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A brilliant demo and how-to examples. I've just bought an Inverter 5086 paraffin heater. It is awesome and is very economical. It burns C1 paraffin @ 1000ml per 11 hours. With loads of safety features. But it does use a tiny bit of electricity (2W) to run the control panel and a circulating fan. I'm still going to make your heater though for redundancy. Our utility bills are going through the roof at the moment.
Paraffin releases toxins into the air. There are warnings about burning common paraffin candles. Only SOY candles should be used indoors. We inhale all exhaust which is damaging to our respiratory system.
@@brendastolecki4755 Hi Brenda, I appreciate your concern. We now own two of these heaters and in the last two months, we have literally had one of them pay for itself in terms of savings on central heating. These heaters are >99% combustion efficient, so we have no odour during normal operation. Only at startup and shutdown, there is a tiny smell that soon dissipates. We have 2 carbon monoxide detectors that have sat idle since we switched to this method of heating our house. We have experienced no side effects. As far as heat is concerned, we are extremely toasty on cold winters days in Scotland and have to turn the heater off after an hour or two because we are simply too warm. Our house is quite well insulated. So, we don't need to turn them on again for a few hours. One push of the button and the heater shuts itself down and it's one push on the button to restart. At present we are using C2 kerosene that cost about GBP 0.80p per litre. I speak under correction, but this equates to roughly GBP 0.45p per heating hour. This may well be subject to increases, thanks to our government's naivety and Greta Thunberg! But, I still believe we are better off financially and mentally by our decision. I cannot rave enough about these heaters. Another upside we discovered by chance, was we literally had zero condensation on our external facing windows. This has been a problem we have regularly experienced every winter. My only regret is not discovering these heaters years ago. But then, we weren't in a critical fuel emergency. Hey, if soy candles work for you, that's great. I wish you the best of luck with your choice. I believe a soy candle (or 2-3) just wouldn't cope with Scottish winters, though. Thank you for taking the time to reply to my comment, though. I wish you well!
@@tartanrambo I'm using a quartz heater, my halogen was better but it's broken an needs replaced. Quartz heats up objects but not the air whereas halogen will also heat the air which I prefer, anyway, with the quartz on one bar (400 Watts) and facing away from my legs a little as it gets a bit too warm after a while; I'm toastie. The heater on one bar costs me (at the moment) 13p per hour. I think heating a whole house at the moment it too expensive. Putting the central heating on for a little while to heat the house up somewhat in extremely cold weather, then running the small heater to keep a constant heat works for us. I have also turned off some empty room radiators. I have a computer, large amp and 43" monitor in my living room probably putting out another 400 watts of constant heat as they're never switched off. Our bedroom is cold but never got warm in winter anyway as it's the last radiator to get heat, but it's above the living room. As you have state, whatever works we must do, here in Northern Ireland, candles simply won't cut the mustard unless we use 25 at a time. That heater you have is a great heater and I wanted to get one but using cheaper paraffin other than what it's designed for put me off, there is some chemicals in the other oils that won't set a detector off but are still bad for ones health. I purchased two paraffin heaters last year, one is an Aladdin and one a Valor but I haven't ran them yet, good paraffin is expensive here they're not inverter heaters though but still a Good backup for emergencies. I took my pot belly stove out, too dusty and wood ain't cheap either, certainly not when sending heat up the chimney, blocking the flew off keeps more heat in anyway. I was over in Scotland for twelve days a couple of months ago during the heatwave, I'd a lovely time, thank you all!
@@pa_maj.MARTINI-van-MAN In Scotland today (7 Oct 22), all News Stations are warning about power blackouts over winter for up to 3 hours at a time. We now have 2 x portable battery packs that can deliver 200vAc and 12vDc as a backup for lighting and running our fridge/freezer (we've been stocking up on food for the winter and to avoid the price hikes) and my backup for that is a petrol generator. As you know, my heating is covered with 2 x inverter kerosene heaters (1 in the living room and 1 in the hallway leading to the bedrooms and bathroom). We only need to run one or both of these for 1-2 hrs at a time). This lasts for 3-4 hours before we need more heat. But, you guessed it! I have backups for that too. With a few types of alcohol stoves and 2 x single burner portable gas cookers that use butane gas canisters. As far as kerosene goes, I use Class C2 and not Class C1. I did at the beginning, but I can't discern any difference between the two other than when filling my inverter heater's tanks. My supplier told me that I can buy additives to make it smell better. But, I really don't see the point as we can barely smell the heaters when they start and stop. Mine have never smelt like those old Chinese Takeaway shops in the 70s when I was a kid. I stocked up on about 150 litres of C2 kerosene a few months ago which cost me £33 for 25 litres back then. This should see us into spring next year. On the health front, I have had 2 thorough medical checkups with 'bloods' in the past year (for work travel) and there are zero signs of any issues relating to the kerosene. We don't even open the windows. Our CO2 monitor has never been triggered once. Remember what I said, we only need to run one or both heaters for an hour or two at a time. We also never sleep with the heater on. In my opinion, Class C1 kerosene is a con... As it seems we are kindred spirits, here are a few ideas I wish to share with you in terms of facing the coming winter: 1. Buy yourself or your partner a Dreamland Heated Throw. These cost around £60 at Argos 160cm x 120cm. But, there are larger ones for £90.00 - 135cm x 180cm and cover both of us (from head to toe) when we are seated on the couch watching the telly. They cost pennies to run all day (if necessary) and can also run off my portable battery pack. They also have an automatic cutout after 1hr. I bought my mother-in-law (couch potato) one of these about 5 yrs ago and she swears it's the best present she's ever got. 2. If the power goes out, try not to open your fridge or especially your freezer. Wait till the power comes back on. 3. Drink hot drinks and soup if things are getting dire. Climb under your blankets and read a book. Personally, I like hot chocolate with a double shot of brandy, rum, or whisky. 4. Download movies and TV series that you can run off a laptop. I use a Fire HD 10 tablet that can run for hours and hours and costs
@Anna Hi Anna, I must apologize! I have only just seen your question. Did you manage to find these heaters online? We have more or less come through a Scottish winter at the moment. We still use our 5086 Inverter Heater some mornings to take the chill out of the room. But, we haven't switched on our central heating once since last September, and our heating bill has been slashed to about GBP 35.00 for the entire winter. I cannot rave about these heaters enough. We have two of them. If you search for "5006/5026/5086 Inverter Heater" you should find them. I think they are made in Japan but imported across the world. We run ours on C2 Grade kerosene and have not once had our CO2 alarm kick-off or experienced any headaches, etc. We have not felt chilly or cold once. And we keep our doors and windows closed all winter to limit condensation. I hope this helps to answer your question.
A great Idea.We've been using Bio Ethanol for about a year.We have a wall hanging fire place 90x40 heats a room really quickly,it has a reservoir to burn the fuel safely Keep your room vented a little.
