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Nice so wonderful to see someone who appreciate and is grateful. I felt the same and bought the parts, just need to assemble them. I am also from the UK.
I have an improvement for you they have Flower pot holders that you attached to the side of your wall (basically it’s just a circle that sticks out from the wall horizontally.) You could put the saucer straight on top of that and then put your candles and then just lower the top over it. You would have to wait till it is called down to change the candles or put a enter pole like you have to create the gap. It’s basically the same as yours except for flipped over and instead of hanging it’s sitting
Lol, I've seen it all now. The amount of heat with your contraption is identical as any other candle holders. The clay pots do nothing to make more heat. They simply absorb it and slowly release it..
Identical huh? Really? Funny how I have to have oven mits on to move the clay pot. Yet I can pick up any given candle holder. Weirder still, is I can feel radiated heat 3 feet away from it when fully heated but yet, if I place four candles on a plate without the pot, I don't feel that same radiated heat. Some people just join in on debunking, for the sake of it.
If i hold my hand 2 feet above just one tea light my hand begins to burn. So i dont know why all these people are saying 4 candles dont produce enough heat. Put your face above 4 candles and you wont last long.
I made one of these, and used it during a snow storm when the power went out last winter. It did heat. It wasn't comfortable warm I still had to wear a jacket in the house. It kept the living room survivable warm and when you went into another room of the house you could tell the other rooms were colder.
@@RobMacKendrick I don't think the "experts" meant to say that it won't output heat, just that it won't output more heat then the candles without pots. What it will do though, is to keep the heat from rising to the roof as fast as standalone candles would and if in close proximity to your body you could gain warmth from the radiated heat stored in the pots.
@@ScinnerNo1 Exactly. In my experience, you can't heat a space with candles alone. This device apparently "banks" the heat so it's conserved in one place and released over time, which makes sense to me.
Pro-tip: Put the nuts on the threaded rod before cutting. This will give you a more stable position to hold it on a table as you cut, raises it just off the table, and lets you straighten the threads on removal as they will be mangled somewhat.
@@yaymidget Another hack you should know, when we lost power we had no gloves so we would alternate putting our fingers in my sisters who-ha to prevent frostbite. You can also put other appendages in there to warm them up.
Yes, because u have wind turbines that works only when is not freezing. Make some new nuclear power plants, if you have skillfull people to do that and operate them.
In case you slept through science class; the pots do not increase the amount of heat generated by the candles. The ceramic pots absorb the heat from the candles in a way that slows down the thermal energy produced by the candles from immediately equilibrating with the air in the room. The ceramic's heat capacity allows it to reach a higher temperature before "releasing" the heat into it's immediate surroundings. As a result, the pots warm the air adjacent to them to a comfortable temperature for warming your hands; something that a candle doesn't do well on it's own. A candle without the surrounding pots feels apparently cold about a foot away, and scolding hot within a few inches. By slowing down the transfer of thermal energy to the surroundings you get a small volume of comfortably warm air beside the pots.
To: Mr. Ydstie , Isaac, 🔵 Also...I believe he could also get a greater heat output by closing off the lowest area a-bit more by either raising the candle platform higher, or lowering the top accumulator and adjusting the flu-effect coming in around through the open edge of the lower plate to increase the velocity of the air coming into it. The candles would burn-faster at that point but the unit would Supply a greater amount of heat during that time.
We did something like this in our utility room during “ice-pocalypse” last February. It’s a small room off our kitchen with our food pantry on one wall and the washer/dryer on the exterior wall. There was a noticeable warmer temp difference once we set up the 4 wick candle under the clay pot.
"a modern candle typically burns at a steady rate of about 0.1 g/min, releasing heat at roughly 80 W." (Google says that 80 watt = about 270 btu/hour). A BTU calculator says that it takes 58 watts with average insulation to heat a 10'x10'x10' room 1.0°F
I think this would work to keep from freezing to death during a power outage. I remember my time years ago on military exercises in Germany during the winter. It was truly amazing how much one candle would warm up a pup tent. One guy did manage to burn his tent down though.
Problem is that tea candles produce 26 BTU of heat per hour. So while it may be 4c per hour per 8 candles, consider that it takes 4250 BTU to raise the ambient temperature of a room by 10C. This means that you would have to have 8 candles lit for 20.6 hours constantly to raise the ambient temperature of the room by 10 degrees total. Heat loss through infiltration of a small room build of brick with no windows is 0.36 BTU per foot squared per hour, therefore, in just a very small 12x9x10 room (like a bathroom) you are going to lose 388 BTU per hour. Which means that you have absolutely no heat generation whatsoever. This whole heater idea is just a waste of money, as you can literally never heat your room through it. The ceramic pots don't do anything. They are great insulators of thermal energy, and thick pots can actually *contain* the heat of a thermite reaction (approximately 4500C for around 20 seconds). The pots actually hold your potential heat generation back. Yea, they might get hot, but that heat never goes anywhere, because the ceramic never gets hot enough to radiate thermal energy into the air (another great insulator).
OvAppolyon It seems like you know a lot more about physics and chemistry than I do but, respectfully, it also seems like the information you provide makes some assumptions about building science as it relates to a given structure and site - Heat gain and heat loss varies from site to site and from structure to structure. For a moment, and because I'm not in a position to argue your physics or chemistry prowess, let's assume your information and math is correct: Assuming I followed your argument correctly, It doesn't mean you have "no heat generation," rather you have no heat build up - it's being lost as fast as it's being produced. And even if that's correct, it doesn't mean there isn't heat value to a device like this rather that value is instantaneous and spontaneous in nature. Value (if you are close enough to enjoy it's production before its dissipation) is present while it's lit and little residual value when it's no longer lit. Are you a physicist, chemist or building scientist (or something else)? I really like the math-specific approach and was wondering what your background was.
Marc Sanders My background isn't major, a high school science background. However, I have an analytical mind and a knack for piecing together information like this. And yes, I did mean a delta positive temperature change, but I am trying to keep it layman level. As for the structural values, I am using very rough averages, being as generous to the side I am arguing against as I can. I am using the smallest possible room with the highest capacity to retain heat as possible (a 3m x 4m x 2.6m room with no windows).
It is a very pretty design, and does look much more stable and safe than standard clay pot heaters. I can see enjoying this on cold winter nights in my apartment where there is no fireplace, just for the ambiance.
Vent the room...that will bring in more cold than the tea light ac produce. A tea light can produce about 1% of the btu's needed to keep a warm room warn.
@@jjgirl3715 The tea candle puts out a certain amount of heat, BTU.. The pot absorbs the heat and spreads it as it raises. The candle is the only heat generator.
A tip for cutting threaded rods and also bolts of course, put a nut on the rod just past where you need to cut it. Cut it with a hacksaw as normal, file any major burrs off the cut rod and then unscrew the nut again. It'll make certain the threads are good after cutting acting as a follower and always be easy to take on and off. For those that are laughing at this type of heater, it will adequately heat any small space like a van or hunting hide and things like that. It will also prevent freezing in slightly larger rooms so it is a useful design and very cheap to make and run.
+Josh M I'll bet this throws off 800-1000 watts of heat. That's a heater in my opinion. No less than a 1000 watt halogen flood light is a heater. And... a bucket full of ice with a fan over it IS an air cooling device. Because it will cool the local air.
+zazarays Without a doubt. I'm sure your right. But the candle does generate heat. The steel washer and flower pot will capture and radiate that heat, longer than Ice would generate cool.
TFMTraining The water in ice can only absorb so much heat. Whether that is absorbed quickly by exposure to warmer air, or more slowly by insulating it, it still will absorb the exact same amount. To use your example, ice in a bucket will absorb heat until it melts then evaporates. Blowing air over it will cause it to absorb heat faster, and thus cool air more quickly, but also cause the ice to melt faster. Whether it melts quickly or slowly, the overall cooling is exactly the same. Similarly but conversely, a candle can only hold so much energy. Whether that is used to heat a relatively small volume of air quickly, or transferred to a flower pot which then heats the air more slowly, the overall heat generated will be exactly the same. They both convert the same amount of energy into the same amount of heat. The plain candle more quickly, the flower pot candle more slowly, but still the exact same amount. This will not heat a room any more than a plain candle sitting in the corner. It'll just take a little longer.
Now you are chunking... LOL.... that will be the next video on air conditioning using tin foil an and ice cube... wait it might take four ice cubes... LOL.
I made one of these once, used 4 candles and it became so hot that the wax reached its flash point and the entire thing became a fire. It smoked out my house and I had to carry it under a fire blanket into the bathtub and let it burn out. Don't make these and if you simply have to make one, don't leave them unattended.
I saw this happen when I was a student. Some one decided we shouldn't pay for heating and told everyone to not have the heating on. The next day he comes running out of his room grabs a fire extinguisher and sprays burning wax all over his room. A plant pot and tea lights in a house is an awful idea. I guess this is where he got it from. It would have been cheaper for him to pay or everyone's heating rather than to replace the fire extinguisher.
Living one winter out in an old army tent, with down filled sleeping gear, and heating by candle. After a very cold February night (-14 and howling winds), I asked my friend how it went. He said, "It was a 3 candle night. And I only had 2 candles".
This is fantastic, it looks really good and is great for keeping rooms you are not using regularly damp free. Also if you put one scented candle in it keeps the room smelling nice. Really great idea and it looks lovely in your rooms. Thanks so much for posting.
Cool idea. But, there are some things to consider which were not mentioned in this video: 1. Do NOT use Zinc plated washers, nuts and rods. Zinc + heat + closed space = Zinc-oxide with no where to go. Breath in Zinc-oxide and you have guaranteed cancer. Use stainless steel metals in your builds involving heat. 2. Using a soft buffer between the metal washers and the clay pots will help prevent the clay pots from breaking in half. I've never built anything like this, but I know those clay pots can't stand much pressure, and they hate things which are harder than they are. Whatever you use should be heat resistant and non-carcinogen. If anyone can make a suggestion, I would appreciate it.
@@ezekielbrockmann114 WAIT! It's fiber-glass? ON NO!!! Don't cut it! Don't breath that stuff in. That's a cancer-causing thing in its own. Let's figure out something else to use.
What a great way to save money and have a night light in the corner of the room. Brilliant! I liked it so much I went to Lowe"s and Home Depot to buy all the parts and make my own. Just have to wait for my order of tea candles and I'll be ready to warm up. Thanks for sharing...
Dont need tea lights. You can use crisco. Take crisco and put in small jars or glasses. Take a thin strip of natural cloth. Smoosh down with a knife coat top of your wick with some of the greese. Really its the only thing anyone should use that stuff for. Dont eat it or cook with it.
Mass is your friend in this kind of radiant heater. So, find some heavy glass candle holders to put the four candles in. That will make it safer too because the melted wax will be contained in the glass holders. These heaters dont heat air they heat nearby objects. If one hunkered down over one of these heaters in a small room one might not freeze to death in a grid down blizzard. People dont realize that these are radiant heaters not space heaters.
