Solar powered Coleman gas lamp.
Backup for when you run out of gas.

 

Solar powered Coleman gas lamp.
Backup for when you run out of gas.

A solar powered lamp, what a great invention But Mr. Chippy is correct that the ting that is not a lamp. May be some sort of solar panel.

 

That Coleman lantern is run by the propane cylinder. You can see the mantles.
Why they have a solar panel above it....maybe some kind of prank.


Unless, they have some LEDs mounted inside next to the mantles.

 

Probably camping gear that somebody neglected to take home with them.

 

You can see a wire with a connector hanging from the bottom of the solar panel, so it's not connected to anything.

 

That Coleman lantern is run by the propane cylinder. You can see the mantles.
Why they have a solar panel above it....maybe some kind of prank.


Unless, they have some LEDs mounted inside next to the mantles.

Those lamp tend to be very hot. So hot that no LED will survive

 

Those lamp tend to be very hot. So hot that no LED will survive

I know about that heat very well.

I was thinking they may have used a solar panel to power LEDs inside the lantern....when it was not being fired by propane.

I still have several of the older Colemans powered by white gas. I only have two that use propane.

Probably the best fishing/survival lanterns ever created.

 

http://batteryduty.blogspot.com/2009/09/coleman-cl-300-solar-panel-battery.html

 

Use the Coleman Maintainer 300 Milliamps Solar Panel to power up your gadgets and lanterns during the day, even when you’re in the wilderness. Ideal for car batteries in cars, recreational vehicles, SUVs and trucks, the Maintainer 300 Milliamps comes equipped with a Plug’n’Play for quick connections, as well as a 10 foot power cable, cigarette lighter adapter and battery clamps. This Coleman portable solar panel can also be used to charge small electronic devices

http://pinterest.com/Bikerbitc42012/survival-camping/

You guys really have to learn how to use google's search by image.

 

Oh wait!

This is to power your cell phone/iphone/ipod/ipad at night!

 

Oh wait!

This is to power your cell phone/iphone/ipod/ipad at night!

That could work if you also had LED lamp to light up the solar panel. Powered from the solar panel of course

 

That could work if you also had LED lamp to light up the solar panel. Powered from the solar panel of course

That's what the lantern is for.

 

Maybe the lamp is actually a hydrogen powered one instead of propane. And the solar panel is powering a HHO generator to keep it burning?

 

Finally... photovoltaic-dihydrogen monoxide generation is really catching on...

 

Finally... photovoltaic-dihydrogen monoxide generation is really catching on...

I thought it as called hydrogen hydroxide...

 

I thought it was just rusty metallic hydrogen. Messy stuff!