Think I will toss one of these together for emergency cooking and or heating. The everclear fuel option allows for indoor cooking use as well as stealth heating if necessary. Great video again.
hi and thanks! definitely do! - it's good to be prepared plus they're just fun to use. yep, the bio-fuel i used is basically just everclear (with a bitterant added). it's best to buy the bio-fuel though. it's much cheaper than everclear (both can be burned inside)
@@logiclab1 Everclear is nasty stuff by itself. It makes an excellent disinfectant and VOC fuel source. It is too easy to die from alcohol poising from consuming ethyl alcohol.
The one thing I might add to your set up is one of those fire mats - the kind you can get to put under your grill. I just mention it because the bricks/blocks can get very warm and whatever you set it up on could get too warm as well. With the fire mats, that gives a "break" to the "heat sink" of the set up where it is, while it's burning. Just a suggestion...
Try the ethanol gel cans... they are basically a tuna can with a small opening the size of the 6oz can. And they have a lid! They burn for 2 hours! Then you can reuse them with ethanol or alcohol for a longer burn than 20 minutes.
@@jcunningham2308 They sell 6 packs of them on Amazon. Or if you can find where caterers buy them in bulk, that would be ideal. Caterers use them under the large metal trays of food to keep food hot during events. So party supplies? I think grocery stores sell them. We have Giant here and they carry them
I made a heater from a quart can using sand a left over wood stove door gasket (fiberglass) as the wick and denatured alcohol. I ran one in a room about 16x12 for about an hour and my monoxide sensor registered up to 45ppm before I opened the door. I didn't test with just the can burning alone but I did have a piece of stainless mesh as an exchange to glow. In the 16x12 room one quart can instantly heated the room quite cozy within 5 minutes. Intermitten lighting with room to vent in-between should keep one pretty cozy and safe.
@Jonas it only consumes a very small amount (about the same as one human). no ventilation is need at all. that's the beauty of this type of fuel. it burns completely "particulate free" zero smoke or soot. none at all. it only release water vapor and a tiny amount of carbon dioxide (no more than a person does)
And what if you used copper pipe to capture the heat, with a circulator/circulating pump,even a coil around the T and in front of the exit of the T, connect it to pex pipe that you run under the floor for coverage. That would also allow for more intermittent burns (conservation of fuel) the as the pipe contents circulate the heat more evenly or to other rooms. Fun info!
Say the grid is down in winter and you bring all the family in one room for heating. How long can one bottle last to heat the area if all other areas are blocked off? Just curious
hi. about 8 to 10 hours if you run it non stop. *probably 16-20 if you run it more the way a regular furnace works. (meaning it cycles on and off). if you buy the "fuel" by the gallon then 4 times as long. ✔🔥🔥
Great setup, Thank you for sharing. I use propane, and it appears to be heading in the expensive lane. A hundred gallons at 289$, it's lasted about a month. I'm definitely trying this!
That's actually not bad, how much is 100 gallons of ethanol where you live? Also remember that ethanol has a calorific value of around 29.7 MJ/KG compared to propane and butane around 50MJ/KG. So, you would need around (rough guess) 170 gallons of ethanol to get the same calorific value (heat energy) as propane. Sometimes far off fields aren't as green as we First thought comes to mind unfortunately AJ. I think ethanol would come out almost five times more expensive for the same heat, at least going by our prices over here plus taking into account the calorific value of-course.
@@pa_maj.MARTINI-van-MAN I've not priced the ethanol to that capacity. However, after trying it, the set up did not work for my space. I put electric heaters in my room, and toughed the rest of the house out.
@@AJ-dw3jn I was looking for the best source of heat (Best value, easy to obtain and High output) for my campervan, my tiny caravan and my house hence my research across the board AJ. I have an eberspacher diesel heater in my van but it's hard on the batteries long term so I ended up using butane, also for my little caravan as I cook with it anyway. We have gas central heating in the house but it's expensive now, we are now using one electric heater in the living room, heating one room rather than the whole house as it works out way cheaper. It's certainly not ideal of-course considering the luxury of a fully heated house during previous winters but hey! It's what we have to do. Stay warm AJ!
@@BigG1691 I have a diesel heater in my campervan, it's a little too power hungry on my batteries over the winter and all that extra driving just to recharge them is counter productive George; clocking up miles and using even more diesel fuel.
So, power outage...how are you getting power to your fan? Could you have a pipe thats closed at the back end, use on of those camping stove cast iron fans that dont require electricity? You would place that fan in front. Just curious.
If you put tubes inside and set your fan up to blow in them instead of just to trying to blow the flame out would make your fuel last longer maybe. Use the t you have and make a hole in the middle insert pipe For flame to go up into around pipes and up the chiminey .. Blow air thru pipes on same side as you did before but only thru pipes .. Will make double the heat out put ..Same thing as a barrel stove with heat tubes. But smaller version ...
@@SethKenimer There are people that make them allover the net or youtube . They make ammo boxes and barrel wood stoves and others with tubes in them ... I made one a long long time ago with a diesel wick heater that uses small wood stove with tubes in it ..I am using same as oil lamp 3 each just make sure you have air in and exhaust out and blow hot air out of tubes with 12v or 5v fan .... I use diesel because it will not catch fire except wick or glow plug ... Mine is not on net but other ones are ...
The best stove is this. Air induced from the outside. Fuel= logs made from junk mail , cardboard boxes that are turned into pulp using the system the way guy used on YT.
This time last year, i was using tea light candles,in a modded cookie tin with a stove fan on top. Worked? Yes. Satisfactory, not really.🔥fcuk. Lesson....flash point achieved. Next. Chafing fuel...excellent, but costly,and lots of tins to bin.(looked at refilling them, could be done. Diethylene glycol, or brake fluid,all tastes the same😉 And, I now use bio ethanol, similar set up to this, but i have a 25 ltr stainless steel stew pan, filled with sand and a core made up from scrap. Ten inch cast iron pipe collar, various lengths of copper and aluminium tubing, metres of copper wire holding it all together(conductivity within core),a stainless steel 'ball end valve' from a fuel tanker flex hose,and some other bits probably lol. Its all housed in a rectangular box made of 4mm four bar check plate.(ex police, used for housing the battering ram, came from a ex police van i used to own) Underneath, is a bioethanol fire place, yep, i paid once, but wont cry twice, this thing will burn for 4-6 hours on 500ml. When it goes out, the pan on top lets out heat for another 3-4 hours. An evolution indeed,inspired by tubers like this guy.
