Use a paint can fill with a roll of toilet paper take out the cardboard roll the toilet paper acts as a wick this will give u 6 hours burn time in a 1qt can use 70% isopropyl alcohol , when u see the tp start to darken ur fuel is low so put out the fire an add more fuel then re light an u have another 6 hours this works great !
Wow that's brilliant. How great 👍 thanks for sharing. I been considering growing grain ircorn to make alcohol with to use for fuel and either stuff, trade, fun, lol, antiseptic etc. Any suggestions on a low cost still or distiller set up or what pieces ? Thanks man.
I just want to say Thank You! I'm 68 can't afford heat in my home and although i live in texas it does get very cold. Right now its 27 and thanks to You, I am warm!! Thank You!!
Glad to help. by the way i'm getting ready to post a major update to this type of heating. i just made another unit that works even better without using anymore fuel than this one does. i'll be posting it in a few days.
I've been researching diy/shtf heaters..this one so far is the easiest, and optimal output, heater I've found so far...incredibly beneficial information...thnx.
I slapped my head in shame! I was thinking how "I" could benefit from this while you were thinking how "OTHERS" can benefit from it that have a greater need to boot!!! (You can't take me anywhere)!!!
@@1shaneeka I used to make same idea with roll of toilet paper and metal tobacco can. Put roll of tp into tobacco can and pour methyl hydrate onto tp until toilet paper doesn't soak anymore in. Light to and nice flickering blue flame for warming hands. As flame gets lower just add methyl hydrate til tp is soaked. Warning: Don't try using toilet paper after adding methyl hydrate. You'll set worlds record for running.
I recently tried the same concept but in a smaller version with tuna cans. I cut the toilet paper roll into 3 parts. I tried to burn alcohol, hand sanitizer gel, and olive oil. I want to get some ethanol to try soon too. And I made a rocket stove and a couple tiny burners to fit inside. It needs some tweaking but it works.
I always like watching your videos. I made your AC unit and modified it a bit and enjoyed the cool air that I got on hot summer nights. Like you, I enjoy experimenting with different options of heating and cooling my bedroom. My friends like coming over to see what I came up with. They give me quite a ribbing but when 3 of them had no electricity they came over and asked me to build a cooling system for them that ran on solar batteries. I'm working on building a pedal assist electric camperright now. I let my friends borrow it from time to time so they can see how efficiently it works. I'm thinking of making the camper section detachable so two people can just run around and leave the camper section detached if they want. Keep up the good work desertsun02.
This is awesome, DesertSun! Gonna use in my freezing garage when working on car. Better than dealing with wood or kerosene burners when I don't always need heat in garage ...thanks for sharing 👍
Youd have to have an awrful lot of vapor in the air before you could ever have ignition. But yes if the vapor in the air ever got that bad and it did ignite you would have a very very bad day. Lol
@@ScreeminMeeme I have a wood burner in my garage for the winter months. We even put in an oil drip for the used motor oil. Never had a kaboom yet, and I use alot of aerosol brake cleaner and ether
First off excellent! !!! I would set the whole thing atop a large square of carbon felt in case anything falls Over. Also i would consider fire brick, good for heat retention and can take lots of heat without cracking. Thanks for sharing.
Great vid Sir, I'm getting this set up for power outages. I appreciate all you share with us, thank you. That would be nice in my camp trailer, I wouldn't sleep with it running or leave it unattended with pets or kids. Be careful people.
I've been looking for a heater source for my garage when working in it. And this is cheap and effective!! Absolutely brilliant!! you just earned yourself a new subscriber!!
We bought a natural metal heat powered fan to use on our woodstove, the heat itself makes the blades spin this way it doesn’t require electricity and you can put it right up next to the vent without worry of burning.
The TEG style fan wouldn’t work well in this situation since the cinder blocks aren’t hot and they work based on a significant temperature difference and hot surface of what they are placed on.
