Emergency Heat In Winter | Ideas For Staying Warm!
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Many of us have suffered through power outages at one time or another. Hopefully they don't last longer than a couple of hours, but what if the temperatures outside are deadly cold? How do you keep your home warm until power is restored? Here in the video I show you three options to creating heat in an emergency situation.
It's always a good idea to plan for these things before they actually happen. With a little luck you may not ever need to use them, but if you do it would be nice to know you're ready. Winter is not a time to be unprepared. Along with all your cold season clothing, make sure to have back up heat ready. Thanks for watching!
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I'm so GREATFUL for this video..my brother is trapped in Texas as we speak..I sent this info..and he was able to cook some Ramen noodles..he held a pot over the flame..this was such and on time BLESSING!!!!❤🤗🙏🏽🙏🏽
awesome video dont forget family that when u use the tp and alcohol method go outside and get u sume medium to small rocks and wash them off, put them on top of the tp before you add the alcohol and use the rocks as a flam regulator, it will burn just as long but the flame wont be so high
Thank you for that tip!
Rocks explode into shrapnel if there us even the slightest bit of moisture in them when heated.
I just shared this information with people in Texas that I'm friends with. I hope this helps them. Thanks for your tips!
@John Beige I am really saddened at what has happened to them.
I think this is a great idea for emergency heat and light! I am blessed to have had electricity through this Texas ice storm but so many in my family and throughout the country have not so have needed this!! My nephew and family have been without power since this started nearly a week ago and live out in the country so it has been a cold adventure for them! My heart goes out to all those and to the homeless who have had to live in this arctic deep freeze! The TP/alcohol heater reminds me of the penny stoves used for cooking back in the day, made from soda cans and alcohol and insulation. I have also seen those made on YT. They don’t burn long, just long enough to cook a pot of something, so I don’t imagine this would either, but for an emergency, this is a super idea! Thank you!
Thank you from the Texas winter storm
Amazing you people need to be taught this..you DUMB ASSES won't survive but a few weeks to months at most, once ww3 comes to America thru canada.
Prayers for all yall out in Texas
@@andyshepersky3902
Go find something else to do.
Plenty of old people don't know much.
There are people in Texas right now who wish they had been prepared for some cold winter weather.
What we wish is that the State had 'Winterized' our Electrical Grid so we wouldn't have had to worry about any Winter Storm! We'd like them to get to 'steppin' on that now as a matter of fact...
Thank you for the great video I’m sharing with my family down south since they are getting a deep freeze.
I am doing the same as my family has no power, gas, heat, or water
I live we have access to heat , gas , electric but 5 years ago they started something called home base where they put certain individuals in situations where they couldn't get heat, electric, no matter what assistance they asked for or what they applied for .. A lot of people knew also who they did it to .. But it was part of something called home base … They even did it to people that didn't want it done to them … These tips might be handy if they keep it going to certain people, they shared it with people when they did it but they were involved … THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIPS!
you can use a empty quart paint can sold at lowes one roll of toilet paper minus the core there is alot of hand sanitizer on sale too
Very interesting, and love the alcohol/TP heater. I wonder how long it will burn. I like the fact that it’s clean burning. I bet you could put a terra-cotta clay flower pot upside down over it (mount it so air can get under), and maybe that would retain the heat closer to floor level where humans can enjoy.
Ellen, I was thinking about that too !
Use a can of Crisco with cut down tapered candle submerged in center. It will burn for several days at eight hours a day
Great idea!!
Awesome idea! Any idea if this idea would work with liquid vegetable oil if no Crisco on hand?
@@doradean3097 yes, just use a cotton string as the wick. It was called a slump lamp, there are other names but I forgot them. Most likely at 4 AM it will come to me.
@@josemhernandez1974 Thanks! I wrapped a cotton ball around the length of a toothpick and stuck it in a used empty candle glass and poured old vegetable oil into it. fired it up and voila, it burned pretty good, although noticing wisps of black smoke as it burned.
@@doradean3097 yea you will get black soot with it as it is not as refined as lamp oil, kerosene, etc. But in a pinch it works. Did it once with a large sea shell twine and melted fat from a bear. Sooty but it worked since my batteries had died in my headlamp. Thought I forgot to pack spare batteries thrn found them the last night of the 3 week trip. Doh....
Thank you for sharing this video with me. May God bless you and your family.
Wow! What a great idea for an emergency 👏 😀 👍 Ty! I totally agree to NEVER LEAVE IT UNATTENDED THOUGH
Thank you for the information.
This is the first time I've ever seen a coffee can ,toilet paper, and alcohol stove.
Great ideas. I am concerned about carbon monoxide poisoning though . Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought that anything that gave off a flame released carbon monoxide. I really liked your coffee can idea. That would be something that almost everyone has on had and it would be so easy to use. Thank you for some really great ideas!