Good video thanks for sharing. If used in a bedroom or living room due to the moisture it would put into the air have you noticed any mold or damp problems? Thanks
That's Kool..I live in my van with my dog .last yr we burned alcohol in little stoves burners that I made with stuff I found .broken terracotta tiles and gravel and sand ...worked really well ..but my question can you maybe think about a mini small heater for a minivan that is super cheap or almost free .only because some don't have money to burn..lol...but seriously I was up to maybe 3.oo day for a big 91 percent alcohol bottle a day .I don't like the cold .here in SC it isn't to bad but still cold..so I'm wondering..for some out there the problem of being homeless and poor and freezing cold..what can we do to help ..iv seen ll the vids on the tube .but nothing really hits me....maybe used vegetable oil .from a restaurant or other things that might be obtained by these folks if they asked nicely to the owners of some business ..I'm just thinking of I had nothing..which im blessed to have a van and income ..but some don't ..that's what I want to focus on ..if I had nothing other than my van and my dog and it was cold .how to get my van for next to nothing or from recycled things ...also .I love the videos man .never never never stop making them.huge fan bro...if you try it remember you have no money or very very little like a lot of us do .stay blessed and besafe... Michael and Frankenstein..van life is the only life .wooooo
you could probably use ethanol in my "big candle design" video. i haven't tried it yet though so i can't say for sure. actually, you could probably use ethanol in almost all of my projects that run on isopropyl alcohol. (i've got a DIY alcohol lamp video. you could probably use ethanol in that). i keep saying probably because i never want to say that it works until i've actually tried it.
That would be a super quick way to heat my caravan before switching to my small gas heater for constant heat. Heating the place up quickly would be great... actually, using both methods for 15 minutes would be even better, as I'm at it I could also turn the gas cooker on: venting in some fresh air of-course 👍It's easy enough to maintain the heat, it's the getting it up to those temps in the First place in the middle of winter. I don't like feeling cold 🥶Great upload desertsun02 👏
Might do that with a Transgia spirit burner and a small battery operated fan for tent camping . Would like to see the outcome with a real spirit burner stove
hi there. that is what is called a "working platform". that particular one is from harbor freight tools. (when it's on sale they sell it for about 20 bucks). i've seen them on amazon too but they cost way more on that site.
hi. i'm getting 20 to 40 minutes burn times (so you'll have to fill it from time to time. as far as how long the unit will last... i'd say 30 years or more. it's just bricks and black stove pipe (those will last a very long time). replace fan and can when needed. ✔🔥🙂
@@desertsun02 I just got to thinking sometimes people have big outings in the heat it with this little can underneath that might do the same thing huh?
That sounds great but those ethanol fireplace fuels are expensive, you can buy three or four large bottles of isopropyl for the price of one fireplace fuel... I remember video several years ago about a camping stove that burned alcohol and it had a remote tank that feed into a burn chamber it was a DIY project, I thought you might be interested look into that see what you come up with
I like the idea, but Boone seems to be showing how much it cost to keep half-way warm in the case of a blackout that might last for days? Please do a cost of use video?
hi. the cost varies so much depending on brand, how much you buy and where you live that it will be different for just about everyone. to get the better indoor fuels they (the system) makes us pay. but when you need heat - you need heat.
hi. it burns about the same length of time as isopropyl alcohol (actually a little longer). actual time seems to be from 20 - 40 minutes but that will depend on the exact container you put the fuel in (and how much you use etc.)
hi there. iso works good too. it just doesn't burn 100% "particulate free". it's output of particulates seems to be similar to burning one or two incense cones or incense sticks in a room. i've never noticed any smoke when burning iso though - but it does have a certain smell after a while - so it does release fumes. it's all relative meaning that iso is "100 times" more "particulate free" than wood (actually probably 10,000 times cleaner) but ethanol is a lot cleaner than iso. (ethanol is basically the cleanest burning fuel that you can buy). it has zero fumes. none at all. i wouldn't use iso all day long in a totally enclosed room with no ventilation but i've used it for a couple of hours at a time that way.
@@desertsun02 Great. I'm looking at using something like this to burn for 15-20 minutes to take the chill off, not as a primary heat source in a constant cold environment. I'll get some denatured alcohol, but literally just received a gallon of iso that is not even open! I'll be careful with it indoors and keep the burn times short while monitoring. Thanks.
hi. the fuel can be bought a lot of places. i got it on amazon. they sell it for a good price on their website too. (for as little as $5.83 a quart if you buy in bulk)
Could you also compare how fast it burns (how much of bioethanol vs isopropyl alcohol during the same amount of time, eg. one hour in exact same conditions - outside temperature, fan speed and distance, same setup).
hi there. the cost seems to vary quite a bit depending on where you live (which country etc.). last time i checked i could get it for about 6 bucks a quart (if bought in bulk). i just checked amazon - no price increase, it's still the same as last year (actually a little less) - now i see it for $5.50. it's not the cheapest fuel but it's the cleanest i've seen. (it's a trade-off,)
hi. it depends on how hard the fan is running and how much air is getting to the flame. super hard burn maybe 15 to 20 minutes. average burn 30 mins. slow burn 40 mins maybe. that's continuous. if you run it on and off (kind of like a furnace) you'll get longer time. you might use a quart a day if you're running it almost constantly.
hi. the price of the fuel varies a lot depending on where you live. if i buy it in bulk i can get it for $5.83 a quart (single container is around $10). they sell it in various sizes from a quart to a gallon to 55 gallon drums of it. i get it on amazon. a bottle lasts me a very long time. i use it for heating and cooking mostly (lately one bottle is lasting me about 2 weeks). i'm not using it constantly but it's lasting much longer than i thought it would
hi there. i was getting 25 to 40 mins. probably varies depending on how hard or strong the flame is burning. (which can vary depending on how you angle the fan)
Man, that pricing get's me wondering what the 99% IPA performance is like since ~$25 gallon is a better price. Looks like Ace Hardware doesn't have in stock around me though for some reason. Looks like is still available, I guessed shipped to Walmart would be the best price... though looks like they don't stock... so Amazon appears to be the best price now and only a buck or two more. Thanks for sharing!
I couldn’t find that brand of Ethanol. Amazon sells it for $29.50/gallon! Not very economical but good to know when the power goes out if you have a battery, solar panel and a 12 volt fan. I lack the battery, but have 70% isopropyl alcohol.
i typically get it on amazon. you could also get it at places that sell indoor ventless fireplaces. i haven't checked ebay but they probably sell it too. 🙂 ~
hi. no ventilation is needed. (it only puts out a little bit of water vapor and a small amount of carbon dioxide - about the same amount that a human exhales)
@@desertsun02 hi. Hope your day was grand. Just thought of another question if eye may. Can one use this fuel with a terra cotta triple pot type setup without the pots cracking? Or would it be too hot?
hi. a lot depends on how much you buy. i've seen it in bulk as low as $5.83 a quart. i've even seen 55 gallon drums for sale. if you only buy a small amount it's 7.50 to 9 dollars a bottle. this will of course vary depending on where you live.
Funny how really no one calls it alcohol as though. It would be illegal lol but really you can make it from sugar water and yeast not only can you drink it but your also make fuel. There is no difference it all burns but it depends on the quality you can make.