These people are ridiculous. Try it . If it doesn't work then fine. If it does work.. Awesome. But in a survival situation this device can help. Bc it stores heat ... Like a cooking stone.. It evenly dissipates. So maybe its not a huge difference? But its a difference. And in a survival situation one degree can be the difference between life and death.
Ceramic does store heat but its not a great conductor of heat. So what happens in the ceramic gets hot but because it dont radiate heat far it slowly cools not releasing as much as it cools. Ceramics are used to trap heat in many applications because of this ability.
@@Rasgonras It's the difference between hot air rising and the radiant heat of the pots. Think of it like this, the candle puts out the same amount of heat either way, but heat rises. If the hot air is able to escape faster than it can raise the average temperature of the enclosure, that enclosure will not become appreciably warmer.... like saying you don't want blankets because if you're not using them you are just heating the room. The pots work in much the same way. Once they get warm, they can give off radiant heat which is much more localized than the warmed air (which goes up and mixes with cooler air almost instantly). So, yes, the hot air goes into the room... but you're not filling the entirety of the room... you're filling the volume of space, presumably, right next to your candle. In the same way, your water heater using a glow plug or tiny flame to heat an entire tank of water. By containing that water, you can localize the heat and enjoy a hot shower rather than a VERY cold shower with a tiny heat source somewhere else in your house.
4 cents an hour is crazy expensive to heat a single room! Natural gas heats my entire 1060 square foot apartment for 6 cents an hour in the dead of winter in Alaska!
You're right and this video is total trash and that contraption is ugly as hell but: you forget you're in Alaska and variables differ in the rest of the world. You don't get any kind of energy for 6 cents an hour anywhere near Europe or Australia. Cheap energy is pretty much the only cool thing about alaska, apart from the beautiful nature (which will inevitably be sacrificed on the way to exploit those natural resources).
Sean Thiebault Our heating cost using gas in Oz is very expensive. We have huge gas reserves but we are selling them off to China. As well as everything else here.
@@thiebault well how much does it cost in europe or australia? are you sure a 1000 square foot apartment costs that much mroe than 6 cents an hour? cause even IF gas is cheaper it would probably be offset by the much lower temps. i bet it doesnt cost that much more in europe or australia
@@bobhumplick4213 1 Liter of heating oil costs around 50-70 Cents in Germany. A estimation of oil consumption is around 15 Liter per year and square Meter. In Case of a 1000m2 House it would cost around 8000 euro of oil in one year
When I was homeless all I had was a big candle to keep warm .. agreed it helps if all you have in such times but wouldn’t suggest this for tiny house or something cheap heating source as wont do the job to that point is for sure :p very cheap efficient heating actually which is basically 💯 free .. would be to dig a hole to place ground lvl house in and use energy transfer metal pipe and wires to also put deeper down a deeper hole many feet down and allow warm earth air heat you up :) no matter how cold or hot is out side .. will always stay around 60s inside to 70s .. Add in sun windows on top as well for free heating and add in green house and sun room .. use suck in fan and you will be over heated if anything at times and need to let the air out :) all free basically once instal cost done and work done to build structure as so
@rod kemp not sure about Engineers in Australia but I work as a Transportation Engineer in construction in America and I hear your gripe all the time from tradesmen. Some of it is legitimate about more often then not, the trademan just doesn't understand why certain steps or design features are necessary so they complain. I've had to explain to a few tradesmen why things need to done certain ways.
@rod kemp Don't know the process of becoming an Engineer in Australia. But that is not how it works in the US. Engineering schools are highly selective most programs want at least a 3.2 GPA and you need to finish with a minimal of a bachelors degree to get the title of an engineer. To be considered a professional engineer or P.E. depending on the state you have to pass two 4 to 6 hour test and have at least 5 years of experience working under direct supervision of an engineer before you can become a P.E. Engineering is a field you will find barely anyone buying there way into positions, it demands you have the knowledge to do your job or you won't last very long.
@rod kemp I worked with an auto parts wholesaler in the states for several years, i dont know exactly what kinds of custom vehicles you help produce/maintain/design, but I do know in the states, vehicle design hiccups are almost exclusively a result of government mandates on manufacturers and engineers desperately attempting to be compliant. The best example I can think of is the amount of backlash ford got for their trucks switching over from steel bodies to aluminum (the chevy commercials pointing this out always pissed me off due to how ignorant you need to be to the difference of aluminum and steel strength to weight ratios to think the commercials had merrit) as I'm sure you know, aluminum body panels require special paint coatings, chemicals and repair tools that any body shop that wanted to work on those vehicles now had to shell out for new equipment, which naturally pissed all the shops off
I've made one of these, and they will not heat up a room any more than a candle by itself. If you sit really close to it, you'll feel radiant heat from it, and that's all it's good for. But heating a room is nonsense. It can't increase the heat from a candle. Eight candles will put out a surprising amount of heat to heat a room anyways, but this contraption doesn't make it any more effective.
Made two of these using the same parts and method. It works great. it does not heat a large room but adds about 5 degrees to a 10x12 room. And it looks nice. This would work in a small area like a tent or small area. The point is it does work if your not expecting to much.
Hi, I'm planning to make such a thing. You say it's heated 5 degrees, is this in Fahrenheit or Celsius. Furthermore, you are talking about a room of 10 x 12, this is in meters or yards. Looking forward to your response.
it is the exact amount of heat generated however when you trap it inside the pot you effectively make a small area of heat instead of letting the heat rise up to the ceiling when you are burning candles without cover. but the metal part where u use 100 washers and nuts is imo pointless.
That's to add two things... 1) a physical buffer against over tightening the bits which can damage the flower pots and 2) (more importantly) creating an insulating layer of air between the pots that helps to reduce thermal bleed.... this allows the flowerpots to retain the heat longer. It's like an open ended thermos. It's not vacuum sealed, but it adds a buffer. Try it. Get an insulated cup, 2 normal cups, and a thermos. Heat up 4 cups of water over the stove and measure out a cup of hot water each. Pour it into the four vessels,place a plate on top of one of the normal cups, and use a thermometer to check them every five minutes.... make sure to close the thermos after removing the thermometer between checks... don't want to accidentally break it if it's a screw on version. The normal cup will lose the heat the fastest. Not only does it effectively come directly into contact with the outside conditions, but since it's open, the lion's share of very hot water is able to simply evaporate since it's so warm.... the most excitable molecules can simply get away easier, thus reducing the overall thermal energy by simply leaving. The insulated cup will cool rapidly as well, though much less quickly than the normal cup. This is because it's insulated on more sides, but still has the face with the greatest upward mobility open. The normal cup with a plate will stay warm longer than the normal cup that was left open, but will vary from the insulated cup based more upon its material.... some things simply hold or transfer heat better than others. And then the thermos.... which is insulated or maybe even a vacuum insulated model. That will hold the heat for a VERY long time. I have a vacuum sealed growler that can keep tea hot for over 24 hours. I would point out that a teacup, no matter how fancy, will not compare to that. So, that's the purpose of the metal bits. It's both for physical reasons and to help better keep the heat.
i built and tested one of these in a lab in west texas with a starting temp of about 17F. i used a 3 inverted bases (stacked inside with a 1 inch separation) with an adjustable base and 4 candles. the structure was a 10 x 12 with a 7 foot ceiling insulated with 1/2 foam (doubled on the ceiling). (all measurements are in feet above) it took 2 hours to raise the temperature from 17 degrees to 45 degrees and about 1 hour more from 45 to 65 where it hovered for the duration of the burn. i used pots without holes and the heat that came off of them was pretty serious stuff. you can calculate the heat BTUs pretty easy, but for test purposes it worked well.
I actually did that, lol. Put a 60w incandescent bulb in a reflector lamp, aimed it at me from about 1-2 feet away and it keeps me warm while I work on my computer. Mind blowing. Don't need that 1500w heater...
Little trick mate, though u probably know....... wind the nut onto the threaded rod before u cut it, once cut, wind the nut off the cut end, this rethreads the end of the rod...... still will need a quick file off, as u have said....
These candle heaters have been tested on RUclips in real world situations and lab type environments. Everytime they are not doing much to provide heat. In the range of a couple btus for multiple candles.
I just did some math prior to even clicking the video. Describing these as providing heat for 4 cents an hour sounds almost super cheap until you consider its monthly cost compared to say, natural gas. Skip to the bottom if you absolutely can’t be bothered to read. Average cost of natural gas and the figures presented seem to vary WILDLY so in essence I am going to use a mix of what appeared to be reliable sources and cost figures from previous winter seasons. During the harsher winter months where temperatures remained at or below freezing for the vast majority of the time, heat was used almost 24/7 now when houses heated by gas are run they are intermittently turned on and off to regulate the heat in the household and the amount of regulation also varies dependent on the number of windows, insulation in the walls, and the many MANY factors that go into insulation of a house. Now grant-it, the house I have experience with is rather old and insulation is no where near as good as some more modern day stuff, but that should theoretically give these a better chance. The average cost I saw online generally varied anywhere from $80 to $200. In our house we personally saw around $140 to $160 per month. Now the math of 4 cents an hour provided we ignore other cost factors would lead me to the conclusion that for this heater to run for an entire month it would cost just shy of $29. But this means that for these to be more useful than gas... you would really need to be able to comfortably heat the house to around the 64-70 degrees people are comfortable with, throughout the house, with 5 or less heaters in my household. Considering my house has 7 locations that heat comes from I have my doubts this would fully cover the same requirements. Now if your heat isn’t working this might work as a good alternative but frankly I don’t see a way that the heat could be nearly as efficient as something like gas in both heat and cost. As a note I am not by any means claiming that heat costs are the only consideration, but when the thumbnail claims a particular value like “only 4 cents per hour” it leads me to believe the subject at hand is about cost efficiency. Not about emergency situations.
This looks amazing! We had a long lasting power outage this week and the house was freezing! We all had to bundle up and cuddle in the same room for heat. I'm definitely gonna make one of these before that happens again! Thanks for sharing this brilliant idea! :)
Doesn't increase. That is not possible in this universe. The added metal would just captures more of the heat being produced and dissipating quickly and is released at a slower rate just as the clay does.
@@MrBonners Technically oxidising iron is actually an exothermic reaction (how do you think flint and steel lights a fire? When struck with flint, a small shard of iron flies off and rapidly oxidizes due to its very high surface area, producing heat great enough to start a fire!). However, in this setup, no it is not going to contribute to the room's temperature.
