!!! Can use INDOORS !!!

Safety Instructions

!!!! You'll find no complaints from environmentalists, here!!!!!!

New lantern system (U.S. Patent #6,688,877 Draper, et al. February 10,2004) could save local, Federal, & State emergency units billions of dollars in excess spending.

UPDATE:    Testing completed!!!   BriteLyt Methanol Lantern capable of ETHANOL use. Clean, efficient burning of Ethanol fuel (E85) and pure Ethanol.
Will also operate using DENATURED ALCOHOL

BriteLyt can manufacture Methanol, Ethanol or Multi-Fuel systems to your companies needs, just email us .
BriteLyt at the 2004 Methanol Institute forum

BriteLyt, Inc. has researched, tested, designed, & developed this lantern, as larger companies were unable to provide a working model, using Methanol/Ethanol/Alcohol. 

TESTING: See Photos below.

"I met day before yesterday with the developer of the BriteLyt ethanol(all alcohol)lantern.. 

This is a lantern that has been developed specifically for and as a result of this project by adapting the well-known  BriteLyt lantern to burn alcohols rather than hydrocarbon fuels.

 It was always assumed that a pressure lantern would not work with alcohol, and would not provide satisfactory light. As a result of our work, particularly that of the lantern expert, Eddie Draper, we made some surprising discoveries. This lantern has a number of distinct advantages over the kerosene lantern.      

Some of them are: 

1. The lantern burns very cleanly; it does not soot up.  As a result, it is much easier to maintain.  It needs virtually no maintenance. 

2. The lantern is "self-pressurizing," meaning that it creates its own pressure (about 1/2 atmosphere) by heating the fuel and causing it to expand and volatilize into a gas.  It reaches the mantle as a gas, not as anatomized liquid (as in a kerosene lamp).  When you see the lantern, you will note that it has been designed to heat the alcohol in the fuel line that feeds the alcohol to the mantle.

 Normally you have to keep a kerosene lamp well pumped up, to about 3 atmospheres (36 lbs/sq inch) because you are forcing kerosene as a liquid through the fuel line and into the nozzle, which atomizes the liquid and sprays it onto the mantle where it burns. 

The ethanol/methanol lantern functions perfectly at 1 atmosphere of pressure and indeed at less.  It takes little or no pumping after the initial ignition phase, virtually running itself.  Again (and as in the stove), the alcohol is burning as a gas not as a liquid.

 3. Because of the above, the alcohol lantern burns without the constant attention of the operator.  Thus it is very convenient.

 4. The nozzle that feeds the gas to the mantle is not small, but is larger. This, and the fact that alcohol will not soot, prevents the lantern's fuel-feeding system from getting clogged.  Unlike a kerosene lantern, the alcohol lantern does not have to be taken apart and cleaned. 

5. The alcohol gives a brighter light than kerosene and, surprisingly, the methanol a brighter light yet than the ethanol.

 6. The ignition of the alcohol lantern is quicker and easier than that of the kerosene lantern.

 7. Alcohol reflects less heat than kerosene, thus the lantern does not throw off as much heat and much less heat radiates sideways.  The mantle stays more robust in the alcohol lantern than the kerosene lantern, thus breaking less and requiring less frequent replacement.  If the mantle breaks during operation, it will not spray alcohol out like kerosene to the glass and cause the glass to break.  The alcohol lantern will continue to operate with a broken mantle, and without the danger of breaking the glass.

 8. The alcohol lantern is more energy efficient.

 9. The alcohol lantern is safer, presenting less of a fire risk.  With a higher latent heat of evaporation, the alcohol stays cool in the fuel canister as it evaporates, thus cooling the alcohol and keeping it cool. 

10. There are no odors or toxic emissions with the alcohol lantern. As a result of our work, we have discovered that alcohol is a far superior fuel for lighting than kerosene.  The advantages are quite striking and are "across the board.".  I think you will be surprised and pleased with them.

 By the way, Mr. Draper has also developed a "multi-fuel" lantern that will operate on anything from alcohol fuels to kerosene fuel to gasoline or diesel. 

But since we will have ethanol, it makes more sense to use it, and to enjoy its many advantages. The lantern throws off a tremendous amount of light and would provide the opportunity to not have to run a generator at night just for lighting. 

All of one's lighting in an office or compound could be provided for by one or more lanterns, which would consume only a small amount of fuel compared to the diesel required to run the generator."

The methanol lantern should produce almost no Carbon Monoxide (CO).  The CO is a product of incomplete combustion when not enough air is getting to the flame. In the case of the methanol lantern, as long as the fuel-to-air mixture is right, the fuel should all burn to water and CO2, with only very small amounts of CO.

The lantern will not produce formaldehyde.  Some small amount of aldehydes may be produced, but these will be less than 10 parts per million (ppm),probably more like 1 ppm.