I wish that some engineers would design a furnace for heating a typical American suburban home such that the furnace uses ethanol instead of natural gas (methane). Burning fossil fuels contributes to global warming. In jurassic Park times it was hot and humid, and there was not much oil or coal underground. The air we breath is like a bank, but instead of money, we can put cabon into the air. Ank or take carbon out of the air bank. For thousands of years carbon moved from the air into plants, the plants died, and the carbon was stored underground. When we burn fossil fuels to heat a person's home the carbon goes from being underground to being in the air again. Normally that happens very slowly. People change the amount of carbon in the air quickly. Burning fossil fuels is lik shaking up a fish tank which has mud settled to the bottom. We are taking nice settled climates and muddying the waters. Weather patterns for growing corn used to be more predictable in the year 1750 than they are today. Moving carbon from underground ans putting the carbon into the air destablishes the kittle fish than which we call planet earth. Alchohols produced from rice or corn borrow alchohol from the air. The carbon is then stored in the plants. We return the carbon to the air less than 10 years later when we. Urn the alchohol. Burning alchohol today makes the air we breath today become more like the air we. Reached 10 years ago. We don't want turrasic park weather with hit humid conditions, or for the air to change too rapidly.
it might be overpriced but we've got to work with what is available (and safe). it (bio ethanol) probably should sell for 1 dollar a gallon but what can we do. the 'system' sets the price.
This also get's me wondering about a DIY solar still somehow... I don't know... maybe even doing the math and having like a sealed system that can have like a chart noting pressure (vacuum) midpoint setting for the temp range for the day so wouldn't need to get so hot. Might be handy for those that have waste fruit trees or possibly other plants. Then again... wondering what the math looks like using just cheap sugar and a packet of yeast. Quick search online returns what looks like roughly a 55% conversion of 1kg of sugar to alcohol... though can be better with best yeast strain that can survive in it's higher alcohol waste concentration. So, roughly 550g or 0.55kg of alcohol from 1kg sugar. 1 liter of ethyl alcohol is equivalent 0.789 kilogram, so 0.55kg = ~0.7L. Amazing looking at sugar prices and seeing from 27 cents to $2.69 for a KG, though the U.S. being ~$1.10, though Walmart being $2.08 for 4lb (~1.8kg) bag or $3.92 for a 10lb (~4.5 kg) bag. 1gal = 3.79L, so $3.92 after all is said and done can most likely (reliably once fine tuned) produce 2.475kg which is equal to 3.136L of ethanol. Wow, so if that can be done with solar and then maybe concentrated more with re-usable molecular sieves or other hygroscopic material... then that's way more cost effective if can be done in a easy to maintain solar system. I think I did the math right... wow...
hi and thanks for your comment. as to your comment - i disagree. if used correctly, the unit is safe (it's the user that may make it unsafe). as far as practical - it may not be the cheapest way to heat (if you have lots of options available) but whether it's worth it or not depends a lot on your situation. there are many ways that this could be of great use to people. one extreme (survival) example would be if the power grid goes down. if you've got a DC fan (lots on the market now) and you're freezing and without grid power - now you've got heat (and lots of it).
Keep children, dogs, cats, pigs, and people who are falling around for some reason away from it. Like with anything. It is practical if inside your house is 20 degrees.
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A brilliant demo and how-to examples. I've just bought an Inverter 5086 paraffin heater. It is awesome and is very economical. It burns C1 paraffin @ 1000ml per 11 hours. With loads of safety features. But it does use a tiny bit of electricity (2W) to run the control panel and a circulating fan. I'm still going to make your heater though for redundancy. Our utility bills are going through the roof at the moment.
Paraffin releases toxins into the air. There are warnings about burning common paraffin candles. Only SOY candles should be used indoors. We inhale all exhaust which is damaging to our respiratory system.
@@brendastolecki4755 Hi Brenda, I appreciate your concern. We now own two of these heaters and in the last two months, we have literally had one of them pay for itself in terms of savings on central heating.
These heaters are >99% combustion efficient, so we have no odour during normal operation. Only at startup and shutdown, there is a tiny smell that soon dissipates. We have 2 carbon monoxide detectors that have sat idle since we switched to this method of heating our house. We have experienced no side effects. As far as heat is concerned, we are extremely toasty on cold winters days in Scotland and have to turn the heater off after an hour or two because we are simply too warm. Our house is quite well insulated. So, we don't need to turn them on again for a few hours. One push of the button and the heater shuts itself down and it's one push on the button to restart.
At present we are using C2 kerosene that cost about GBP 0.80p per litre. I speak under correction, but this equates to roughly GBP 0.45p per heating hour. This may well be subject to increases, thanks to our government's naivety and Greta Thunberg! But, I still believe we are better off financially and mentally by our decision.
I cannot rave enough about these heaters. Another upside we discovered by chance, was we literally had zero condensation on our external facing windows. This has been a problem we have regularly experienced every winter.
My only regret is not discovering these heaters years ago. But then, we weren't in a critical fuel emergency. Hey, if soy candles work for you, that's great. I wish you the best of luck with your choice. I believe a soy candle (or 2-3) just wouldn't cope with Scottish winters, though. Thank you for taking the time to reply to my comment, though. I wish you well!
@@tartanrambo I'm using a quartz heater, my halogen was better but it's broken an needs replaced. Quartz heats up objects but not the air whereas halogen will also heat the air which I prefer, anyway, with the quartz on one bar (400 Watts) and facing away from my legs a little as it gets a bit too warm after a while; I'm toastie.
The heater on one bar costs me (at the moment) 13p per hour.
I think heating a whole house at the moment it too expensive.
Putting the central heating on for a little while to heat the house up somewhat in extremely cold weather, then running the small heater to keep a constant heat works for us.
I have also turned off some empty room radiators.
I have a computer, large amp and 43" monitor in my living room probably putting out another 400 watts of constant heat as they're never switched off. Our bedroom is cold but never got warm in winter anyway as it's the last radiator to get heat, but it's above the living room.
As you have state, whatever works we must do, here in Northern Ireland, candles simply won't cut the mustard unless we use 25 at a time.
That heater you have is a great heater and I wanted to get one but using cheaper paraffin other than what it's designed for put me off, there is some chemicals in the other oils that won't set a detector off but are still bad for ones health.
I purchased two paraffin heaters last year, one is an Aladdin and one a Valor but I haven't ran them yet, good paraffin is expensive here they're not inverter heaters though but still a Good backup for emergencies.
I took my pot belly stove out, too dusty and wood ain't cheap either, certainly not when sending heat up the chimney, blocking the flew off keeps more heat in anyway.
I was over in Scotland for twelve days a couple of months ago during the heatwave, I'd a lovely time, thank you all!
@@pa_maj.MARTINI-van-MAN In Scotland today (7 Oct 22), all News Stations are warning about power blackouts over winter for up to 3 hours at a time. We now have 2 x portable battery packs that can deliver 200vAc and 12vDc as a backup for lighting and running our fridge/freezer (we've been stocking up on food for the winter and to avoid the price hikes) and my backup for that is a petrol generator.