Great design, watch out for paraffin flares and have a powder extinguisher ready just in case. I would say monoxide alarm too, to be safe. I will be building one just do a little more research on the danger and damage these things can do!! If you heat paraffin to 400 then it can go bang
I was checking out all the videos on this subject, and your tutorial is the best. It looks waaaaay better than some that I've seen. This is attractive enough to keep displayed when people come over... Thank you for sharing! 🥰
These "heaters" are dangerous. If you have two to three candles enclosed like that the wax will go from solid to liquid very fast and eventually it will get hot enough to ignite the wax itself. Once this happens the heater will become a raging little inferno and if the candle holders have a hole or it gets knocked around then the wax can spill. If it does. It can leak flaming wax from around the threads and set other things on fire. Just go buy a electric heater or even a chinese diesel heater. Stay warm and alive folks.
@@TheDirtyChef liquid candle wax doesnt catch fire. You can drop a stack of lit matches into liquid candle wax and it wont catch fire. and if you are worried about safety....why would you recommend an electric heater? you know how many houses burn down because of those?
@@ronnie3044 under normal conditions no wax does not ignite but if you enclosed it in something and get it hot enough it will burn. Test it out if you don't believe me. (Not trying to be a dick) I would recommend an electric heater over this in a heartbeat because electric heaters have failsafes, fires do still happen with them yes but this is also caused alot by human error like setting it to close to flammable materials and such. Making one of these heaters is just setting yourself up for a fire. I also know since I have been living in a tiny home for a long time that tiny house people really like this idea but it really doesn't put out very much heat and it's a major fire hazard. If you want something safe and reliable get a diesel heater. Mine has been humming away for two seasons now and no problems whatsoever and no maintenance other than having to fill the diesel tank every few days( small tank, 10 litre). Alls I'm saying is this isn't safe and there are better and safer options including electric heaters.
@Tumbleweed ok sir, just make sure when your shit is burning down because you were dumb enough to make one that you video it and post it here so I can laugh at you. Hope you don't have any kids or pets in there at the time of the 🔥. By the way, if's are how smart people stay alive.
I just saw a candle made in jars using Crisco and birthday candles as the wick. Cheap and brilliant, the oil does not smoke. She used small jars for terra cotta pots. Love your design.
Hi and the Candle oil would you need these seperately? I been using empty paint cans, take out the cardboard from the toilet paper, then shove the toilet paper all the way into the empty metal can. Add candlewax at the bottom if you prefer, fill it almost to the top with isotropic alcohol. Myself I placed holes in the can lid so the fire only seeps through the holes I made in the lid then you light the toilet paper and your good to go. You can use this as a stove should you have no electric, you can also use 2 more empty cans if you would prefer.
ppl are saying this won't work. but we just had a bad blackout in nb canada for a few days. a bunch tealights and candles kept my house at 63 degrees. with a watchful eye tho, everything was sold out at stores so fast you have to do with what you have and having these extra with the pieces of mind they are safer then just open candles in a home with pets and kids during a big blackout. anything helps. great vid
In my experience during blackouts people light all the candles they can get their hands on anyway, so why not use them in a way that gives off a little heat to the people hovering around the candles watching them burn? Without the flower pots, or something similar, the heat is going to rise up toward the ceiling. This way people can at least get their fingers warm. I might even put foot rests on one so I can keep my toes warm.
How many tea lights? All of them? How big a house? The whole house? Just the small room it was in? What did you use to measure temperature what was the out side temp?
@@lorib1696 candles give off heat.......The extra pot is useless and makes them less efficient. If you wanted to do as you said use a metal pot so it radiates more. Ceramic will heat up but it doesn't dissipate heat good Think of grabbing something hot outta the oven if you use fabric gloves they dont transfer the heat good, if you made aluminum gloves you'd feel it instantly. Think of a kiln It uses ceramics to keep the heat inside and not leaking out. where as a wood burner is metal so that all the heat the metal gets ends up being displaced to the air.
Just an idea. You could use a piece of copper pipe sliding over the rod and secure it at the end, instead of a group of washers and nuts. Copper is an ideal thermal conductor.
Are... are you serious? Do you have any comprehension of how fire works? And look 2" over to the right, there's older, recommended videos that are literally the same thing.
The candles when lit, release the same amount of heat per hour regardless of whether you put flower pots or anything else over them. All the pots do is act as thermal regulators by absorbing that heat and releasing it in the local area in a more gradual manner.
So what's your point!!! Is that's the whole idea, that you create to optimised the heat from those lite beauties to radiate heat. That's the point of the video.
@@joyceharris9296 The point (which you still don't seem to have gotten) is that these are pointless, besides creating a fire risk. They don't release any more heat than a candle, there is no optimising from this design, in fact it probably reduces mixing.
You're begging for trouble with that design. The metal rod through the pot holes doesn't allow any venting, the wax can, and occasionally does flame up due to overheating. NEVER block the top hole!! NEVER use it indoors!! I do have a small one I use on my workbench, but I ONLY use it while I am sitting there, never more than 2 candles, and I blow them out when I leave the bench area.
@@bradleyweiss1089 heck Bradley, you going all religious on me now, what has a Penguin (a Nun) reading a Citation got to do with it. A”l the best wishes Have a great 2021!
I made one similar it sat on my desk works pretty good when you dont want to turn on the main heater for a small room and your only in there for a couple of hours
I have tried this.... it only works in the summer (power outage forced me to use my flower pot heater as a light source). In the winter time, an 8 x 8 room, using 5 candles in the heater did not warm the room significantly (no difference recorded during the several hour period). Later, doing the BTU calculations, I determined that it would work for an extremely small room (closet or tent) or a car. But in all cases you have to make sure you have adequate ventilation to prevent carbon monoxide buildup, which removes much of the heat gain.... My mom keeps telling me of the family at the campground (I was 3-7 years old, 1960's) that were found dead in their tent from carbon monoxide poisoning, who used a similar heater, so I am keenly aware of the risks. Of course this was the sme trip my dad saved people from drowning in a small canal, which again, I have no direct memory of.... I remember the trip, especially the ice cold showers, just not other events....
The amount of carbon monoxide produced by candles is pretty small, so heating a small room shouldn't be dangerous, no more than burning a handful of candles in the bath.
This works just like charging a battery off of a 30w solar panel for 10 hours to use the energy collected to run a 600w heater for 30 minutes. Having it on your front or on your table you will definitely feel some change,as a room heater is a different thing,don't forget that even actual room heaters will only make a noticeable difference to your leg. The pots are being collecting heat for some hour then when they reach the maximum temperature they radiate a steady amount of heat instead of having the candle making a thin heat line straight to the ceiling with no energy collected or radiated.
It seems to me that that radiant heat is worth more than the candle's heat running straight up to the ceiling. Plus, with more candles, you can guarantee that you WILL feel some change in the temperature of the room. This is just a safer way to capture and "control" the natural heat from an open flame.
I love the idea thank you. I saw in Walmart they have three heavy iron pot holders for $20.00 4.7” wide under to place a 3” candle and 9.4” wide to place a 8.5” clay pot. Pass it on.
Ondrej Key No, they don't do that very well either. You'd virtually have to be sitting on top of the thing to notice any difference, and it still wouldn't heat you up effectively. These things are a complete joke, Ondrej. You'll get a similar effect from just sitting there holding a candle, with no pot over it at all. And you'll freeze your little ass off.
I'm not going to check back on this comment line, because I don't want to hear how stupid people think might comment is. But I would like for Ben Galt to know how I appreciate this video & what a fun/attractive project this is. Thank you so much for making this video. I'm making my own "Artsy" project, just because I think it's cool. Thanks again.
Hmm, have you priced a candle per BTU? I know they are very expensive for the amount of fuel they contain. One candle weighing on pound is about twice as much as a gallon of Kerosene, which runs about 8 lbs, and contains about the same energy per lbs. That would make it a very expensive heat source.
I just know when i use my electric heater it sucks my electricity far too quickly so i can only use it for an our or two maximum per night..I'm willing to give this a go because it's so cheap to try..Not like i'd lose that much from trying it.
7Earthsky Just do not expect them to provide any significant heat, of to be cheap to burn. You might just as well light those candles in regular candle holders. By the way, you could produce more heat at less cost by burning a kerosene lamp using kerosene for a fuel.
Iv'e heard from people saying they've kept their apartment warm all winter using them..I'm gonna go by the experience of someone in a similar situation to me.
If you think a ceramic (flower) pot is some kind of magic heath amplifier, think again. A basis understanding of thermodynamics may make you change your mind.
It doesnt matter what you have the candles heating up - the room itself, a flower pot etc - the maximum heat output is from the candles! Just light a couple of damn candles
400 watt electric heater is about 5 bucks a day, on top of the rest of the bill. The biggest problem with that is this heater is for places without electricity. The amount of heat it produces will heat up a two man tent, if the tent is designed for winter.
@@jasonlawson8619 in Seattle it costs about $1 to cook a turkey for 5 hours. That's a lot more than 400 watts to run an oven for 5 hours your math is way off
Serious question here: I totally get that total energy is the same regardless. However, the temperature is presumably different between a stand-alone candle and a large mass. The heated gas of the candle quickly rises to the ceiling. If instead there is a lower temperature (but same energy) object like the pots, the temperature gradients would be less and that would slow the ascent of warm air. The pot method would warm us more...not because there is more energy but because heat doesn’t immediately disperse through the entire room. The pots heat remains longer in the areas of the space that need it the most (ie where the people are, and not the ceiling). I’m opening the door here to ridicule because I really want to know.
You could likely put fins on the inside or outside of the pot if you were making your own pots(for whatever reason), and it would likely work similarly to the radiator fins on a pc cooler, or a motorcycle engine.
What most people are not considering when they complain about this not being effective is that it basically creates a heat battery which can be located lower in the room compared do where the heat would escape if not for the pots. The pots capture most of the candle heat, and then they radiate that heat. Without the pots, of course the candle heat would immediately rise directly to the roof (where it's not very useful). So there is some value to this general design. And in fact, for people using computers in cold environments, this is nice as you can periodically put your hands on it to warm them (while the rest of your body is staying warm from wearing multiple layers of good clothing).
That's just mind numbingly wrong. Candles only put out so much heat, and whether it's radiating from the pot or candle itself, heat rises immediately all the same. There are just not enough BTUs in this set up for heating a room bigger than a dog house. The only thing you can use this for practically is a hand warmer.
@@RockSleeper It's about how the heat is released. A candle with nothing, yes the heat will rise immediately to the ceiling. With the pots, the heat will release more slowly and radiate outwards much more than the candle. So yes it's the same amount of energy, just dispersed in a more useful way.
@@ross4 i literally explained how that's wrong. There is not enough energy to make a difference regardless of how the heat is dissipated. You can put a 1 tsp cube of icing at the center of a cake and have enough to enjoy the tiny section of that cake, or you can try to spread that 1 tsp of icing across the cake, and not even tell there's icing on the cake. How hard is it to understand that? It doesn't matter how you spread it out, the more you spread it the less heat per volume there is. And again, once it radiates from the pot it goes straight up anyways. It would have to be significantly hotter to radiated even a foot horizontally. Even full on oil space heaters barely radiate horizontally. This is just how physics works.