So, as long as you have some source of power for the fan, and some way of feeding the alcohol into the flame that doesn't require filling the can every few minutes, so you can get something done, this would be a very good back up solution. Might even work up here on a -40 day if it was just trying to heat a small enough space, maybe just one room. I suspect it would also work in a basement if you just wanted it warm enough to keep pipes from freezing.
I'm thinking one of those wood stove fans might work. Not electric. Twirl from heat and all metal so could be but closer just be careful when you move it . Don't need a burn
Now that is clever. Thats a great way to stay warm in a power outage or furnace break down, and its smokeles, easy set up, cheap and storage has to be simple. Thank you for this info, be making mine tommarow.
I survived a WHOLE winter in Detroit last year it gets below 0°F, I just stayed in one room in a abandoned house. I am homeless this is why. I survived just fine
I bought a couple of these and a double walled pipe etc for a project I never did, so, this will give me some options for my cargo trailer conversion 🙂💯 thank you for this.
@@mangeload Good call! If and when I set it up I will try to remember to let you know how it went. Thank you for the ideas! These old bones are needing some heat now! Happy Holidays!
This is a better version than the candle heater. I have seen videos of using a quart paint can stuffed with a toilet paper roll and the alcohol poured over this. I wonder what the increase in burn time would be? It might even produce more BTUs.
great job i like this for when the power goes out alcohol burnes cleaner too you on't have to worry so much about a vent...did you see the guy with the quart cans of paint new cans you take the card board out of a roal of toilet paper and remove a little till you can ease it into the can it needs to pretty tight but it wicks really well and it will hold a full pint of alcohol then you can put the lid back on and store it it burns for hours you can use the lid to put it out thanks mike
Man, I love You! I am in a wheelchair, 68, and on blood thinners and I get really cold. Got the flower pots and tons of tealights. Have you thought about using a pint can with the toilet paper roll stuffed in it as a fuel source? You could probably heat your whole house. Another quick question, do you think burning alcohol too long would warp the boot and vent? Thank You! I live in northern Utah and freezing to death with no power is a very real possibility. Again. Thank you so much. Have you tried heating up soup on the 4" boot?
This is the first time I have seen this kind of heater !! I am for sure gonna get all of these parts for the inevitable, just in case, planned, emergency the government has in store !! Thanks for sharing my friend !! 😁
I thought the same as well. Also your fan will last WAY longer pushing cool air into the 250 degree air, vs in front sucking 250 degree air through the fan. Electronics dont like heat.
I just got gifted with a boatload of hand sanitizer 70 percent alcohol. I saw someone used hand sanitizer to refill gel fuel cans. I'm wondering if this would work as well as your alcohol stove. This design is really great. Easy to build. Free fuel for it too if I can get it to work.
you can buy a 12-bottle case of 70% isopropyl rubbing alcohol from amazon.com for $22.95 plus shipping. each bottle is 16 ounces therefore you'll receive a total of 192 ounces alcohol. that works out to a few cents per ounce. if we assume that the heater consumes two ounces per hour, then the heater could be run 96 hours straight for $25 or $26. if the heater consumes one ounce of alcohol per hour then the cost is halved. using this system may be as inexpensive as using a natural gas-fired furnace. as several other posters have mentioned I could see converted one of these units into an attractive fireplace which you could burn from time to time and not have any mess to clean up
_ CheckTease ...i think this is much better for emergancy heat... as 96 hours is 4 days at $25 so your looking well past $100+ to $125 + per month but it is a great idea
I have to say this is fantastic in an emergency situation or 1 room I need to go purchase these parts for if and when I need them I have gas stove and wall heater but you never know what we will find ourselves into thank you
Did you try mounting the fan BEHIND the horizontal duct so the cold air blows around the outlet pipe. You should still get a good air mix AND more draft out of the stack due to the venturri effect, plus I expect the fan motor would run a lot cooler. Just a thought, nice design.