As you know, my heating is covered with 2 x inverter kerosene heaters (1 in the living room and 1 in the hallway leading to the bedrooms and bathroom). We only need to run one or both of these for 1-2 hrs at a time). This lasts for 3-4 hours before we need more heat. But, you guessed it! I have backups for that too. With a few types of alcohol stoves and 2 x single burner portable gas cookers that use butane gas canisters.
As far as kerosene goes, I use Class C2 and not Class C1. I did at the beginning, but I can't discern any difference between the two other than when filling my inverter heater's tanks. My supplier told me that I can buy additives to make it smell better. But, I really don't see the point as we can barely smell the heaters when they start and stop. Mine have never smelt like those old Chinese Takeaway shops in the 70s when I was a kid. I stocked up on about 150 litres of C2 kerosene a few months ago which cost me £33 for 25 litres back then. This should see us into spring next year. On the health front, I have had 2 thorough medical checkups with 'bloods' in the past year (for work travel) and there are zero signs of any issues relating to the kerosene. We don't even open the windows. Our CO2 monitor has never been triggered once. Remember what I said, we only need to run one or both heaters for an hour or two at a time. We also never sleep with the heater on. In my opinion, Class C1 kerosene is a con...
As it seems we are kindred spirits, here are a few ideas I wish to share with you in terms of facing the coming winter:
1. Buy yourself or your partner a Dreamland Heated Throw. These cost around £60 at Argos 160cm x 120cm. But, there are larger ones for £90.00 - 135cm x 180cm and cover both of us (from head to toe) when we are seated on the couch watching the telly. They cost pennies to run all day (if necessary) and can also run off my portable battery pack. They also have an automatic cutout after 1hr. I bought my mother-in-law (couch potato) one of these about 5 yrs ago and she swears it's the best present she's ever got.
2. If the power goes out, try not to open your fridge or especially your freezer. Wait till the power comes back on.
3. Drink hot drinks and soup if things are getting dire. Climb under your blankets and read a book. Personally, I like hot chocolate with a double shot of brandy, rum, or whisky.
4. Download movies and TV series that you can run off a laptop. I use a Fire HD 10 tablet that can run for hours and hours and costs
@Anna Hi Anna, I must apologize! I have only just seen your question. Did you manage to find these heaters online? We have more or less come through a Scottish winter at the moment. We still use our 5086 Inverter Heater some mornings to take the chill out of the room. But, we haven't switched on our central heating once since last September, and our heating bill has been slashed to about GBP 35.00 for the entire winter.
I cannot rave about these heaters enough. We have two of them. If you search for "5006/5026/5086 Inverter Heater" you should find them. I think they are made in Japan but imported across the world. We run ours on C2 Grade kerosene and have not once had our CO2 alarm kick-off or experienced any headaches, etc. We have not felt chilly or cold once. And we keep our doors and windows closed all winter to limit condensation. I hope this helps to answer your question.
A great Idea.We've been using Bio Ethanol for about a year.We have a wall hanging fire place 90x40 heats a room really quickly,it has a reservoir to burn the fuel safely Keep your room vented a little.
Very helpful DIY emergency heater video + it's good to see there are no toxicity issues for people or pets!
Think I will toss one of these together for emergency cooking and or heating.
The everclear fuel option allows for indoor cooking use as well as stealth heating if necessary.
Great video again.
hi and thanks! definitely do! - it's good to be prepared plus they're just fun to use. yep, the bio-fuel i used is basically just everclear (with a bitterant added). it's best to buy the bio-fuel though. it's much cheaper than everclear (both can be burned inside)
You could just drink the Everclear and then you would care how cold it is.
i drank everclear once (and that was enough). took 3 days to recover lol
@@logiclab1 Everclear is nasty stuff by itself. It makes an excellent disinfectant and VOC fuel source. It is too easy to die from alcohol poising from consuming ethyl alcohol.
@@logiclab1 NO, NO, NO!!!
I was experimenting with putting a fan behind the heater, but didn't think of using a tee pipe. Great idea!
i'm glad you turned comments back on so i can tell you how helpful you are. thank you!
hi. i never turned comments off. it must have been a "glitch' in the system. 👍 (never done that on any video - i don't even know how to do that)
Thinking this is great for power outages using a rechargeable fan! Great idea! That Bio-Ethanol might be the trick for my backpack alcohol stove.
I am glad to see you put the fan behind the flame. It's much safer and better for the fan as well.
absolutely!
Don't forget smokless woodstove.... 💘 your channel. Keep up the good work brother.
WOW, I am definitely going to make this for emergency back up. Shared !
awesome! thanks!
The one thing I might add to your set up is one of those fire mats - the kind you can get to put under your grill. I just mention it because the bricks/blocks can get very warm and whatever you set it up on could get too warm as well. With the fire mats, that gives a "break" to the "heat sink" of the set up where it is, while it's burning. Just a suggestion...
Try the ethanol gel cans... they are basically a tuna can with a small opening the size of the 6oz can. And they have a lid!
They burn for 2 hours! Then you can reuse them with ethanol or alcohol for a longer burn than 20 minutes.
@@jcunningham2308
They sell 6 packs of them on Amazon. Or if you can find where caterers buy them in bulk, that would be ideal. Caterers use them under the large metal trays of food to keep food hot during events.
So party supplies? I think grocery stores sell them. We have Giant here and they carry them
I made a heater from a quart can using sand a left over wood stove door gasket (fiberglass) as the wick and denatured alcohol. I ran one in a room about 16x12 for about an hour and my monoxide sensor registered up to 45ppm before I opened the door. I didn't test with just the can burning alone but I did have a piece of stainless mesh as an exchange to glow. In the 16x12 room one quart can instantly heated the room quite cozy within 5 minutes. Intermitten lighting with room to vent in-between should keep one pretty cozy and safe.
hi. sounds good. i generally don't use denatured alcohol. because it always seems to have a bad odor. (maybe it's just the brands i've bought).
Your vids are always so helpful
Very well done!!! I have found my next project for emergency heat!! Thanks keep up with the Great ideas!!!!!!!
Awesome! Thank you!
That's awesome!
Thanks for your continuous experimenting!
Can you use this inside a tent with no fan?
if you are careful (and the tent is big enough) you should be able too 🔥🔥👍
Don't you need a big or well ventilated room for this? Otherwise you.. or maybe the flame.. will run out of air.
@Jonas it only consumes a very small amount (about the same as one human). no ventilation is need at all. that's the beauty of this type of fuel. it burns completely "particulate free" zero smoke or soot. none at all. it only release water vapor and a tiny amount of carbon dioxide (no more than a person does)
Very good results , thanks for sharing ,God bless !