@@RockSleeper Omg 🤦♂️ It’s not more heat, it’s how the human body experiences the heat, by delaying its diffusion. Try building the device. You do not understand this at all.
Hi there,I thought that was a great idea,very well explained & it looks nice as well,I'm sure that that heater would take the chill out of a 4×4 M room,Excellent ..
i tea candle is recommended to keep in your car if you live in the north if you get stuck in -20 on the road side it will keep you warm till help arrives so just a candle alone is heat..so don't know why people saying this is bogus
I think some people think the video is implying that the pot increases the amount of heat put off by the candle, or that the heater will work as a primary source of heat for a large room even if you're nowhere near it. A heater like this won't heat the room necessarily but it will warm YOU if you stay near it.
@@yoyoyommm69 can't make more heat. they clay can feel hot from the candles but not more heat. this is an illusion. fake like prepetual motion videos. the candles are the only heat source they will not make more heat with a pot suspended above them. the heat will rise mix with the air either way it will "warm" the room with the same BTU's with our without the pot
Good design, nice... But there is one fatal flaw here, there is no hole at the top for the thermal convection to happen. You need to drill a few holes at the top 10mm will do 4 is enough. The whole idea behind this is to create a draw of cool air in from the bottom and super heat it as it escapes from the top, thus warming your room. The way you have it now will also work, all be it in a smaller areas. This design will work more like a space heater. When you have the convention current going it will get hotter and warm faster and a larger area.. I really like the design, the hanging of them, I also do this same way. Nice video, good job..
You are absolutely correct about having the hole in the top open so that it creates a flow of air. I also thought that the purpose of putting the plate on the top with it gapped to allow the air to flow through the top hole was so that it created more of a radiating effect of the Heat.
While it might struggle to heat a room it could be a good heater to keep the frost off a small greenhouse, and I assume most people who have lots of pots have greenhouses ! So a good cheap solution.
If you put the nut on below above the cut, before you cut the threaded rod, you can be sure to minimize the chance that you will malform the rod so that you cannot put a nut on. When you remove the nut after the cut it recuts the groove so that you can replace the nut again later.
@@drowssapma Who can't? Where do you live, Nazi Germany? The US is scrapping a ban on energy-inefficient light bulbs which was due to come in at the beginning of 2020. The rule would have prohibited the sale of bulbs that do not reach a standard of efficiency, and could have seen an end to incandescent bulbs. Many countries have phased out older bulbs because they waste energy. But the US energy department said banning incandescent bulbs would be bad for consumers because of the higher cost of more efficient bulbs. The Department of Energy said it had withdrawn the ban because it was a misinterpretation of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act.
Pro tip: start the other way around. This way you start with the small pot which means you’re not going to screw all those nuts all the way back to the other end.
Better than the $81. Extra a month I pay for a portable oil radiant heater I use to supplement the ceiling heat I have. This would actually be economically for me....great idea...and who doesn't love the ambiance of candlelight?
Jodee M Or even 400 dollars a month during a New England winter, which is about what I dealt with last year. Worth a try! I like your "ambiance" idea, too.
I was really intrigued by this idea and decided to build one myself. I built a pair with a stand similar to the man who made this video but I was very disappointed in the lack of heat it generated. Both pots had 5 tea lights and reached a average temperature of 185 - 220 degrees. I kept it in my bathroom which is approximately 8x17 and it didn't do much to warm the area up. I can simply put those same 10 tea lights on a tray and burn them and get a more desirable affect. I used two 6 inch pots with matching saucers.
Ten tea lights would put out about 350W whether in pots or open. A typical electric heater in the USA can put out 1500W. That is why it doesn't heat up fast.
Most of those crafting videos are done by people who never had to figure out how to deal with -42 degree temperature. (At that point celcius and fahrenheit are the same). It’s decoration, and some light. That’s all.
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Wow, thank you sir!!!! Amazing!!! Thank you for sharing!!! May you be blessed forever!!!! Greetings from UK!
Nice so wonderful to see someone who appreciate and is grateful. I felt the same and bought the parts, just need to assemble them. I am also from the UK.
I have an improvement for you they have Flower pot holders that you attached to the side of your wall (basically it’s just a circle that sticks out from the wall horizontally.) You could put the saucer straight on top of that and then put your candles and then just lower the top over it. You would have to wait till it is called down to change the candles or put a enter pole like you have to create the gap. It’s basically the same as yours except for flipped over and instead of hanging it’s sitting
LOVE this idea/ingenuity
Lol, I've seen it all now. The amount of heat with your contraption is identical as any other candle holders. The clay pots do nothing to make more heat. They simply absorb it and slowly release it..
Identical huh? Really? Funny how I have to have oven mits on to move the clay pot. Yet I can pick up any given candle holder. Weirder still, is I can feel radiated heat 3 feet away from it when fully heated but yet, if I place four candles on a plate without the pot, I don't feel that same radiated heat. Some people just join in on debunking, for the sake of it.
the metal and clay pots capture the energy, they are not sources of fuel. you have increased heat efficiency, not the amount of heat.
europeans boutta need this
If i hold my hand 2 feet above just one tea light my hand begins to burn. So i dont know why all these people are saying 4 candles dont produce enough heat. Put your face above 4 candles and you wont last long.
I made one of these, and used it during a snow storm when the power went out last winter. It did heat. It wasn't comfortable warm I still had to wear a jacket in the house. It kept the living room survivable warm and when you went into another room of the house you could tell the other rooms were colder.
👍. When it's all you have , you'll love it
Shhhhh! All these experts here think it's worthless! Enough with your real-world experience!
@@RobMacKendrick I don't think the "experts" meant to say that it won't output heat, just that it won't output more heat then the candles without pots. What it will do though, is to keep the heat from rising to the roof as fast as standalone candles would and if in close proximity to your body you could gain warmth from the radiated heat stored in the pots.
@@ScinnerNo1 Exactly. In my experience, you can't heat a space with candles alone. This device apparently "banks" the heat so it's conserved in one place and released over time, which makes sense to me.
I had a very similar experience, I couldn't tell it was working until I went to another room.
Pro-tip: Put the nuts on the threaded rod before cutting. This will give you a more stable position to hold it on a table as you cut, raises it just off the table, and lets you straighten the threads on removal as they will be mangled somewhat.
Was just about to write this.
This could be useful for some people in Texas right now..
Yup, I live in Texas and I did something similar to stay warm when we ran out of power. I also used an empty can and candle to cook with.
Until the wax spills down the center rod and lights your house on fire
@@Christian-dw6ix Shit... maybe
@@yaymidget Another hack you should know, when we lost power we had no gloves so we would alternate putting our fingers in my sisters who-ha to prevent frostbite. You can also put other appendages in there to warm them up.
Yes, because u have wind turbines that works only when is not freezing. Make some new nuclear power plants, if you have skillfull people to do that and operate them.
In case you slept through science class; the pots do not increase the amount of heat generated by the candles. The ceramic pots absorb the heat from the candles in a way that slows down the thermal energy produced by the candles from immediately equilibrating with the air in the room. The ceramic's heat capacity allows it to reach a higher temperature before "releasing" the heat into it's immediate surroundings. As a result, the pots warm the air adjacent to them to a comfortable temperature for warming your hands; something that a candle doesn't do well on it's own. A candle without the surrounding pots feels apparently cold about a foot away, and scolding hot within a few inches. By slowing down the transfer of thermal energy to the surroundings you get a small volume of comfortably warm air beside the pots.
To: Mr. Ydstie , Isaac,
🔵 Also...I believe he could also get a greater heat
output by closing off the lowest area a-bit more by either raising the candle platform higher, or lowering the top accumulator and adjusting the flu-effect coming in around through the open edge of the lower plate to increase the velocity of the air coming into it.
The candles would burn-faster at that point but the unit would Supply a greater amount of heat during that time.
Samuel J he’s not really looking for a “radiator” but rather a “battery”. It’s about storing heat and releasing it slowly.
That's called a thermal mass.
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I could actually just do it by trial and error and figure it out instead of having this "scientific" explanation.... But thanks though
We did something like this in our utility room during “ice-pocalypse” last February. It’s a small room off our kitchen with our food pantry on one wall and the washer/dryer on the exterior wall. There was a noticeable warmer temp difference once we set up the 4 wick candle under the clay pot.
4-wick candle or 4 tea lights? I was looking at this just in case we had another snowmageddon this year.
Texas??
@@klxzz assuming everyone knows where they're from and what they're on about plus the need to heat a utility room
It's go to be Texas right?
@@littleloner1159 To keep the pipes to the washing machine from freezing, maybe?
how much does it RAISE THE TEMPERATURE IN THE ROM AFTER HOW LONG
WHY DOES NO ONE EVER SHOW THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS?
BTU's? Because... it's kinda difficult to accurately calculate that stuff if you don't know how.
If a deflecting foil is place under the top half you can mitigate heat loss.
"a modern candle typically burns at a steady rate of about 0.1 g/min, releasing heat at roughly 80 W." (Google says that 80 watt = about 270 btu/hour). A BTU calculator says that it takes 58 watts with average insulation to heat a 10'x10'x10' room 1.0°F
Epic Fail it is.
@@chuckm6274 Thank you
Replace the last nut by a wingscrew, that will make adjustment easier.
What if it flies away?
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@@manuhonkanen2111 you silly 😂
Wouldn’t the bottom nut or wing screw be super hot even once the. Candles go out? How do you change the candles??
Just glue the nut on the base, so you raise or lower it by turning the base
I think this would work to keep from freezing to death during a power outage. I remember my time years ago on military exercises in Germany during the winter. It was truly amazing how much one candle would warm up a pup tent. One guy did manage to burn his tent down though.
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Yeah we use to use hand sanitizer in the canteen cups and light them to warm our hands! That was only for the -8 temp.
@R Hopzing Also a hot sob when in southern summers. I had my APC and Humvee license before I had my driver's license.
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@@Ponkdonker Always.
Great. I own such a lamp, and it works! Your version is a better one! Thank You!
Problem is that tea candles produce 26 BTU of heat per hour. So while it may be 4c per hour per 8 candles, consider that it takes 4250 BTU to raise the ambient temperature of a room by 10C. This means that you would have to have 8 candles lit for 20.6 hours constantly to raise the ambient temperature of the room by 10 degrees total. Heat loss through infiltration of a small room build of brick with no windows is 0.36 BTU per foot squared per hour, therefore, in just a very small 12x9x10 room (like a bathroom) you are going to lose 388 BTU per hour. Which means that you have absolutely no heat generation whatsoever.