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I have a good suggestion I believe will work instead of using a 90° elbow use a t fitting and have the tea part down just like on a capital letter t and then have the fan blowing into one side of the top and it will blow the hot air out the other side that way the fan can be right there at the fitting and it will always stay cool because it will be drawing cooler in from behind and pushing the hot air out the other end of the t
hi. it's difficult to attach the tee pipe to the stack boot because neither part is ribbed but i did just make an air heater video (one that is loosely based on this video). made it with a 6" black stove pipe tee. used bricks as support and a tin of isopropyl alcohol as fuel. works great! ruclips.net/video/pLd4U0FUHxw/видео.html
New subscriber. Love this idea. I’ve been watching so many videos for emergency heating. I see you have an updated version, which I will now watch. Thank you.
hi there and thanks for subbing! 🙂👍 ...btw just posted a compilation video of all 33 DIY heater vids that i've made over the last 10 years! if you really want to binge - here's the link ruclips.net/video/INNCo3oxx5M/видео.html
Great idea but you are still subjecting the fan to high temperatures. It would be better to position the fan at the side of the output. Direct the fan towards the output tube at an angle so the fan blows the air out from the tube and across the tube. I use to heat my apartment by turning on 2 stove burners and the oven. Leaving the the oven door open about 8 inches or so. I placed a floor pedestal fan so that it would blow the hot air rising from the kitchen all the way into the living room. Nice and toasty in about 5 to 10 minutes.
Great Video: Well Explained & video taped Well also. Plus: Your Technique Seems Really Great For Heating Up A Room, Compared to Others out There, as Of Now You Get The Blue Ribbon Award. Great Job.
@@desertsun02 you could incorporate one of those heat powered thermal fans that are designed for wood burning stovetop air circulation... no power required!
This will save me I am a widow and can’t afford my Heat Pump so I can use this on my Brick Fire place thank you so much. I can get the Alcohol anywhere. Thank You again and it will burn cleaner than candles or that toilet paper 🧻 I believe
I'm female and van living right now and am so grateful to to find your site as I needed a good heat source. Would you help me figure out how to possibly cook using this? Thank you so much.
great idea, have you ever tried doing this with your rocket stove? I was thinking @ getting a Hunter silverfire and trying to figure out how to make a space heater, this may work.
Interesting one. I did some tests and found that fondue fuel burns hotter but emits less light than alcohol. In theory, it should also be somewhat safer to burn indoors(?).
@@Flashahol - I suppose. I Just watched another video comparing alcohol %'s. The 91% burned hotter but was consumed faster. So I'm wondering if anything that burns hotter would do the same. I've heard that Crisco in the can with a homemade wick lasts a long time, have to check sources again. But anything would work in an emergency.
@@annwithaplan9766 I suspect 91% burns faster both because it's gets hotter and is more volatile. Crisco will make a super long lasting candle, but not a space heater.
I wonder if you could mount something like this above an oil lamp. Oil lamps not only give light, but there is a lot of heat that comes out of the chimney.
Re Sterno, there's s 2 hour burn time with the alcohol in a gel, then there's a wicked Sterno that burns 6 hours. The flame from the 6hr Sterno with a wick can be damped down to the size of a pilot light by placing the lid from a drip basket from a camping coffee perculator. Get the foldable Sterno camping stove to place Sterno can in & then nice little stove top to heat a tea pot full of water. When water boils, dampen down the flame & pot puts out great residual heat
Use a paint can fill with a roll of toilet paper take out the cardboard roll the toilet paper acts as a wick this will give u 6 hours burn time in a 1qt can use 70% isopropyl alcohol , when u see the tp start to darken ur fuel is low so put out the fire an add more fuel then re light an u have another 6 hours this works great !
Wow that's brilliant. How great 👍 thanks for sharing. I been considering growing grain ircorn to make alcohol with to use for fuel and either stuff, trade, fun, lol, antiseptic etc. Any suggestions on a low cost still or distiller set up or what pieces ? Thanks man.
GREAT!! THANKYOU
Have you actually tried that yourself? I've seen the idea before but don't know how it works out in reality.
Are you kidding? To is right next to gold when your camping.
Thank you.
for the fan ..... They make a heat powered fan , that people put on their log stoves.... no electric needed !! Cool Idea you got there, brother.
thanks!