Thank you too
And what if you used copper pipe to capture the heat, with a circulator/circulating pump,even a coil around the T and in front of the exit of the T, connect it to pex pipe that you run under the floor for coverage. That would also allow for more intermittent burns (conservation of fuel) the as the pipe contents circulate the heat more evenly or to other rooms. Fun info!
you sound EXACTLY like Paul Stamets. holy cow. great design btw.
i had to check out who that was. yes, i hear a common inflection
Id like to see with those heat activated fans. Whats the diff if u blow out the warm air instaed blow over the flame?
Say the grid is down in winter and you bring all the family in one room for heating. How long can one bottle last to heat the area if all other areas are blocked off? Just curious
hi. about 8 to 10 hours if you run it non stop. *probably 16-20 if you run it more the way a regular furnace works. (meaning it cycles on and off). if you buy the "fuel" by the gallon then 4 times as long. ✔🔥🔥
Great setup, Thank you for sharing. I use propane, and it appears to be heading in the expensive lane. A hundred gallons at 289$, it's lasted about a month. I'm definitely trying this!
That's actually not bad, how much is 100 gallons of ethanol where you live? Also remember that ethanol has a calorific value of around 29.7 MJ/KG compared to propane and butane around 50MJ/KG. So, you would need around (rough guess) 170 gallons of ethanol to get the same calorific value (heat energy) as propane.
Sometimes far off fields aren't as green as we First thought comes to mind unfortunately AJ. I think ethanol would come out almost five times more expensive for the same heat, at least going by our prices over here plus taking into account the calorific value of-course.
@@pa_maj.MARTINI-van-MAN I've not priced the ethanol to that capacity. However, after trying it, the set up did not work for my space. I put electric heaters in my room, and toughed the rest of the house out.
@@AJ-dw3jn I was looking for the best source of heat (Best value, easy to obtain and High output) for my campervan, my tiny caravan and my house hence my research across the board AJ.
I have an eberspacher diesel heater in my van but it's hard on the batteries long term so I ended up using butane, also for my little caravan as I cook with it anyway.
We have gas central heating in the house but it's expensive now, we are now using one electric heater in the living room, heating one room rather than the whole house as it works out way cheaper.
It's certainly not ideal of-course considering the luxury of a fully heated house during previous winters but hey! It's what we have to do. Stay warm AJ!
@@pa_maj.MARTINI-van-MAN use a diesel heater
@@BigG1691 I have a diesel heater in my campervan, it's a little too power hungry on my batteries over the winter and all that extra driving just to recharge them is counter productive George; clocking up miles and using even more diesel fuel.
So, power outage...how are you getting power to your fan? Could you have a pipe thats closed at the back end, use on of those camping stove cast iron fans that dont require electricity? You would place that fan in front. Just curious.
hi. a heat powered stove fan could work (or you could use a DC powered fan (battery or solar powered).
Consider a coil over flame to heat, hold and disburse residual heat. Best
If you put tubes inside and set your fan up to blow in them instead of just to trying to blow the flame out would make your fuel last longer maybe. Use the t you have and make a hole in the middle insert pipe For flame to go up into around pipes and up the chiminey .. Blow air thru pipes on same side as you did before but only thru pipes .. Will make double the heat out put ..Same thing as a barrel stove with heat tubes. But smaller version ...
I'd like to see one of these
@@SethKenimer There are people that make them allover the net or youtube . They make ammo boxes and barrel wood stoves and others with tubes in them ... I made one a long long time ago with a diesel wick heater that uses small wood stove with tubes in it ..I am using same as oil lamp 3 each just make sure you have air in and exhaust out and blow hot air out of tubes with 12v or 5v fan .... I use diesel because it will not catch fire except wick or glow plug ... Mine is not on net but other ones are ...
The best stove is this. Air induced from the outside. Fuel= logs made from junk mail , cardboard boxes that are turned into pulp using the system the way guy used on YT.
hi. i've got a video on making logs out of junk mail (but i never thought about using cardboard boxes). i'll look into that.
@@desertsun02 Unlimited supply of boxes they toss 2 dumpster full at one dollar store there's at least 5 that I know of.
Geaux Frugal. What if you have no fireplace, how would you use pulp paper logs. And how do you keep the pulp logs from molding.
@@jodeesmith1685 I don't have a fireplace and I never made a log . But where I live heat isn't the expensive thing staying cool is.
Absolutely brilliant love it cheers Larrysullivan in London
FANTASTIC!! 🤗 THANK YOU!👍🇺🇲🙏🦋
thanks and you're very welcome 👈
This time last year, i was using tea light candles,in a modded cookie tin with a stove fan on top.
Worked? Yes.
Satisfactory, not really.🔥fcuk.
Lesson....flash point achieved.
Next.
Chafing fuel...excellent, but costly,and lots of tins to bin.(looked at refilling them, could be done.
Diethylene glycol, or brake fluid,all tastes the same😉
And,
I now use bio ethanol, similar set up to this, but i have a 25 ltr stainless steel stew pan, filled with sand and a core made up from scrap. Ten inch cast iron pipe collar, various lengths of copper and aluminium tubing, metres of copper wire holding it all together(conductivity within core),a stainless steel 'ball end valve' from a fuel tanker flex hose,and some other bits probably lol. Its all housed in a rectangular box made of 4mm four bar check plate.(ex police, used for housing the battering ram, came from a ex police van i used to own)
Underneath, is a bioethanol fire place, yep, i paid once, but wont cry twice, this thing will burn for 4-6 hours on 500ml.
When it goes out, the pan on top lets out heat for another 3-4 hours.
An evolution indeed,inspired by tubers like this guy.
really interesting video!
Good video thanks for sharing. If used in a bedroom or living room due to the moisture it would put into the air have you noticed any mold or damp problems? Thanks
hi there. the moisture it puts out is only about the same amount as one human exhales so moisture isn't an issue 🙂
Only thing is you still have to buy the alcohol for the burner ?
That's Kool..I live in my van with my dog .last yr we burned alcohol in little stoves burners that I made with stuff I found .broken terracotta tiles and gravel and sand ...worked really well ..but my question can you maybe think about a mini small heater for a minivan that is super cheap or almost free .only because some don't have money to burn..lol...but seriously I was up to maybe 3.oo day for a big 91 percent alcohol bottle a day .I don't like the cold .here in SC it isn't to bad but still cold..so I'm wondering..for some out there the problem of being homeless and poor and freezing cold..what can we do to help ..iv seen ll the vids on the tube .but nothing really hits me....maybe used vegetable oil .from a restaurant or other things that might be obtained by these folks if they asked nicely to the owners of some business ..I'm just thinking of I had nothing..which im blessed to have a van and income ..but some don't ..that's what I want to focus on ..if I had nothing other than my van and my dog and it was cold .how to get my van for next to nothing or from recycled things ...also .I love the videos man .never never never stop making them.huge fan bro...if you try it remember you have no money or very very little like a lot of us do .stay blessed and besafe... Michael and Frankenstein..van life is the only life .wooooo
Wow! Just wow! But what if the power is out how do you use a fan?
hi. there are lots of DC (solar/battery) powered fans on the market now so that's a good option.