This whole heater idea is just a waste of money, as you can literally never heat your room through it. The ceramic pots don't do anything. They are great insulators of thermal energy, and thick pots can actually *contain* the heat of a thermite reaction (approximately 4500C for around 20 seconds). The pots actually hold your potential heat generation back. Yea, they might get hot, but that heat never goes anywhere, because the ceramic never gets hot enough to radiate thermal energy into the air (another great insulator).
So smart you're stupid.
What makes you think that? You have proof that counters the laws of chemistry and physics, then, I take it?
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It seems like you know a lot more about physics and chemistry than I do but, respectfully, it also seems like the information you provide makes some assumptions about building science as it relates to a given structure and site - Heat gain and heat loss varies from site to site and from structure to structure. For a moment, and because I'm not in a position to argue your physics or chemistry prowess, let's assume your information and math is correct:
Assuming I followed your argument correctly, It doesn't mean you have "no heat generation," rather you have no heat build up - it's being lost as fast as it's being produced. And even if that's correct, it doesn't mean there isn't heat value to a device like this rather that value is instantaneous and spontaneous in nature. Value (if you are close enough to enjoy it's production before its dissipation) is present while it's lit and little residual value when it's no longer lit.
Are you a physicist, chemist or building scientist (or something else)? I really like the math-specific approach and was wondering what your background was.
Marc Sanders My background isn't major, a high school science background. However, I have an analytical mind and a knack for piecing together information like this. And yes, I did mean a delta positive temperature change, but I am trying to keep it layman level.
As for the structural values, I am using very rough averages, being as generous to the side I am arguing against as I can. I am using the smallest possible room with the highest capacity to retain heat as possible (a 3m x 4m x 2.6m room with no windows).
Did you take the flower pot into account?
It is a very pretty design, and does look much more stable and safe than standard clay pot heaters. I can see enjoying this on cold winter nights in my apartment where there is no fireplace, just for the ambiance.
this more than anything
Use in a ventilated room so CO gas can escape. Be safe y'all
Vent the room...that will bring in more cold than the tea light ac produce. A tea light can produce about 1% of the btu's needed to keep a warm room warn.
The heat is magnified by the terracotta pot. It gets HOT
@@jjgirl3715 The tea candle puts out a certain amount of heat, BTU.. The pot absorbs the heat and spreads it as it raises. The candle is the only heat generator.
Its tea candles, you could use it in a car.
@@edwardmmanns7454 that means you should use the cash to get something better or warmer cloths
A tip for cutting threaded rods and also bolts of course, put a nut on the rod just past where you need to cut it. Cut it with a hacksaw as normal, file any major burrs off the cut rod and then unscrew the nut again. It'll make certain the threads are good after cutting acting as a follower and always be easy to take on and off.
For those that are laughing at this type of heater, it will adequately heat any small space like a van or hunting hide and things like that. It will also prevent freezing in slightly larger rooms so it is a useful design and very cheap to make and run.
Thankyou I’m going to make one
care to share numbers how many degrees such a thing adds and for how long?
@@ElGoogKO I do not know. I do know that such a thing will prevent water and pipes freezing in a large loft. Sorry I cannot be more specific.
Thanks for the tip man, been struggling with that for so long
If one heats a van, 10+ can probably heat a room
With current gas prices this is nothing to laugh at
This is a heater in the same way that wrapping an ice cube in foil is an air conditioner.
+Josh M Hahaha.. #nasty
+Josh M I'll bet this throws off 800-1000 watts of heat. That's a heater in my opinion. No less than a 1000 watt halogen flood light is a heater. And... a bucket full of ice with a fan over it IS an air cooling device. Because it will cool the local air.
+zazarays Without a doubt. I'm sure your right. But the candle does generate heat. The steel washer and flower pot will capture and radiate that heat, longer than Ice would generate cool.
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The water in ice can only absorb so much heat. Whether that is absorbed quickly by exposure to warmer air, or more slowly by insulating it, it still will absorb the exact same amount. To use your example, ice in a bucket will absorb heat until it melts then evaporates. Blowing air over it will cause it to absorb heat faster, and thus cool air more quickly, but also cause the ice to melt faster. Whether it melts quickly or slowly, the overall cooling is exactly the same.
Similarly but conversely, a candle can only hold so much energy. Whether that is used to heat a relatively small volume of air quickly, or transferred to a flower pot which then heats the air more slowly, the overall heat generated will be exactly the same. They both convert the same amount of energy into the same amount of heat. The plain candle more quickly, the flower pot candle more slowly, but still the exact same amount. This will not heat a room any more than a plain candle sitting in the corner. It'll just take a little longer.
Now you are chunking... LOL.... that will be the next video on air conditioning using tin foil an and ice cube... wait it might take four ice cubes... LOL.
I made one of these once, used 4 candles and it became so hot that the wax reached its flash point and the entire thing became a fire. It smoked out my house and I had to carry it under a fire blanket into the bathtub and let it burn out. Don't make these and if you simply have to make one, don't leave them unattended.
Absolutely. No fire should be left unattended. Even a candle.
@@bradleyweiss1089 especially a candle.
I saw this happen when I was a student. Some one decided we shouldn't pay for heating and told everyone to not have the heating on. The next day he comes running out of his room grabs a fire extinguisher and sprays burning wax all over his room. A plant pot and tea lights in a house is an awful idea. I guess this is where he got it from. It would have been cheaper for him to pay or everyone's heating rather than to replace the fire extinguisher.
Hahahahahahahaha
Living one winter out in an old army tent, with down filled sleeping gear, and heating by candle. After a very cold February night (-14 and howling winds), I asked my friend how it went. He said, "It was a 3 candle night. And I only had 2 candles".
😬brrrrr brrrr brrrr....
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This is fantastic, it looks really good and is great for keeping rooms you are not using regularly damp free. Also if you put one scented candle in it keeps the room smelling nice. Really great idea and it looks lovely in your rooms. Thanks so much for posting.
Cool idea. But, there are some things to consider which were not mentioned in this video:
1. Do NOT use Zinc plated washers, nuts and rods. Zinc + heat + closed space = Zinc-oxide with no where to go. Breath in Zinc-oxide and you have guaranteed cancer. Use stainless steel metals in your builds involving heat.
2. Using a soft buffer between the metal washers and the clay pots will help prevent the clay pots from breaking in half. I've never built anything like this, but I know those clay pots can't stand much pressure, and they hate things which are harder than they are. Whatever you use should be heat resistant and non-carcinogen. If anyone can make a suggestion, I would appreciate it.
Excellent information. Thank you.
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@@ezekielbrockmann114 I guess that would work, if you are able to cut it very thin, and able to send the bolt through the middle.
@@BrockLee3 It's fibreglass cordage, so flexible and soft.
@@ezekielbrockmann114 WAIT! It's fiber-glass? ON NO!!! Don't cut it! Don't breath that stuff in. That's a cancer-causing thing in its own. Let's figure out something else to use.
This works for my shed that has no electricity....thank you👍🏻
How big is your shed?
I would love for the creator to point a thermal detector at it when it has been heating for an hour to see the output in degrees.
270 degrees with 4 tealights.
What a great way to save money and have a night light in the corner of the room. Brilliant! I liked it so much I went to Lowe"s and Home Depot to buy all the parts and make my own. Just have to wait for my order of tea candles and I'll be ready to warm up. Thanks for sharing...
Dont need tea lights.
You can use crisco.
Take crisco and put in small jars or glasses.
Take a thin strip of natural cloth.
Smoosh down with a knife coat top of your wick with some of the greese.
Really its the only thing anyone should use that stuff for. Dont eat it or cook with it.
Life hack: how to waste your time with pots and candles
Unless of course you live in the freezing cold and your heat gets shut off. Then this could be a lifesaver.
@@rabbitslippers The baking pan version would in that case.
and poison yourself while at it :-D
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I won't make this but if someone else did, I would buy it. I really like the unique yet functional design.
How much would you want to pay for it? 🤔
Someone has to sell these id buy
@@UltraGamma25 20$ or 30
@@samanthamcdaniel5091 Willing to make them. I need to buy tools though. Adding this to my to do list.
Following.
Mass is your friend in this kind of radiant heater. So, find some heavy glass candle holders to put the four candles in. That will make it safer too because the melted wax will be contained in the glass holders.
These heaters dont heat air they heat nearby objects. If one hunkered down over one of these heaters in a small room one might not freeze to death in a grid down blizzard. People dont realize that these are radiant heaters not space heaters.
TIP : Always put the nuts on both ends before you cut threaded rod.
a small file, and 10 seconds and boom the ends are perfectly smoothe ready for nuts
@Spliffnut You know the difference between theory and practice, right?
To: Spliffnut,
True... But it is undeniably easier to first run a nut over it to chase the thread.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice there is.
Smart man thank you
These people are ridiculous. Try it . If it doesn't work then fine. If it does work.. Awesome. But in a survival situation this device can help. Bc it stores heat ... Like a cooking stone.. It evenly dissipates. So maybe its not a huge difference? But its a difference. And in a survival situation one degree can be the difference between life and death.
Also in a survival situation spending calories and time on a useless gadget can make the difference between life and death
Ceramic does store heat but its not a great conductor of heat. So what happens in the ceramic gets hot but because it dont radiate heat far it slowly cools not releasing as much as it cools. Ceramics are used to trap heat in many applications because of this ability.
"the more metal, the more heat!"
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It's time to go
Metal?
Like Ureinium 235?
Or Mg +O2 -------t°-----> Better effect
Metal, like Dragonforce... or Metallica 🤘😈
Actually if it was a radiometric heater, then yeah more radioactive metal would mean more heat
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Metal AF!
Funny how he says at :57 that "by raising the base, you are able to minimize heat loss." Where does this heat "loss" go anyway?
Similar to a damper on a wood stove the heat gets blown by the draft
@@gabrielbalaa991 The draft leads into the room though ...
This is funny😁
@@Rasgonras It's the difference between hot air rising and the radiant heat of the pots.
Think of it like this, the candle puts out the same amount of heat either way, but heat rises. If the hot air is able to escape faster than it can raise the average temperature of the enclosure, that enclosure will not become appreciably warmer.... like saying you don't want blankets because if you're not using them you are just heating the room.
The pots work in much the same way. Once they get warm, they can give off radiant heat which is much more localized than the warmed air (which goes up and mixes with cooler air almost instantly).
So, yes, the hot air goes into the room... but you're not filling the entirety of the room... you're filling the volume of space, presumably, right next to your candle.
In the same way, your water heater using a glow plug or tiny flame to heat an entire tank of water. By containing that water, you can localize the heat and enjoy a hot shower rather than a VERY cold shower with a tiny heat source somewhere else in your house.
into the room... that your trying to heat... through heat loss 🤣 lmaooo... oofda im no scientist but even i shit a brick when he said that lol
4 cents an hour is crazy expensive to heat a single room! Natural gas heats my entire 1060 square foot apartment for 6 cents an hour in the dead of winter in Alaska!