The coffee can heater/stove is a method folks have been using for quite some time and it's safety has been debated as to the carbon monoxide factor. Overall, it's my understanding that alcohol burns pretty clean with little to no carbon monoxide, but to be on the safe side you may want to crack a window as I mentioned. Apparently, the burn gives off water vapor and carbon dioxide when there is enough oxygen in the room. I worry more about the flame, but you can use the can's lid or a plate on top of the can to regulate the flame and control the amount of fuel burned. Thank you for commenting! :)
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Propane is used on gas stoves
Thankyou good ideas , and gets you thinking like how to make the toilet paper one safer . We'll make a screen .
In Utah
Wow thankyou a bunch for taking time and explain so well 😍
I also thought about making a hearth and then adding some big block pavers around the entire can and putting some on top so that the fire can heat the bricks and then when want to go to bed just put the fire out and the bricks would give off the heat for at least 3 to 4 hours. It is not all night but like you said if your heat goes out or power then at least you can keep warm for a little while. I have not tried it yet but i am going to.
Very interesting! If you test it out please let me know your results. I'd love to hear how it worked :)
@@HomesteadingWays ok i will let you know
I am stocking up on pillar candles this year. We are getting freak snow storms even up to March and the cold is not fun. 4 medium pillar candles put together make a very nice radiator of heat for a box room. It helps when my fingers have gone numb lol. T-LIght candles are good but you need more.
A tealight in a metal and glass lantern, made for it, gives off a surprising amount of heat. I've kept my pipes from freezing by putting one under the kitchen sink, where my water line comes in.
Normally, I put a little heater blowing hot air in, but during a power outage, you have to be creative.
Jon in rural BC, Canada
You can make a jar full of Crisco cooking oil with a tapered candle stuck in it.
I made a small 8oz. one and lit it for 3 hours and hardly burned it down at all, i can't believe how slow it burns.
I have a tall pickle jar that is the height of a tapered candle I'm going to fill with Crisco.
I'm going to rig 3 terra-cotta pots together above it for emergency heat/light.
Thank you. Going shopping now! This Texan will be extra prepared for our next storm
Great video. Especially given the time of year and the possibility of power/heat loss
Thanks. Next week much of the country is going to be unusually cold. Hopefully, no one will lose power.
Great idea...the coffee can/toilet paper heater! I didn't know about that one. Thanks Sandra! ;) cate
That was cool, the can and the toilet paper and alcohol. The other one with propane, reminded me of the Buddy Boss, just a tad bigger with two canisters of small propane. Good stuff to have around in a house. People in Texas should have not depended on their supplier as a forever thing.
U can top the can with a few rocks to control the size of the flames!
What kind of rocks. I'm asking cause I read that rocks explode when used with an open flame
@@darrellfort1668 Good question! River rocks or lava rocks, u can ck at home depot store that sells rocks which are suitable, etc! I get mine from the river, they're flat, saunas and spas use them for massages (they heat them slightly!) Good luck.
@@carmenmendez6836 thanks I got sum red lava rocks but haven't used them yet cause I live in my van and don't want to take the risk of them explode ing when I'm sleep. And thanks again for responding maam
@@darrellfort1668 My pleasure, always do ur trying new things and experiments outdoors to be safe! God bless! 😊👍🙏
@@darrellfort1668 - Wow, I'm glad you typed this cuz I sure would have blown myself up!😂
A new paint can of quart or gallon size will work great, plus have a lid to snuff the flame and seal it for future use. With a small piece of expanded metal across the top I have boiled water very efficiently (have to have enough room to let air to the flame).
Great ideas thank you so much for this information. Hope more people watch this video so that they can learn and understand. Many blessings to you.
What a cracker of an idea, simple to make, materials in mostly every house,no dangerous fumes,it's no more dangerous than a lit fire where most the heat go's up the chimney, thinking of getting kitchen roll and makeing a big super heater,maybe not do,the flames would be a lot higher,yep to dangerous,stick to loo roll
Wish I would've seen this prior to now. Have been without power all day in 14 to 5 degrees.No end in sight😳
So sorry to hear that!
@Jo Ann Johnson, so sorry to hear that. I pray God will help everyone without electricity or heat during this cold weather. I live in a house I just bought a couple months ago. Old house. Was unaware there was no caulking on anything,,,until I began painting walls. So I bought a case of caulk and each time I did a room, I caulked it. It has really helped me alot. My house is above ground, and I found out, not very good insulated. So now I have frozen pipes. It's the hot water only. So waiting for this sun to thaw it out and pray there are no busted pipes. I come from an area where there is no snow, to a place that snows haha. So yea, it's a bit of challenge. But, I have gone around to make sure everything is caulked. I have hardwood floors, so I put every blanket I could find on floors, opened all curtains to let sun in. So far? It is helping to keep heat in. As far as no electricity, I do have that, So I can only suggest the things I have done to keep heat in. And to maybe get a way to heat just one room in house. And if you have an outside bbq grill? I would warm up some water on it for coffee, food, etc. If you use the method of oil or candles, please be careful and ventilate the area. Please be safe and I wish I could push a button and make everyone safe and warm. God bless you.