Can I set this contraption up in my fireplace, seems it would be safer, while watching TV in that space. Thanks!🤔
i haven't completely thought it through but it sounds like a good idea 🙂
Where did you get the metal stool you had the bricks on?
hi. that one is from harbor freight tools 🙂
What is a expendable safe way to use ethanol as a light source instead of a candle?
you could probably use ethanol in my "big candle design" video. i haven't tried it yet though so i can't say for sure. actually, you could probably use ethanol in almost all of my projects that run on isopropyl alcohol. (i've got a DIY alcohol lamp video. you could probably use ethanol in that). i keep saying probably because i never want to say that it works until i've actually tried it.
@@desertsun02 Sure I'll take a look. Nice one and cheers
How long does a well insulated room stay warm with the amount you burned in the demo?
Can you use e85 as a fuel?
Great video, thank you!
you're welcome and thanks for watching! 👍🙂
I'd like to see what it would do using a transgia with denatured alcohol
I'll try it
That would be a super quick way to heat my caravan before switching to my small gas heater for constant heat. Heating the place up quickly would be great... actually, using both methods for 15 minutes would be even better, as I'm at it I could also turn the gas cooker on: venting in some fresh air of-course 👍It's easy enough to maintain the heat, it's the getting it up to those temps in the First place in the middle of winter. I don't like feeling cold 🥶Great upload desertsun02 👏
hi and thank you!
We should send this video to the europeans, now without gas they can still keep warm.
Oh forgot....what would cost be and versus regular alcohol versus one full days usage in a winter storm scenario?
Thanks for the upload...I noticed you painted the T black, did that help in some way ?
hi. i didn't paint it. stove pipe comes painted black 👍🙂
Might do that with a Transgia spirit burner and a small battery operated fan for tent camping . Would like to see the outcome with a real spirit burner stove
What’s the name of the bench thing you have it sitting on?…
hi there. that is what is called a "working platform". that particular one is from harbor freight tools. (when it's on sale they sell it for about 20 bucks). i've seen them on amazon too but they cost way more on that site.
Thank you
I wonder, would it be possible to rig up some sort of self feeder using fluid dynamics?
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Yeah I really love this idea it’s kinda like the old time heater or lights. But how long does it last is a cup
hi. i'm getting 20 to 40 minutes burn times (so you'll have to fill it from time to time. as far as how long the unit will last... i'd say 30 years or more. it's just bricks and black stove pipe (those will last a very long time). replace fan and can when needed. ✔🔥🙂
@@desertsun02 I just got to thinking sometimes people have big outings in the heat it with this little can underneath that might do the same thing huh?
That sounds great but those ethanol fireplace fuels are expensive, you can buy three or four large bottles of isopropyl for the price of one fireplace fuel... I remember video several years ago about a camping stove that burned alcohol and it had a remote tank that feed into a burn chamber it was a DIY project, I thought you might be interested look into that see what you come up with
Hi also could you also power up one of those portable battery banks via a solar panel and use a usb powered fan running of the bank?.
sounds good
I like the idea, but Boone seems to be showing how much it cost to keep half-way warm in the case of a blackout that might last for days? Please do a cost of use video?
hi. the cost varies so much depending on brand, how much you buy and where you live that it will be different for just about everyone. to get the better indoor fuels they (the system) makes us pay. but when you need heat - you need heat.
Hello how long the bio éthanol burn with this installation ?
hi. it burns about the same length of time as isopropyl alcohol (actually a little longer). actual time seems to be from 20 - 40 minutes but that will depend on the exact container you put the fuel in (and how much you use etc.)
I just got a gallon of iso to try out this idea. Is it dangerous to use iso inside in winter time with windows closed and such?
hi there. iso works good too. it just doesn't burn 100% "particulate free". it's output of particulates seems to be similar to burning one or two incense cones or incense sticks in a room. i've never noticed any smoke when burning iso though - but it does have a certain smell after a while - so it does release fumes. it's all relative meaning that iso is "100 times" more "particulate free" than wood (actually probably 10,000 times cleaner) but ethanol is a lot cleaner than iso. (ethanol is basically the cleanest burning fuel that you can buy). it has zero fumes. none at all. i wouldn't use iso all day long in a totally enclosed room with no ventilation but i've used it for a couple of hours at a time that way.
@@desertsun02 Great. I'm looking at using something like this to burn for 15-20 minutes to take the chill off, not as a primary heat source in a constant cold environment. I'll get some denatured alcohol, but literally just received a gallon of iso that is not even open! I'll be careful with it indoors and keep the burn times short while monitoring. Thanks.
Where did you buy the fuel?
How much is it per bottle?
Thank you. 👍
hi. the fuel can be bought a lot of places. i got it on amazon. they sell it for a good price on their website too. (for as little as $5.83 a quart if you buy in bulk)
Wow, that's Great!!
Thanks!
ThankYou ❤ I shared with Telegram channels ☺
Awesome thank you!
Could you also compare how fast it burns (how much of bioethanol vs isopropyl alcohol during the same amount of time, eg. one hour in exact same conditions - outside temperature, fan speed and distance, same setup).
hi. i haven't done a video on it (but in the tests i've seen) ethanol burns a little longer than isopropyl alcohol (maybe 15-20% longer).
@@desertsun02 thanks for the answer!
Isn’t the bio-ethanol super expensive now?? Where do you get it at a reasonable price?
hi there. the cost seems to vary quite a bit depending on where you live (which country etc.). last time i checked i could get it for about 6 bucks a quart (if bought in bulk). i just checked amazon - no price increase, it's still the same as last year (actually a little less) - now i see it for $5.50. it's not the cheapest fuel but it's the cleanest i've seen. (it's a trade-off,)
How long can you store this type of fuel? Is it the same shelf life as gasoline?
hi. it depends on how it's packaged but 1 to 2 years on average.
How long the fire lasts
about 25 to 40 mins.
What is cheaper or works better ethanol or alcohol?
hi. isopropyl alcohol is cheaper but ethanol works better (and burns cleaner) 👍
Very cool, I mean hot ...but for how long? how much fuel for the day?
hi. it depends on how hard the fan is running and how much air is getting to the flame. super hard burn maybe 15 to 20 minutes. average burn 30 mins. slow burn 40 mins maybe. that's continuous. if you run it on and off (kind of like a furnace) you'll get longer time. you might use a quart a day if you're running it almost constantly.
@@desertsun02 1 quart is almost 1 litre. If it only uses 1 litre a day, that works out cheaper than my gas central heating.
@@desertsun02 awesome thank you. I made one of your cooling devices with the box fan and water pump. Still experimenting. Respect.
@@desertsun02 great, I'd be making a all in one version to sell.