I just want to say Thank You! I'm 68 can't afford heat in my home and although i live in texas it does get very cold. Right now its 27 and thanks to You, I am warm!! Thank You!!
Glad to help. by the way i'm getting ready to post a major update to this type of heating. i just made another unit that works even better without using anymore fuel than this one does. i'll be posting it in a few days.
@@desertsun02 will watch!
I've been researching diy/shtf heaters..this one so far is the easiest, and optimal output, heater I've found so far...incredibly beneficial information...thnx.
People in TEXAS could use this idea right now.
@Dave Moore 👍👍🤷🏻♂️
Because people in Texas are incapable of being prepared like the rest of the country!?
@@jonjacobjingleheimerschmid3798 I'm sure dude was referring to their power outages... Not their intellect.
I slapped my head in shame! I was thinking how "I" could benefit from this while you were thinking how "OTHERS" can benefit from it that have a greater need to boot!!! (You can't take me anywhere)!!!
@@johnwayne3904 I'm prepared for total power failure...are you!?
Praise the Lord seeing your video was an answer to prayer thanks;)
you're welcome! 🙂
Genius and not expensive, people who have to live with ice and snow storms, high winds in the winter, this is a great way to stay warm.
As a deer hunter we would take a roll of toilet paper, a metal paint can and soak the TP with alcohol light it in the can and stay warm.
How long did it burn?
@@1shaneeka I used to make same idea with roll of toilet paper and metal tobacco can. Put roll of tp into tobacco can and pour methyl hydrate onto tp until toilet paper doesn't soak anymore in. Light to and nice flickering blue flame for warming hands. As flame gets lower just add methyl hydrate til tp is soaked. Warning: Don't try using toilet paper after adding methyl hydrate. You'll set worlds record for running.
I recently tried the same concept but in a smaller version with tuna cans. I cut the toilet paper roll into 3 parts. I tried to burn alcohol, hand sanitizer gel, and olive oil. I want to get some ethanol to try soon too.
And I made a rocket stove and a couple tiny burners to fit inside. It needs some tweaking but it works.
@@chrismcdonald6481 😂 Thanks Chris!
@@1shaneeka it will burn about 1 and a half to 2 hours.
I always like watching your videos. I made your AC unit and modified it a bit and enjoyed the cool air that I got on hot summer nights. Like you, I enjoy experimenting with different options of heating and cooling my bedroom. My friends like coming over to see what I came up with. They give me quite a ribbing but when 3 of them had no electricity they came over and asked me to build a cooling system for them that ran on solar batteries.
I'm working on building a pedal assist electric camperright now. I let my friends borrow it from time to time so they can see how efficiently it works. I'm thinking of making the camper section detachable so two people can just run around and leave the camper section detached if they want. Keep up the good work desertsun02.
This is awesome, DesertSun! Gonna use in my freezing garage when working on car. Better than dealing with wood or kerosene burners when I don't always need heat in garage ...thanks for sharing 👍
Open flame + gasoline vapors in garage = disaster.
Youd have to have an awrful lot of vapor in the air before you could ever have ignition. But yes if the vapor in the air ever got that bad and it did ignite you would have a very very bad day. Lol
@@ScreeminMeeme I have a wood burner in my garage for the winter months. We even put in an oil drip for the used motor oil. Never had a kaboom yet, and I use alot of aerosol brake cleaner and ether
You can use an electric dryer and vent it out to your garage also use as a work table
*I did it!* Thank you SO much, man! I shared it with Arctic Blast Warnings for Monday. Your invention ROCKS!
Awesome, thank you!
Did you leave the soup in your cans too?
If so what kind of soup?
@@jackiehopson8334 no, you put stones in the cans to stabilize them. they are your base.
@@jackiehopson8334 it’s DIRT In the soup cans, maybe put some pea gravel in them..
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First off excellent! !!! I would set the whole thing atop a large square of carbon felt in case anything falls
Over. Also i would consider fire brick, good for heat retention and can take lots of heat without cracking.
Thanks for sharing.
