[Stoves] Gas lamp efficiency

[AJH]

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:10:33 -0400, Crispin at newdawn.sz wrote:

>Dear Friends
>
>>Hurricane (kerosene)0.35 lm/W
>>Petromax (kerosene) 1.27 lm/W
>
>Please remember that 'illuminating paraffin' is a lot brighter in a 
>hurricane lamp because it has an additive that makes the flame emit more 
>visible light. Some countries do not sell illuminating paraffin, but 'power 
>paraffin' which has a low lm/W.

I thought the lamps we were considering were mantle, rather than wick,
lamps, so the luminance of the flame is not a factor, or is it?

AJH