# Oil lamps not recognizing lamp oil
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/oil-lamps-not-recognizing-lamp-oil/5970
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [April 28, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/oil-lamps-not-recognizing-lamp-oil/5970 "2014-04-28T00:36:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/oil-lamps-not-recognizing-lamp-oil/5970/1 "2014-04-28T00:36:53Z")
(edit) Playing 0.A and oil lamps don’t recognize lamp oil in the inventory so they can’t be refilled.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2014, 5:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/oil-lamps-not-recognizing-lamp-oil/5970/2 "2014-04-28T05:41:03Z")
So wait, they hold 800 units of gasoline or what?
Because gasoline and such have different amounts than water and such.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2014, 7:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/oil-lamps-not-recognizing-lamp-oil/5970/3 "2014-04-28T07:23:59Z")
[quote=“gtaguy, post:2, topic:5970”]So wait, they hold 800 units of gasoline or what?
Because gasoline and such have different amounts than water and such.[/quote]
After experimenting, I see I’ve made a mistake. I misread their value (of $400) as the capacity. The capacity is correctly 800. The problem is that they don’t recognize lamp oil. Trying to ®eload them with lamp oil in the inventory gets you a “Out of lamp oil!” message.
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### Author:  [@BevapDin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BevapDin)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/oil-lamps-not-recognizing-lamp-oil/5970/4 "2014-04-28T13:18:32Z")
This is fixed in the experimental builds.
Also reported here: [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=121194.msg5090405#msg5090405](http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=121194.msg5090405#msg5090405)
And fixed there: [https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/6668](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/6668)
And the experimental builds can be downloaded everywhere: [http://www.wiki.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?title=Download#Experimental\_Builds](http://www.wiki.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?title=Download#Experimental_Builds)
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### Author:  [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/oil-lamps-not-recognizing-lamp-oil/5970/5 "2014-04-28T22:33:53Z")
Well you could just (U)nload them directly into the lamp.