While formaldehyde can be produced from methanol, the combustion occurring in the lantern will not create the necessary conditions to produce formaldehyde. The combustion achieved by the lantern is clean.

Testing performed by:   Harry Stokes, The Stokes Consulting Group (May 19, 2006)

**Notes from Harry Stokes, Consultant

Change Makers

Visit Project Gaia and Donate a stove tell them BriteLyt set you!

Workshop of BriteLyt lantern and stove Project Gaia Research Studies

Methanol has proven safe for the environment, and does not emit deadly carbon-monoxide fumes. Has been proven to be used safely indoors, and tested by NSIE

(National Safety Information & Exchange).

Testing results submitted to Consumer Protection Agency.

*Remember to always use a smoke detector and carbon monoxide detectors in the home. It is prudent to protect yourself from any potential haszards of using ANY fuel burning appliance in your home.***

Methanol is proven to be safe to the environment, is used in purification of sewer waste plants as well as clean-water facilities, and CAN BE STORED INDEFINITELY.

Methanol will not freeze, unless subjected to (-200 BELOW O) degree weather.

The Methanol lantern can also use Ethanol as a fuel.

We also have Stoves that will use Methanol, & Ethanol fuels.

Video demonstration Methanol Ethanol Lantern

Video demonstration Methanol Ethanol Stove

Lantern test with Methanol 2003

Properties of Basic Fuels page Tec. Info and more

Third world countries are requesting assistance, in obtaining these lanterns, as methanol or Ethanol would assist in preserving their natural resources, and prevent annihilation of their forests and coal reserves, and saving life's from there carbon-monoxide producing products.

Methanol/Ethanol Testing of BriteLyt lantern in Africa photo's below

See More Photos From Africa

See Methanol Stove from Africa

The below photo: Are two young chemical engineers Firehiwot Mengesha and Wubshet Tadele.  They are graduates of the Science and Technology Faculty of Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Remember..... the name "BriteLyt" is synonymous to historic innovators of fine lighting, heating, & cooking products.

BriteLyt - FAQS (pantent's 6,439,223 - 6,688,877- 6,863,526 and 6,887,071 )

and more to come! See Here

 BriteLyt, Inc. is the only company to also offer a "multi-fueled" lantern (U.S. Patent 6,439,223 Draper, et al. August 27,2002), (tested by National Safety Information & Exchange - NSIE, and with filed reports by the Consumer Protection Agency), which can be operated safely & efficiently.

This lantern operates using kerosene, diesel, mineral spirits, Ultra-pure, Jp8,Jp5,Bio-Diesel (see www.biodiesel.com), as well as other flammable liquid fuels.

 DVD and Videos, technical support, repairs, parts, etc. are offered for consumer's convenience.

Most assembly will be performed in the U.S., for quality purposes.

The BriteLyt lanterns designed/developed by BriteLyt, Inc., are being used by individuals, Military, Police/Fire/Rescue units all over the world. The military significance of a lantern is, that it is designed & safety-tested to operate using all types of liquid fuels.

SOLID BRASS CONSTRUCTION w/ VARIETY OF PLATINGS (See Store for Details).

Also developed were our patented "EZ-Cook" adaptor (fits directly on top of the lantern), and the "BriteLyt Multi-Fuel Stove", for the individual soldier and whole companies to use on the field. These three items give optimum performance, for the benefit of heat, light, and a way to prepare food with the use of any of any liquid fuel available.

BriteLyt lanterns are A MUST for natural disaster preparedness (I.e. hurricane, earthquakes, ice storms, and Other natural disasters, or just for Homeland Security purposes).

BriteLyt lanterns have been used in search & rescue efforts, such as “911”, and military maneuvers.

BriteLyt has designed parts (patented) with the ability of interchange w/lanterns, going back to the 1920's.

All of the lanterns, stoves and heater Adaptors used today, by the general public world wide, are known to be reliable and easy to repair.   

                     
This lantern has a problem free life of decades, if a little tender loving care is bestowed upon it.

The BriteLyt Multi-Fuel lantern has no engravings/embossing on the tank to prevent unnecessary replacement. All parts are interchangeable with all generations of Petromax lanterns.( * Our Patent design parts *)

BriteLyt Multi-fuel lanterns were used in such movies as "The Legend of Bagger Vance" and "The In Crowd".  (Disneyworld) See our legendary lanterns at such exhibits as "Expedition EVEREST" at Disney World theme parks ("Expedition EVEREST").
See BriteLyt lamps in the Indiana Jones movie Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Some lanterns are on display in museums across the country!!!

See large photo of Methanol Lantern

Thank you and God Bless!!

Diana Draper, President/CEO BriteLyt, Inc.

The Britelyt Methanol,Ethanol and alcohol lantern did perform well at

ETHOS 2007 Conference.  

Britelyt - at ETHOS had a CO/CO2 ratio (COr) of 0.05% indicating an
extremely clean burn. The results were extremely low emissions as expected
from hot burning of alcohol.