Great vid Sir, I'm getting this set up for power outages. I appreciate all you share with us, thank you. That would be nice in my camp trailer, I wouldn't sleep with it running or leave it unattended with pets or kids. Be careful people.
Isopropyl alcohol is used but Rob, you are right about precautions especially with children. Put a fence around it...hahaha
@@manuelester7420 What chapter and verse.
Ill be making this today. Its getting pretty cold at night here in Federal Way,so im going make this to keep me n my pets warm.
It's such a great idea. Light weight, easy to carry to a camp.
That is the perfect setup for people who don't need the furnace going 24/7
I've been looking for a heater source for my garage when working in it. And this is cheap and effective!! Absolutely brilliant!! you just earned yourself a new subscriber!!
thanks! and thanks for subbing!
Use a kerosene heater with the window partially open.
We bought a natural metal heat powered fan to use on our woodstove, the heat itself makes the blades spin this way it doesn’t require electricity and you can put it right up next to the vent without worry of burning.
Add a heat powered fan! No electric needed. Free air flow.
Do they actually accomplish anything? My skepticism tells me that acting passively, they're simply following the air currents already present.
@@joewoodchuck3824 I just set up a Crisco candle under the heat powered fan. Cheapest nightlight and fan you can get.
@Dave Moore not if you steal them lol
The TEG style fan wouldn’t work well in this situation since the cinder blocks aren’t hot and they work based on a significant temperature difference and hot surface of what they are placed on.
@@bigred1247 bwa-ha-haa
ingenuity is the latest technical tool! that's Terrific! in myopinion!
So, as long as you have some source of power for the fan, and some way of feeding the alcohol into the flame that doesn't require filling the can every few minutes, so you can get something done, this would be a very good back up solution. Might even work up here on a -40 day if it was just trying to heat a small enough space, maybe just one room. I suspect it would also work in a basement if you just wanted it warm enough to keep pipes from freezing.
Would be great to get some thermal calculations and running costs
I bought a small battery operated fan
I'm thinking one of those wood stove fans might work. Not electric. Twirl from heat and all metal so could be but closer just be careful when you move it . Don't need a burn
Use a Thermoelectric power cell, no electricity needed.
Now that is clever. Thats a great way to stay warm in a power outage or furnace break down, and its smokeles, easy set up, cheap and storage has to be simple. Thank you for this info, be making mine tommarow.
I survived a WHOLE winter in Detroit last year it gets below 0°F, I just stayed in one room in a abandoned house. I am homeless this is why. I survived just fine
Those concrete bricks should also absorb heat, acting as a thermal mass collector. Sweet! Thanks for sharing.
Great point! 👍
Wow thank you so much, I live on an Island and the power goes out often in the winter, no electricity for days. This is a real life saver!
you could incorporate one of those heat powered thermal fans that are designed for wood burning stovetop air circulation...
This is one of the best ones that I've seen so far
thanks 👍
Oh ya i am all about heat its only 5 below zero this am already have the stuff to build one thanks brother
Awesome. Thank you for sharing again. We love your inventions/creations. Now I got something new to try. My fiance is going to love this.
dflork thanks and you're welcome. this is one powerful heater (and i haven't even tried it yet with a second burner under there).
I came over here to "LIKE" I usually watch on a device that is not set up to like and subscribe. Thanks for all you do. Love the videos.
thanks and thanks for watching 👍🙂
I love Learning new things. You are a genius. God bless you. 😊👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Cheers 😊
That is genius!!!!!
Great idea for the apocalypse 👍
That's the best and easiest I've seen and I have watched a lot of videos. Thank you
awesome... thanks!
I bought a couple of these and a double walled pipe etc for a project I never did, so, this will give me some options for my cargo trailer conversion 🙂💯 thank you for this.
you could incorporate one of those heat powered thermal fans that are designed for wood burning stovetop air circulation...
no power required
@@mangeload Good call! If and when I set it up I will try to remember to let you know how it went. Thank you for the ideas! These old bones are needing some heat now! Happy Holidays!
