problem that’s left is the availability of electric fan because it’s hot. Well, because there’s no electric power, as usual – in case of emergency, utilize human power – use a fan.
N.B. Just add oil in case the content has been exhausted.
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Verniel Cutar | Oct 12, 2008 | Reply
aweomse tips, dude!
Karen N | Oct 12, 2008 | Reply
Very helpful instructions!
goodselfme | Oct 12, 2008 | Reply
INTERESTING! thank you.
Lauren Axelrod | Oct 12, 2008 | Reply
Great idea Norbert. I never knew
PR Mace | Oct 12, 2008 | Reply
What a great dad you are. I would have never thought about making my own lamp. Living in Florida with our hurricanes we keep emergency supplies on hand from June until the end of Nov. With Hurricane Ivan we were without power for 14 days and the next year with Hurricane Dennis it was 10 days. You are right it can really get HOT! Best to you and your family.
Ruby Hawk | Oct 13, 2008 | Reply
What a great way to have a light when your power is out. We have been without power for a week during a snow storm. (rare in Georgia) that was about 15 years ago.
Unofre Pili | Oct 14, 2008 | Reply
This is nice.
Juancav | Oct 14, 2008 | Reply
Very useful tool to illuminate.
Bunny got Blog | Oct 18, 2008 | Reply
awesome
caramel | Oct 26, 2008 | Reply
i wish you put some pictures to uderstand more
nobert soloria bermosa | Oct 26, 2008 | Reply
hi caramel,i did but the editor did not include them. i don’t know why.thanks
David White | Nov 14, 2008 | Reply
What does the salt do?
Angel Ballerina | Mar 11, 2009 | Reply
How nice idea! I like it, direct to the point and easy to interpret… Keep up the good work…