You're right and this video is total trash and that contraption is ugly as hell but:
you forget you're in Alaska and variables differ in the rest of the world. You don't get any kind of energy for 6 cents an hour anywhere near Europe or Australia. Cheap energy is pretty much the only cool thing about alaska, apart from the beautiful nature (which will inevitably be sacrificed on the way to exploit those natural resources).
Sean Thiebault Our heating cost using gas in Oz is very expensive. We have huge gas reserves but we are selling them off to China. As well as everything else here.
@@thiebault well how much does it cost in europe or australia? are you sure a 1000 square foot apartment costs that much mroe than 6 cents an hour? cause even IF gas is cheaper it would probably be offset by the much lower temps. i bet it doesnt cost that much more in europe or australia
@@bobhumplick4213 1 Liter of heating oil costs around 50-70 Cents in Germany. A estimation of oil consumption is around 15 Liter per year and square Meter. In Case of a 1000m2 House it would cost around 8000 euro of oil in one year
When I was homeless all I had was a big candle to keep warm .. agreed it helps if all you have in such times but wouldn’t suggest this for tiny house or something cheap heating source as wont do the job to that point is for sure :p very cheap efficient heating actually which is basically 💯 free .. would be to dig a hole to place ground lvl house in and use energy transfer metal pipe and wires to also put deeper down a deeper hole many feet down and allow warm earth air heat you up :) no matter how cold or hot is out side .. will always stay around 60s inside to 70s ..
Add in sun windows on top as well for free heating and add in green house and sun room .. use suck in fan and you will be over heated if anything at times and need to let the air out :) all free basically once instal cost done and work done to build structure as so
Engineer here..... Sooooo many false assumptions & statements in this. But it is pretty.
@Jesse MacOhlsson
In Germany electricity costs nearly 4 Times more than in the US 😣.
Oil ist the cheapest way here but that will Change too
@rod kemp not sure about Engineers in Australia but I work as a Transportation Engineer in construction in America and I hear your gripe all the time from tradesmen. Some of it is legitimate about more often then not, the trademan just doesn't understand why certain steps or design features are necessary so they complain. I've had to explain to a few tradesmen why things need to done certain ways.
@rod kemp Don't know the process of becoming an Engineer in Australia. But that is not how it works in the US. Engineering schools are highly selective most programs want at least a 3.2 GPA and you need to finish with a minimal of a bachelors degree to get the title of an engineer. To be considered a professional engineer or P.E. depending on the state you have to pass two 4 to 6 hour test and have at least 5 years of experience working under direct supervision of an engineer before you can become a P.E. Engineering is a field you will find barely anyone buying there way into positions, it demands you have the knowledge to do your job or you won't last very long.
You hear the one about why engineers cant think? The iron ring cuts off the circulation to their brain.
@rod kemp I worked with an auto parts wholesaler in the states for several years, i dont know exactly what kinds of custom vehicles you help produce/maintain/design, but I do know in the states, vehicle design hiccups are almost exclusively a result of government mandates on manufacturers and engineers desperately attempting to be compliant. The best example I can think of is the amount of backlash ford got for their trucks switching over from steel bodies to aluminum (the chevy commercials pointing this out always pissed me off due to how ignorant you need to be to the difference of aluminum and steel strength to weight ratios to think the commercials had merrit) as I'm sure you know, aluminum body panels require special paint coatings, chemicals and repair tools that any body shop that wanted to work on those vehicles now had to shell out for new equipment, which naturally pissed all the shops off
I've made one of these, and they will not heat up a room any more than a candle by itself. If you sit really close to it, you'll feel radiant heat from it, and that's all it's good for. But heating a room is nonsense. It can't increase the heat from a candle. Eight candles will put out a surprising amount of heat to heat a room anyways, but this contraption doesn't make it any more effective.
I've just made one, can't believe how much heat it generate! Perfect for shed, summer house and green house. thank you for the idea!
Made two of these using the same parts and method. It works great. it does not heat a large room but adds about 5 degrees to a 10x12 room. And it looks nice. This would work in a small area like a tent or small area. The point is it does work if your not expecting to much.
Hi, I'm planning to make such a thing. You say it's heated 5 degrees, is this in Fahrenheit or Celsius. Furthermore, you are talking about a room of 10 x 12, this is in meters or yards. Looking forward to your response.
@@johndevries7122 my guess was 5F and feet not meters nor yards. It'll be interesting to hear the reply
I have an ugly, plain one in my bathroom right now. 😂 They work and the shower curtain and toilet don't judge me.
LOL
Wouldn’t it be the exact same as just burning candles? I mean you aren’t creating more energy than just burning candles without the flower pot
If that flower pot bottom clay thingy cracks because of the heat you're going to have lit tea lights rolling about the floor.
Antrys you’re 100% correct
it is the exact amount of heat generated however when you trap it inside the pot you effectively make a small area of heat instead of letting the heat rise up to the ceiling when you are burning candles without cover. but the metal part where u use 100 washers and nuts is imo pointless.
That's to add two things...
1) a physical buffer against over tightening the bits which can damage the flower pots and
2) (more importantly) creating an insulating layer of air between the pots that helps to reduce thermal bleed.... this allows the flowerpots to retain the heat longer.
It's like an open ended thermos. It's not vacuum sealed, but it adds a buffer.
Try it. Get an insulated cup, 2 normal cups, and a thermos. Heat up 4 cups of water over the stove and measure out a cup of hot water each. Pour it into the four vessels,place a plate on top of one of the normal cups, and use a thermometer to check them every five minutes.... make sure to close the thermos after removing the thermometer between checks... don't want to accidentally break it if it's a screw on version.
The normal cup will lose the heat the fastest. Not only does it effectively come directly into contact with the outside conditions, but since it's open, the lion's share of very hot water is able to simply evaporate since it's so warm.... the most excitable molecules can simply get away easier, thus reducing the overall thermal energy by simply leaving.
The insulated cup will cool rapidly as well, though much less quickly than the normal cup. This is because it's insulated on more sides, but still has the face with the greatest upward mobility open.
The normal cup with a plate will stay warm longer than the normal cup that was left open, but will vary from the insulated cup based more upon its material.... some things simply hold or transfer heat better than others.
And then the thermos.... which is insulated or maybe even a vacuum insulated model. That will hold the heat for a VERY long time.
I have a vacuum sealed growler that can keep tea hot for over 24 hours. I would point out that a teacup, no matter how fancy, will not compare to that.
So, that's the purpose of the metal bits. It's both for physical reasons and to help better keep the heat.
kimudo so how many thermoses do I need to heat my house?
I'm skeptical of it working but it looks rustic and pretty so i night just make one for decoration purposes only.
i built and tested one of these in a lab in west texas with a starting temp of about 17F. i used a 3 inverted bases (stacked inside with a 1 inch separation) with an adjustable base and 4 candles. the structure was a 10 x 12 with a 7 foot ceiling insulated with 1/2 foam (doubled on the ceiling). (all measurements are in feet above)
it took 2 hours to raise the temperature from 17 degrees to 45 degrees and about 1 hour more from 45 to 65 where it hovered for the duration of the burn.
i used pots without holes and the heat that came off of them was pretty serious stuff. you can calculate the heat BTUs pretty easy, but for test purposes it worked well.
paraffin has energy of 45mj/kg, so a couple of tealights literally can't produce much energy
@@iivarimokelainen I like science
17 F...in Texas...🙄
You realize a candle only produces about 80 BTU right? Tea candles are even less. Lol What BS lab was this test done in exactly?
@@iivarimokelainen true. More energy is produced by body heat..
@@iivarimokelainen of course 👍
but noone wona know about thermodynamics
You'd get more heat in the room by just changing out your CF or LED lights back to incandescent ones.
I knew more about heating as a Boy Scout than this plant-pot-candle fool.
Grumpy Oldman, oh how I miss those inefficient beautiful incandescent light bulbs.
I actually did that, lol. Put a 60w incandescent bulb in a reflector lamp, aimed it at me from about 1-2 feet away and it keeps me warm while I work on my computer. Mind blowing. Don't need that 1500w heater...
Too bad you can't buy incandescent light bulbs anymore. At least not where I live.
@@motherofone1 President Trump just brought them back! Thank goodness!
OUTSTANDING!! This will be great for my balcony at night!! 🥂😁
I find using red candles doubles the output.
I used blue candles and froze the room.
@@snowflakemelter1172 i used white one and it begin to snow !!
I painted flames on the flower pot and it heated the room way faster.
I added coal and it was toasty in 20 minutes
I added my Nan and she died
Little trick mate, though u probably know....... wind the nut onto the threaded rod before u cut it, once cut, wind the nut off the cut end, this rethreads the end of the rod...... still will need a quick file off, as u have said....
Just try it and stop with the wise remarks could help in a emergency situation
You can fly. Just try it. Practicing now could help in a future emergency situation.
Its a hoax ed wake up
These candle heaters have been tested on RUclips in real world situations and lab type environments. Everytime they are not doing much to provide heat. In the range of a couple btus for multiple candles.
No
I just did some math prior to even clicking the video. Describing these as providing heat for 4 cents an hour sounds almost super cheap until you consider its monthly cost compared to say, natural gas.
Skip to the bottom if you absolutely can’t be bothered to read.
Average cost of natural gas and the figures presented seem to vary WILDLY so in essence I am going to use a mix of what appeared to be reliable sources and cost figures from previous winter seasons. During the harsher winter months where temperatures remained at or below freezing for the vast majority of the time, heat was used almost 24/7 now when houses heated by gas are run they are intermittently turned on and off to regulate the heat in the household and the amount of regulation also varies dependent on the number of windows, insulation in the walls, and the many MANY factors that go into insulation of a house. Now grant-it, the house I have experience with is rather old and insulation is no where near as good as some more modern day stuff, but that should theoretically give these a better chance.
The average cost I saw online generally varied anywhere from $80 to $200.
In our house we personally saw around $140 to $160 per month. Now the math of 4 cents an hour provided we ignore other cost factors would lead me to the conclusion that for this heater to run for an entire month it would cost just shy of $29. But this means that for these to be more useful than gas... you would really need to be able to comfortably heat the house to around the 64-70 degrees people are comfortable with, throughout the house, with 5 or less heaters in my household. Considering my house has 7 locations that heat comes from I have my doubts this would fully cover the same requirements. Now if your heat isn’t working this might work as a good alternative but frankly I don’t see a way that the heat could be nearly as efficient as something like gas in both heat and cost.
As a note I am not by any means claiming that heat costs are the only consideration, but when the thumbnail claims a particular value like “only 4 cents per hour” it leads me to believe the subject at hand is about cost efficiency. Not about emergency situations.