This is a better version than the candle heater. I have seen videos of using a quart paint can stuffed with a toilet paper roll and the alcohol poured over this. I wonder what the increase in burn time would be? It might even produce more BTUs.
great job i like this for when the power goes out alcohol burnes cleaner too you on't have to worry so much about a vent...did you see the guy with the quart cans of paint new cans you take the card board out of a roal of toilet paper and remove a little till you can ease it into the can it needs to pretty tight but it wicks really well and it will hold a full pint of alcohol then you can put the lid back on and store it it burns for hours you can use the lid to put it out thanks mike
but how long does it burn for how much is used
Man, I love You! I am in a wheelchair, 68, and on blood thinners and I get really cold. Got the flower pots and tons of tealights. Have you thought about using a pint can with the toilet paper roll stuffed in it as a fuel source? You could probably heat your whole house. Another quick question, do you think burning alcohol too long would warp the boot and vent? Thank You! I live in northern Utah and freezing to death with no power is a very real possibility. Again. Thank you so much. Have you tried heating up soup on the 4" boot?
you could incorporate one of those heat powered thermal fans that are designed for wood burning stovetop air circulation...
@@mangeload I like those fans.
.when I get the pct flower pot figured out and running. It definitely is going to be in the mess of stuff somewhere.
@@mangeload my thoughts exactly
This is the first time I have seen this kind of heater !! I am for sure gonna get all of these parts for the inevitable, just in case, planned, emergency the government has in store !! Thanks for sharing my friend !! 😁
you bet! it's best to prepare in advance so you'll be ready "for the storm"
You're just full of great ideas, looks like I'll be making this tomorrow.....thanks for sharing.
You do some awesome stuff ,great ideas for off grid life ,thanks for uploading
hi there and thanks 👍
Hi 🙋🏻♀️ I agree!
You are so talented! Thank you for sharing your knowledge, expertise, and ideas with us.
yw 👍. that's what it's all about (helping and sharing) 🙂🔥
How long does the isopropyl last ? And how long did it keep the room warm? Thanks for this video. Really great.
How long does the can of alcohol burn
Set a regular table fan on something high up behind the shroud making sure it doesn't blow on the flame. The shroud itself is hot too
I thought the same as well. Also your fan will last WAY longer pushing cool air into the 250 degree air, vs in front sucking 250 degree air through the fan. Electronics dont like heat.
@@WonkaWillE heat powered fans do!
@@mangeload heat powered fans are not electronic genius 😂
@@WonkaWillE in case you missed it, my point is you can skip electricity & utilize heat to power the fan. Genius.
@@WonkaWillE and actually Will, thermoelectric generators are, in fact, electronic devices.
Amazing information, thank you for sharing this. It's much appreciated.
How long does it take before you have to refill the cans? Thank you, this is great for emergencies
1 cup of alcohol should last about 30 to 40 minutes.
Awesome idea! Went and bought the stuff you are using in the video. Going to try it out in a little while.
Where did you went to buy them stuff (metal items) ?
@@RAMCO840 lowes
Bro, this videos is going to save me a lot of money this winter on my heating bill. Thank you. 😁✌️👍
Glad to help 😎
you could incorporate one of those heat powered thermal fans that are designed for wood burning stovetop air circulation... no electricity required!
Wow thiis looks amazing thanks for sharing we should all prepare for what's coming
Clever! Have yourself a well deserved beer!
Never more relevant now than ever with electricity/gas prices rising. What a legend!
You could use stereo ,chafing fuel, it burns for a couple of hours gives out great amount of heat
Dude! That's brilliant.
Just a suggestion. If you use a Peltier to produce the current needed to run the fan you wouldn't need any outside current.