How much is a bottle of that fuel & where can it be purchase ? How long
will a bottle burn ?
hi. the price of the fuel varies a lot depending on where you live. if i buy it in bulk i can get it for $5.83 a quart (single container is around $10). they sell it in various sizes from a quart to a gallon to 55 gallon drums of it. i get it on amazon. a bottle lasts me a very long time. i use it for heating and cooking mostly (lately one bottle is lasting me about 2 weeks). i'm not using it constantly but it's lasting much longer than i thought it would
How long does that tuna can burn ?
hi there. i was getting 25 to 40 mins. probably varies depending on how hard or strong the flame is burning. (which can vary depending on how you angle the fan)
Man, that pricing get's me wondering what the 99% IPA performance is like since ~$25 gallon is a better price. Looks like Ace Hardware doesn't have in stock around me though for some reason. Looks like is still available, I guessed shipped to Walmart would be the best price... though looks like they don't stock... so Amazon appears to be the best price now and only a buck or two more. Thanks for sharing!
I couldn’t find that brand of Ethanol. Amazon sells it for $29.50/gallon! Not very economical but good to know when the power goes out if you have a battery, solar panel and a 12 volt fan. I lack the battery, but have 70% isopropyl alcohol.
i just picked that brand at random. other brands may be better (i don't know). i know that i've seen cheaper brands
I bought mine on eBay.
Where do you buy ethenol at
i typically get it on amazon. you could also get it at places that sell indoor ventless fireplaces. i haven't checked ebay but they probably sell it too. 🙂 ~
Clever. Thank you.
yw 👍
Hi do you need any ventilation for the size room you are in? Would you need ventilation on a tiny bus or home say cabin or tent?
hi. no ventilation is needed. (it only puts out a little bit of water vapor and a small amount of carbon dioxide - about the same amount that a human exhales)
@@desertsun02 hi. Hope your day was grand. Just thought of another question if eye may. Can one use this fuel with a terra cotta triple pot type setup without the pots cracking? Or would it be too hot?
How much does the bio ethanol cost
hi. a lot depends on how much you buy. i've seen it in bulk as low as $5.83 a quart. i've even seen 55 gallon drums for sale. if you only buy a small amount it's 7.50 to 9 dollars a bottle. this will of course vary depending on where you live.
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I think that this would increase the humidity in the room.
hi there. only a very small amount. (it produces about the same amount of water vapor as a person exhales). 👍
Where can buy the fuel?
hi there. amazon is the best place that i know of. they have lots of it
Yes Bro!
Do you know the cost compared to using PGA (pure grain alcohol)?
A 'little' water vapour. 100 millilitres of bioethanol produces 92 ml of water vapour so in an enclosed space you'll get damp
hi. i don't know the particulars but i've never felt any dampness.
Funny how really no one calls it alcohol as though. It would be illegal lol but really you can make it from sugar water and yeast not only can you drink it but your also make fuel. There is no difference it all burns but it depends on the quality you can make.
You got that recipe?
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33.00 per gallon on amazon.. kinda spendy.. gotta make my own alcohol
33 wow. i've seen it for 5 dollars a quart recently.
I wish that some engineers would design a furnace for heating a typical American suburban home such that the furnace uses ethanol instead of natural gas (methane). Burning fossil fuels contributes to global warming. In jurassic Park times it was hot and humid, and there was not much oil or coal underground. The air we breath is like a bank, but instead of money, we can put cabon into the air. Ank or take carbon out of the air bank. For thousands of years carbon moved from the air into plants, the plants died, and the carbon was stored underground. When we burn fossil fuels to heat a person's home the carbon goes from being underground to being in the air again. Normally that happens very slowly. People change the amount of carbon in the air quickly. Burning fossil fuels is lik shaking up a fish tank which has mud settled to the bottom. We are taking nice settled climates and muddying the waters. Weather patterns for growing corn used to be more predictable in the year 1750 than they are today. Moving carbon from underground ans putting the carbon into the air destablishes the kittle fish than which we call planet earth. Alchohols produced from rice or corn borrow alchohol from the air. The carbon is then stored in the plants. We return the carbon to the air less than 10 years later when we. Urn the alchohol. Burning alchohol today makes the air we breath today become more like the air we. Reached 10 years ago. We don't want turrasic park weather with hit humid conditions, or for the air to change too rapidly.
Super
you sound like steve-o
Soup can smokeless rocket stove....
sounds like an idea. i'll look into it 👍
Bio-Ethanol is too expensive for the short run time, same with Isopropyl
it might be overpriced but we've got to work with what is available (and safe). it (bio ethanol) probably should sell for 1 dollar a gallon but what can we do. the 'system' sets the price.
Protected Profile If you have no heat or lights and it is freezing in the house. What do you use that is cheaper? What set up do you use? Costs? Etc.
This also get's me wondering about a DIY solar still somehow... I don't know... maybe even doing the math and having like a sealed system that can have like a chart noting pressure (vacuum) midpoint setting for the temp range for the day so wouldn't need to get so hot. Might be handy for those that have waste fruit trees or possibly other plants. Then again... wondering what the math looks like using just cheap sugar and a packet of yeast. Quick search online returns what looks like roughly a 55% conversion of 1kg of sugar to alcohol... though can be better with best yeast strain that can survive in it's higher alcohol waste concentration. So, roughly 550g or 0.55kg of alcohol from 1kg sugar. 1 liter of ethyl alcohol is equivalent 0.789 kilogram, so 0.55kg = ~0.7L. Amazing looking at sugar prices and seeing from 27 cents to $2.69 for a KG, though the U.S. being ~$1.10, though Walmart being $2.08 for 4lb (~1.8kg) bag or $3.92 for a 10lb (~4.5 kg) bag. 1gal = 3.79L, so $3.92 after all is said and done can most likely (reliably once fine tuned) produce 2.475kg which is equal to 3.136L of ethanol. Wow, so if that can be done with solar and then maybe concentrated more with re-usable molecular sieves or other hygroscopic material... then that's way more cost effective if can be done in a easy to maintain solar system. I think I did the math right... wow...
And here I thought Ethanol was ONLY used in gasolines...🧐🤔🤓🤔🧐
these are not practical or safe🙄
hi and thanks for your comment. as to your comment - i disagree. if used correctly, the unit is safe (it's the user that may make it unsafe). as far as practical - it may not be the cheapest way to heat (if you have lots of options available) but whether it's worth it or not depends a lot on your situation. there are many ways that this could be of great use to people. one extreme (survival) example would be if the power grid goes down. if you've got a DC fan (lots on the market now) and you're freezing and without grid power - now you've got heat (and lots of it).
what makes you say that? what's not practical about it?
Desertsun02 God bless you ...this could save lives 👍
@Nancy Duran God bless you too. and i agree - it certainly could
Keep children, dogs, cats, pigs, and people who are falling around for some reason away from it. Like with anything.
It is practical if inside your house is 20 degrees.
put two ends on it like one on the bottom and an extension on the top one and it will increase heat too.