This looks amazing! We had a long lasting power outage this week and the house was freezing! We all had to bundle up and cuddle in the same room for heat. I'm definitely gonna make one of these before that happens again! Thanks for sharing this brilliant idea! :)
Also buy a back up electric generator
Good effort, however, I can't see how putting metal inside the heater INCREASES the heat output. The candles are the ONLY source of heat. 🤔
Doesn't increase. That is not possible in this universe. The added metal would just captures more of the heat being produced and dissipating quickly and is released at a slower rate just as the clay does.
It doesn’t... people forwarding this are incapable of thinking critically and lack basic understanding of energy transfer.
All it needs is some of that EdenPure unobtainium copper alloy.
@@MrBonners Technically oxidising iron is actually an exothermic reaction (how do you think flint and steel lights a fire? When struck with flint, a small shard of iron flies off and rapidly oxidizes due to its very high surface area, producing heat great enough to start a fire!).
However, in this setup, no it is not going to contribute to the room's temperature.
@@bensmith9428 has nothing to do with producing rust. The chemical process is not happening here. This is convection and radiant heat production.
Great design, watch out for paraffin flares and have a powder extinguisher ready just in case. I would say monoxide alarm too, to be safe. I will be building one just do a little more research on the danger and damage these things can do!! If you heat paraffin to 400 then it can go bang
great points, wish this comment was pinned!
@@Rosemorgana1312 You can actually use light bulbs which are safer
I was checking out all the videos on this subject, and your tutorial is the best. It looks waaaaay better than some that I've seen. This is attractive enough to keep displayed when people come over... Thank you for sharing! 🥰
And when your house catches on fire, you'll get an even greater level of heating. 👌
Luis Castellon if you stay inside you’ll also be warm for the rest of your life
These "heaters" are dangerous. If you have two to three candles enclosed like that the wax will go from solid to liquid very fast and eventually it will get hot enough to ignite the wax itself. Once this happens the heater will become a raging little inferno and if the candle holders have a hole or it gets knocked around then the wax can spill. If it does. It can leak flaming wax from around the threads and set other things on fire. Just go buy a electric heater or even a chinese diesel heater. Stay warm and alive folks.
@@TheDirtyChef liquid candle wax doesnt catch fire. You can drop a stack of lit matches into liquid candle wax and it wont catch fire. and if you are worried about safety....why would you recommend an electric heater? you know how many houses burn down because of those?
@@ronnie3044 under normal conditions no wax does not ignite but if you enclosed it in something and get it hot enough it will burn. Test it out if you don't believe me. (Not trying to be a dick) I would recommend an electric heater over this in a heartbeat because electric heaters have failsafes, fires do still happen with them yes but this is also caused alot by human error like setting it to close to flammable materials and such. Making one of these heaters is just setting yourself up for a fire. I also know since I have been living in a tiny home for a long time that tiny house people really like this idea but it really doesn't put out very much heat and it's a major fire hazard. If you want something safe and reliable get a diesel heater. Mine has been humming away for two seasons now and no problems whatsoever and no maintenance other than having to fill the diesel tank every few days( small tank, 10 litre). Alls I'm saying is this isn't safe and there are better and safer options including electric heaters.
@Tumbleweed ok sir, just make sure when your shit is burning down because you were dumb enough to make one that you video it and post it here so I can laugh at you. Hope you don't have any kids or pets in there at the time of the 🔥. By the way, if's are how smart people stay alive.
I just saw a candle made in jars using Crisco and birthday candles as the wick. Cheap and brilliant, the oil does not smoke. She used small jars for terra cotta pots. Love your design.
Hi and the Candle oil would you need these seperately?
I been using empty paint cans, take out the cardboard from the toilet paper, then shove the toilet paper all the way into the empty metal can.
Add candlewax at the bottom if you prefer, fill it almost to the top with isotropic alcohol.
Myself I placed holes in the can lid so the fire only seeps through the holes I made in the lid then you light the toilet paper and your good to go.
You can use this as a stove should you have no electric, you can also use 2 more empty cans if you would prefer.
1. Uses oxygen
2. Produces pollution
3. Creates a fire hazard.
4. Produces very little heat
You use oxygen. Who do you think you are?
JackBN
1. Uses oxygen
2. Produces pollution
3. Creates a fire hazard.
4. Produces very little of anything
5. Uses up surrounding natural resources
ppl are saying this won't work. but we just had a bad blackout in nb canada for a few days. a bunch tealights and candles kept my house at 63 degrees. with a watchful eye tho, everything was sold out at stores so fast you have to do with what you have and having these extra with the pieces of mind they are safer then just open candles in a home with pets and kids during a big blackout. anything helps. great vid
In my experience during blackouts people light all the candles they can get their hands on anyway, so why not use them in a way that gives off a little heat to the people hovering around the candles watching them burn? Without the flower pots, or something similar, the heat is going to rise up toward the ceiling. This way people can at least get their fingers warm. I might even put foot rests on one so I can keep my toes warm.
How many tea lights? All of them? How big a house? The whole house? Just the small room it was in? What did you use to measure temperature what was the out side temp?
We don't have heaters in Chile and I have done amazing things with some candles.
63 degrees? Hilarious!
@@lorib1696 candles give off heat.......The extra pot is useless and makes them less efficient. If you wanted to do as you said use a metal pot so it radiates more. Ceramic will heat up but it doesn't dissipate heat good Think of grabbing something hot outta the oven if you use fabric gloves they dont transfer the heat good, if you made aluminum gloves you'd feel it instantly. Think of a kiln It uses ceramics to keep the heat inside and not leaking out. where as a wood burner is metal so that all the heat the metal gets ends up being displaced to the air.
Just an idea. You could use a piece of copper pipe sliding over the rod and secure it at the end, instead of a group of washers and nuts. Copper is an ideal thermal conductor.
Why would the thermal conductivity of the material there matter
Awesome! Not sure about the heat, very cool for hanging on the patio.
WOOOOOOOW - SO BRILLIANT!!! Thank you for designing and uploading this clever heating idea!
Are... are you serious? Do you have any comprehension of how fire works? And look 2" over to the right, there's older, recommended videos that are literally the same thing.
The candles when lit, release the same amount of heat per hour regardless of whether you put flower pots or anything else over them. All the pots do is act as thermal regulators by absorbing that heat and releasing it in the local area in a more gradual manner.
So what's your point!!!
Is that's the whole idea, that you create to optimised the heat from those lite beauties to radiate heat.
That's the point of the video.
@@joyceharris9296 The point (which you still don't seem to have gotten) is that these are pointless, besides creating a fire risk. They don't release any more heat than a candle, there is no optimising from this design, in fact it probably reduces mixing.
Yep, creating radiator style heat.
@@92Pyromaniac ok well you can just freeze to death. This could save a life but you can freeze
I imagine the heated pots would generate heat on top of the candles....so...put that in your pot and plant it.....
You're begging for trouble with that design. The metal rod through the pot holes doesn't allow any venting, the wax can, and occasionally does flame up due to overheating. NEVER block the top hole!! NEVER use it indoors!! I do have a small one I use on my workbench, but I ONLY use it while I am sitting there, never more than 2 candles, and I blow them out when I leave the bench area.
+Condor Seven Your so right! I made one and it
caught fire!
So I can heat a room with fork handles? Sounds a bit daft to me.OH you mean four candles.......
It’s all in the annunciation.
I tried spoon handles and
knife handles but did not get near the roaring BTU’s of forks.
@@bradleyweiss1089 heck Bradley, you going all religious on me now, what has a Penguin (a Nun) reading a Citation got to do with it. A”l the best wishes Have a great 2021!
I made one similar it sat on my desk works pretty good when you dont want to turn on the main heater for a small room and your only in there for a couple of hours
Can I get sick I use mine all night, door is open
The more metal, the more heat... thanks! You are very clever.
So the pots capture the heat, from going where? THE ROOM!!!
Don't knock it. Unless you have no need for heat when the power goes out, and it does, or live where coconuts grow. This works.
Stupid. You're, just, stupid. Hope you never get cold when the power goes out.
Well, I've made this last summer and didn't have to use my heater even once!!!
@@onman999 I didn't have to use my heater even once this summer either. ;)
I have tried this.... it only works in the summer (power outage forced me to use my flower pot heater as a light source). In the winter time, an 8 x 8 room, using 5 candles in the heater did not warm the room significantly (no difference recorded during the several hour period). Later, doing the BTU calculations, I determined that it would work for an extremely small room (closet or tent) or a car. But in all cases you have to make sure you have adequate ventilation to prevent carbon monoxide buildup, which removes much of the heat gain....
My mom keeps telling me of the family at the campground (I was 3-7 years old, 1960's) that were found dead in their tent from carbon monoxide poisoning, who used a similar heater, so I am keenly aware of the risks. Of course this was the sme trip my dad saved people from drowning in a small canal, which again, I have no direct memory of.... I remember the trip, especially the ice cold showers, just not other events....
The amount of carbon monoxide produced by candles is pretty small, so heating a small room shouldn't be dangerous, no more than burning a handful of candles in the bath.
Smarter than most
This works just like charging a battery off of a 30w solar panel for 10 hours to use the energy collected to run a 600w heater for 30 minutes. Having it on your front or on your table you will definitely feel some change,as a room heater is a different thing,don't forget that even actual room heaters will only make a noticeable difference to your leg.
The pots are being collecting heat for some hour then when they reach the maximum temperature they radiate a steady amount of heat instead of having the candle making a thin heat line straight to the ceiling with no energy collected or radiated.
It seems to me that that radiant heat is worth more than the candle's heat running straight up to the ceiling. Plus, with more candles, you can guarantee that you WILL feel some change in the temperature of the room. This is just a safer way to capture and "control" the natural heat from an open flame.
I love the idea thank you. I saw in Walmart they have three heavy iron pot holders for $20.00 4.7” wide under to place a 3” candle and 9.4” wide to place a
8.5” clay pot. Pass it on.
wait a minute, just burning the candles without the silly arts and crafts experiment will produce the same amount of heat in the room.
speedy63663 yep, that's called the first law of thermodynamics.
Ondrej Key
...which has exactly no effect on how warm the room gets.
Ondrej Key No, they don't do that very well either. You'd virtually have to be sitting on top of the thing to notice any difference, and it still wouldn't heat you up effectively. These things are a complete joke, Ondrej. You'll get a similar effect from just sitting there holding a candle, with no pot over it at all. And you'll freeze your little ass off.
+Jesse Cole you wouldn't know if you won't try
Kil20K
Wow, you need to check in with a therapist. What happened to you?
save your fat & make candles from them & jute string. A 10cm by 10cm jar of fat will burn for days
JoJoZep ofthejungle are you talking about the fat people and how to monopolize on Thier obesity?
In america people eat fat, not save it. Just go out in public and see all the lard asses for yourself.
Fill the base with dry white sand to avoid heat loss. Much safer too!