Had to look that up that's pretty cool
I just got gifted with a boatload of hand sanitizer 70 percent alcohol. I saw someone used hand sanitizer to refill gel fuel cans. I'm wondering if this would work as well as your alcohol stove. This design is really great. Easy to build. Free fuel for it too if I can get it to work.
you can buy a 12-bottle case of 70% isopropyl rubbing alcohol from amazon.com for $22.95 plus shipping. each bottle is 16 ounces therefore you'll receive a total of 192 ounces alcohol. that works out to a few cents per ounce. if we assume that the heater consumes two ounces per hour, then the heater could be run 96 hours straight for $25 or $26.
if the heater consumes one ounce of alcohol per hour then the cost is halved. using this system may be as inexpensive as using a natural gas-fired furnace. as several other posters have mentioned I could see converted one of these units into an attractive fireplace which you could burn from time to time and not have any mess to clean up
_ CheckTease
You can get 91% isopropyl at walmart that works a lot better.Not sure about price.
_ CheckTease ...i think this is much better for emergancy heat... as 96 hours is 4 days at $25 so your looking well past $100+ to $125 + per month
but it is a great idea
@@MrProp46 - You can get a 32 oz 91% (Equate) jug of Isopropyl Alcohol for $2.78 from Walmart.
Wow. What a helpful video. Thanks so much for posting this. I hope you get a billion views on this one, dude. Awesome
That was fantastic!! It’s what I’ve been looking for! Thank you, thank you!! 👍👍👍
You're welcome!
Fan, the spellcheck tries to outrun me. Sweet video.
If I use a 55 gal drums I could heat my shop 😂😂😂😂good job!!!!
I have to say this is fantastic in an emergency situation or 1 room I need to go purchase these parts for if and when I need them I have gas stove and wall heater but you never know what we will find ourselves into thank you
I'm wondering what it would be like if you covered the metal with some cob and had a more permanent structure?
+Allen Sharp I like that Idea, a tiny fireplace mounted out of the way. Could even make it part of one wall, brilliant.
I like it.
I’d try to make it look like part of a fireplace paint it with stove black and make it as aesthetically pleasing as possible
Even build in a round piece of steel plate right in the center on top directly over the flame maybe you could get it warm enough to cook with lol.
What is a cob?
Did you try mounting the fan BEHIND the horizontal duct so the cold air blows around the outlet pipe. You should still get a good air mix AND more draft out of the stack due to the venturri effect, plus I expect the fan motor would run a lot cooler. Just a thought, nice design.
Norman Desrosiers I had a better idea try using a bread pan instead of a can
paul lane ......a bed pan? Lol
Norman Desrosiers... not to mention keeping the pipe a little cooler and maximizing the radiant heat.
The EU will certainly need this now.
Looks great for garage in winter
Thanks I am going to try that in my enclosed deck.
WOW!!!! This is a great idea with many possibilities. We like this channel very much. You have a lot of good posts. We subscribe, please keep up the good work!! 👍👍👍👍👍👌
I see the light🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍
I wonder if you can use sterno cans underneath?
you are amazing! thank you 4 your knowledge sir!
Thank you, so ingenious! 👏🌾👏🌾👏
GENIOUS!!! Thank you for sharing your very clever idea. It could be life-saving.
hi and thank you!
I have a good suggestion I believe will work instead of using a 90° elbow use a t fitting and have the tea part down just like on a capital letter t and then have the fan blowing into one side of the top and it will blow the hot air out the other side that way the fan can be right there at the fitting and it will always stay cool because it will be drawing cooler in from behind and pushing the hot air out the other end of the t
hi. it's difficult to attach the tee pipe to the stack boot because neither part is ribbed but i did just make an air heater video (one that is loosely based on this video). made it with a 6" black stove pipe tee. used bricks as support and a tin of isopropyl alcohol as fuel. works great! ruclips.net/video/pLd4U0FUHxw/видео.html
Best one yet.
It seems so simple, i will costruct on this weekend..excellent video
Why, just curious to see... or do you see this as an hours long heat source in a room or shed?
It's crazy how much better low voltage (12v) fans are at moving air rather than a 120 volt.
Very cool idea. Next on my list of to-do items. Great job!
will this work with olive oil or vegetable oil
how long does the alcohol 🍸 last?
not long at all.
Would eternal fuel work for this or not hot enough?
Meant eternal fuel.🔥
Just place the tin in a open oven with a fan sifting on the open stove door. The entire stove will heat up and make more heat.
And it will sit there in the kitchen, warming up the kitchen. Sounds great!
That would work perfect for people that don't have a wood stove or fireplace.
Going to try this in my wood camp tent stove it will be safer and a lot easier than dealing with wood
New subscriber. Love this idea. I’ve been watching so many videos for emergency heating. I see you have an updated version, which I will now watch. Thank you.
hi there and thanks for subbing! 🙂👍 ...btw just posted a compilation video of all 33 DIY heater vids that i've made over the last 10 years! if you really want to binge - here's the link ruclips.net/video/INNCo3oxx5M/видео.html
Fantastic Job! my fellow American keeping Americans Strong.👊
How does it burn with a tuna cans worth of alcohol?
This is awesome info. Thank you from the chilly Midwest 🌬️
Great idea but you are still subjecting the fan to high temperatures. It would be better to position the fan at the side of the output. Direct the fan towards the output tube at an angle so the fan blows the air out from the tube and across the tube. I use to heat my apartment by turning on 2 stove burners and the oven. Leaving the the oven door open about 8 inches or so. I placed a floor pedestal fan so that it would blow the hot air rising from the kitchen all the way into the living room. Nice and toasty in about 5 to 10 minutes.
you could incorporate one of those heat powered thermal fans that are designed for wood burning stovetop air circulation...
Great Video:
Well Explained & video taped Well also.
Plus: Your Technique Seems Really Great For Heating Up A Room, Compared to Others out There, as Of Now You Get The Blue Ribbon Award.
Great Job.
Absolutely brilliant! this is really clever. Well done man.
thanks very much 👍
@@desertsun02 you could incorporate one of those heat powered thermal fans that are designed for wood burning stovetop air circulation... no power required!
Outstanding.. and innovative.. will save a lot of $$ in the winter
This will save me I am a widow and can’t afford my Heat Pump so I can use this on my Brick Fire place thank you so much. I can get the Alcohol anywhere. Thank You again and it will burn cleaner than candles or that toilet paper 🧻 I believe
crack a window for ventilation
Just what I was look in for. Want to warm up a small space in the garage during winter.. worth a shot….
excellent, great info, thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm female and van living right now and am so grateful to to find your site as I needed a good heat source. Would you help me figure out how to possibly cook using this?
Thank you so much.
great idea, have you ever tried doing this with your rocket stove? I was thinking @ getting a Hunter silverfire and trying to figure out how to make a space heater, this may work.
I actually tried something similar with a rocket stove the other day. I'll upload soon
Interesting one.
I did some tests and found that fondue fuel burns hotter but emits less light than alcohol. In theory, it should also be somewhat safer to burn indoors(?).
Flashahol - Wouldn't that be more expensive, though?
@@annwithaplan9766 Depends... if you need less it could turn out to be less expensive, I did not test that aspect.
@@Flashahol - I suppose. I Just watched another video comparing alcohol %'s. The 91% burned hotter but was consumed faster. So I'm wondering if anything that burns hotter would do the same. I've heard that Crisco in the can with a homemade wick lasts a long time, have to check sources again. But anything would work in an emergency.
@@annwithaplan9766 I suspect 91% burns faster both because it's gets hotter and is more volatile. Crisco will make a super long lasting candle, but not a space heater.
@@Flashahol - People are using it for that purpose. I'd have to go find the videos now and watch them again.
Cheers mate, this is a good tip..
I wonder if you could mount something like this above an oil lamp. Oil lamps not only give light, but there is a lot of heat that comes out of the chimney.
Re Sterno, there's s 2 hour burn time with the alcohol in a gel, then there's a wicked Sterno that burns 6 hours. The flame from the 6hr Sterno with a wick can be damped down to the size of a pilot light by placing the lid from a drip basket from a camping coffee perculator. Get the foldable Sterno camping stove to place Sterno can in & then nice little stove top to heat a tea pot full of water. When water boils, dampen down the flame & pot puts out great residual heat
Another great invention!