@@MistaMagee Dry White sand insulates for better en complete combustion of parrafine
Heat loss where. Jesus christ these comments are unreal
I'm not going to check back on this comment line, because I don't want to hear how stupid people think might comment is. But I would like for Ben Galt to know how I appreciate this video & what a fun/attractive project this is. Thank you so much for making this video. I'm making my own "Artsy" project, just because I think it's cool. Thanks again.
Artsy, yes. An effective heater... Not by the laws of science ;)
Candles would be very expensive fuel compared to other fuels like fuel oil etc. Not so cheap when you calculate the BTU's produced per dollar!
I think if you used this method 2 or 3 times a week it would work out cheaper than using electric at home all the time.
Hmm, have you priced a candle per BTU? I know they are very expensive for the amount of fuel they contain. One candle weighing on pound is about twice as much as a gallon of Kerosene, which runs about 8 lbs, and contains about the same energy per lbs. That would make it a very expensive heat source.
I just know when i use my electric heater it sucks my electricity far too quickly so i can only use it for an our or two maximum per night..I'm willing to give this a go because it's so cheap to try..Not like i'd lose that much from trying it.
7Earthsky Just do not expect them to provide any significant heat, of to be cheap to burn. You might just as well light those candles in regular candle holders.
By the way, you could produce more heat at less cost by burning a kerosene lamp using kerosene for a fuel.
Iv'e heard from people saying they've kept their apartment warm all winter using them..I'm gonna go by the experience of someone in a similar situation to me.
Well I tried this a couple years ago and let's just say it didn't work for shit. Almost froze to death trying to test it out.
seriously? damn. sad now.
If you think a ceramic (flower) pot is some kind of magic heath amplifier, think again. A basis understanding of thermodynamics may make you change your mind.
I apologise for this and no understand of anything
It doesnt matter what you have the candles heating up - the room itself, a flower pot etc - the maximum heat output is from the candles! Just light a couple of damn candles
You ever actually try to heat a space with just candles? Even a very small space? I have. Why don't you try this before you spout off?
If you pay 10 cents per KW/H, you know what else you can run for 4 cents an hour? A 400 watt heater. These candles put out, in total, maybe 150 watts.
400 watt electric heater is about 5 bucks a day, on top of the rest of the bill. The biggest problem with that is this heater is for places without electricity. The amount of heat it produces will heat up a two man tent, if the tent is designed for winter.
Lol would you have electricity for the heater?
@@Barbara-tj4oh he is horrible with math and common sense.
which is enough when the power is out.
@@jasonlawson8619 in Seattle it costs about $1 to cook a turkey for 5 hours. That's a lot more than 400 watts to run an oven for 5 hours your math is way off
They'd be great in an emergency such as a power outage.
Thank you for sharing this information, it's a great idea how you made it to hang on the stand.
I built 15 of these and they raised the temp in my room by 1°! Highly recommend.
Lol
its not good cost 57ish $ per month per room, and does not heat as much as elctricity or fire. maybe good in a ....
tent!
Serious question here: I totally get that total energy is the same regardless. However, the temperature is presumably different between a stand-alone candle and a large mass. The heated gas of the candle quickly rises to the ceiling. If instead there is a lower temperature (but same energy) object like the pots, the temperature gradients would be less and that would slow the ascent of warm air. The pot method would warm us more...not because there is more energy but because heat doesn’t immediately disperse through the entire room. The pots heat remains longer in the areas of the space that need it the most (ie where the people are, and not the ceiling). I’m opening the door here to ridicule because I really want to know.
You could likely put fins on the inside or outside of the pot if you were making your own pots(for whatever reason), and it would likely work similarly to the radiator fins on a pc cooler, or a motorcycle engine.
What most people are not considering when they complain about this not being effective is that it basically creates a heat battery which can be located lower in the room compared do where the heat would escape if not for the pots. The pots capture most of the candle heat, and then they radiate that heat. Without the pots, of course the candle heat would immediately rise directly to the roof (where it's not very useful). So there is some value to this general design. And in fact, for people using computers in cold environments, this is nice as you can periodically put your hands on it to warm them (while the rest of your body is staying warm from wearing multiple layers of good clothing).
That's just mind numbingly wrong. Candles only put out so much heat, and whether it's radiating from the pot or candle itself, heat rises immediately all the same. There are just not enough BTUs in this set up for heating a room bigger than a dog house. The only thing you can use this for practically is a hand warmer.
@@RockSleeper It's about how the heat is released. A candle with nothing, yes the heat will rise immediately to the ceiling. With the pots, the heat will release more slowly and radiate outwards much more than the candle. So yes it's the same amount of energy, just dispersed in a more useful way.
@@ross4 I could imagine a small fan blowing across this would help.
@@ross4 i literally explained how that's wrong. There is not enough energy to make a difference regardless of how the heat is dissipated. You can put a 1 tsp cube of icing at the center of a cake and have enough to enjoy the tiny section of that cake, or you can try to spread that 1 tsp of icing across the cake, and not even tell there's icing on the cake. How hard is it to understand that? It doesn't matter how you spread it out, the more you spread it the less heat per volume there is. And again, once it radiates from the pot it goes straight up anyways. It would have to be significantly hotter to radiated even a foot horizontally. Even full on oil space heaters barely radiate horizontally. This is just how physics works.
@@RockSleeper Omg 🤦♂️ It’s not more heat, it’s how the human body experiences the heat, by delaying its diffusion. Try building the device. You do not understand this at all.
Hi there,I thought that was a great idea,very well explained & it looks nice as well,I'm sure that that heater would take the chill out of a 4×4 M room,Excellent ..
This is good for emergency n if you just desire to do it I think ites cool
i tea candle is recommended to keep in your car if you live in the north if you get stuck in -20 on the road side it will keep you warm till help arrives so just a candle alone is heat..so don't know why people saying this is bogus
I think some people think the video is implying that the pot increases the amount of heat put off by the candle, or that the heater will work as a primary source of heat for a large room even if you're nowhere near it. A heater like this won't heat the room necessarily but it will warm YOU if you stay near it.
how is this better than just the candles burning?
Heats up the clay and radiates more heat
@@yoyoyommm69 This is not how it works
@@yoyoyommm69 can't make more heat. they clay can feel hot from the candles but not more heat. this is an illusion. fake like prepetual motion videos. the candles are the only heat source they will not make more heat with a pot suspended above them. the heat will rise mix with the air either way it will "warm" the room with the same BTU's with our without the pot
Good design, nice... But there is one fatal flaw here, there is no hole at the top for the thermal convection to happen. You need to drill a few holes at the top 10mm will do 4 is enough. The whole idea behind this is to create a draw of cool air in from the bottom and super heat it as it escapes from the top, thus warming your room. The way you have it now will also work, all be it in a smaller areas. This design will work more like a space heater. When you have the convention current going it will get hotter and warm faster and a larger area.. I really like the design, the hanging of them, I also do this same way. Nice video, good job..
You are absolutely correct about having the hole in the top open so that it creates a flow of air. I also thought that the purpose of putting the plate on the top with it gapped to allow the air to flow through the top hole was so that it created more of a radiating effect of the Heat.
This is a prime example of a really cool DIY project that really doesn't need to be done.
Until the power goes down.
Would be great for a cottage - I’m in Canada 🇨🇦 think of cottage as a secondary residence.
Why is that??
Im going to use it for my Tiny House since I can't afford a heater yet.
The candles create all the heat the pot has no purpose for heating it's only to make it look pretty
While it might struggle to heat a room it could be a good heater to keep the frost off a small greenhouse, and I assume most people who have lots of pots have greenhouses ! So a good cheap solution.
A small gas burner is a better idea as you won't get as much soot and toxins.
If you put the nut on below above the cut, before you cut the threaded rod, you can be sure to minimize the chance that you will malform the rod so that you cannot put a nut on. When you remove the nut after the cut it recuts the groove so that you can replace the nut again later.
James Burdine You have the uncut end.
Just less twiddling
And no matter how fancy you dress it up it puts out about 75 Watts, enough to heat a shoe box.
True, a 100 watt light bulb would be warmer.
@@johnmonk66 Except you can't buy incandescent bulbs anymore.
@@drowssapma Who can't? Where do you live, Nazi Germany? The US is scrapping a ban on energy-inefficient light bulbs which was due to come in at the beginning of 2020.
The rule would have prohibited the sale of bulbs that do not reach a standard of efficiency, and could have seen an end to incandescent bulbs.
Many countries have phased out older bulbs because they waste energy.
But the US energy department said banning incandescent bulbs would be bad for consumers because of the higher cost of more efficient bulbs.
The Department of Energy said it had withdrawn the ban because it was a misinterpretation of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act.
Pro tip: start the other way around. This way you start with the small pot which means you’re not going to screw all those nuts all the way back to the other end.
$.04/hr x 24 hrs = $.96 x2 pots = $1.92/day x 30 dys = $36.80/mo to put that into perspective....not so efficient is it?
Michelle Emanuel Lol funny, The Irony is this will not heat a medium sized room. Its a load of bull.
Better than the $81. Extra a month I pay for a portable oil radiant heater I use to supplement the ceiling heat I have. This would actually be economically for me....great idea...and who doesn't love the ambiance of candlelight?
Jodee M
Or even 400 dollars a month during a New England winter, which is about what I dealt with last year. Worth a try! I like your "ambiance" idea, too.
Aldene Fredenburg
30 euros/month here in Romania. Thermo power plants or wood, plenty of both here :))
BLLAARRRGG
Is not gonna heat anything , but you'' ll get intoxicated by all those candle fumes :))
I was really intrigued by this idea and decided to build one myself. I built a pair with a stand similar to the man who made this video but I was very disappointed in the lack of heat it generated. Both pots had 5 tea lights and reached a average temperature of 185 - 220 degrees. I kept it in my bathroom which is approximately 8x17 and it didn't do much to warm the area up. I can simply put those same 10 tea lights on a tray and burn them and get a more desirable affect. I used two 6 inch pots with matching saucers.
Ten tea lights would put out about 350W whether in pots or open. A typical electric heater in the USA can put out 1500W. That is why it doesn't heat up fast.
Most of those crafting videos are done by people who never had to figure out how to deal with -42 degree temperature. (At that point celcius and fahrenheit are the same).
It’s decoration, and some light. That’s all.
Wow what a great idea, watching my house burn down from the steet kept me warm until the fire brigade arrived .
Must have been the same way you Brits burned London down in 1666
Instead of a double hanging design, couldn't one of the apparatus be adapted to a heavy base in which the center rod could also screw in? :)
You are a genius.
Now how do we get it to make 10,000 BTU’s of output?
Who’s here at fall time 2021 preparing because of what happened in Texas earlier this year?
I think this is a Beautiful invention. I love the base and what the heaters are hanging on. Really unique.
Four candles? Fork handles!...
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