I just wanted to say i love your style already! I lost central heat and looking for efficient effective heating without spending 200 a month
For the coffee can one would you say i could use a grocery store green bean or corn can with unopened junk mail?
This is for emergency heating only.
Thank you for being so informative at this time.
If you mix plaster of paris and sand in a ratio it makes a temporary fireproof mix .them flames will last easy but unsure if the alcohol will ruin the plaster
Works perfectly 👌👏...I definitely recommend using alcohol instead of gasoline or any flammable liquid. it will cause black smoke and the toilet paper will burn completely.
Make sure the propane heaters are for indoor use. A lot of them are for outdoor camping type of activity.
The alcohol burner was in a room of what size? How cold was it outside? That's a cool little idea.
I say a wood stove is the best as long as you have wood to burn. Some rocket stove heaters are now getting UL certifications. Fast heat up, you can cook on them, and if you do it right you can have a mass heater to keep your area warm after the fire goes out. No creosoting in the flu because everything is burned up in the heater. Actually, the flu can be touched with a bare hand. But, don't touch the stove part.
That is the coolest heater. Thank you for the video. I’ll definitely try this one. I liked how you showed the fan moving by reason of the hot air rising creating air flow. Awesome video.
Thanks!
Never,EVER, EVER, EVER add alcohol fuel until it has been TOTALLY extinguished & cool! Alcohol flame can be invisible except in the dark, & you risk a flash fire in the refueling bottle!
Ideally, a metal paint can with a lid to extinguish the flame will stop any flame. Wait until cool to the touch before opening to add fuel.
Was looking for this answer. Thank you
I have done the toilet paper alcohol and can for heat it's works
Still need to vent this in an enclosed space. Would like to know how long this burned for you 😉
What if you took a second can, open the bottom and place it on top to keep the flame more contained?
Can you use cotton balls and just coiking oil for this heater??
No. The oil will smoke and the cotton balls will burn.
I'm going to store this in my car emergency bag.
Thank you for the information great job
Creating micro a climate(smaller space to stay warm) by hanging blankets , mylar reflective blankets to insulate/as a heat barrier works too. In a jam a roll of foil could work too. Of course transferring the heat to water like hot water bottle is good way to keep warmer since water can retain the heat for a long period of time. Fire extinguishers and baking soda are good in case of accidents.
great ...TFS...C.R.
Excellent tips! Thanks for sharing them. Anything to stay warm when it's freezing outside! :)
if your warm , its working good enough
Great Vid, Thanks for showing. The last example: 5x8 fire-can. I read in other UTube vids that due to the toilet paper, Carbon Monoxide does build-up n requires ventilation. In your experience of keeping this fire for over 3-5HRs, have you had any alarming health issues or having a CO detector alarmed? My living room is 500 sq., ft., high arch-ceiling, this culd benefit us. Just concern of Carbon Monoxide. Thnx, again. Great Channel!
I don't really use this. I only have it in case of an emergency, but having a bit of ventilation would probably be good.
@Homesteading Ways & Beyond : What should I do if the room fills with smoke??
Thank for this tip. We use it but it smoked. What can we do to stop all the smoke?
you could set up the wood stove set your coffee can heater inside it to add a layer of safety while you sleep :)
Thank you so much
Thank you
If you put rocks on top . Hand ✋ palm size it will regulate the flame
The alcohol/tissue heater ONLY lasts for 2 hours (MAX) - I tried it tonight. So disappointed :(
Glad you commented on that. I wondered how long that would last. I was thinking an hour.
But for an emergency gimmick, not too shabby. The alcohol would start to get expensive though.
Another reason to stock up on tp!🤭
Add rocks to regulate flame maybe
How long does the alcohol burn?
Great video!!!
DO NOT use the alcohol and toilet paper trick. I was burned with rubbing alcohol. You will think it is out. But as for me it was an invisible flame. I was in a burn unit for 3 months 18+ surgeries and a hell of alot of pain. I would not recommend that one!
Love this info Sandra thank you.❤️
You can put a terra cotta pot over the can heater BTW how long did the can heater last?
Why do people insist on putting terra cotta pots over flames. It doesn't make the room any warmer. The only thing would be to keep the flame under control.
I used to use hair dryer actually. It kept my room hot yep
Yes, that would work as long as you still have electricity. 👍
Carbon monoxide is ALWAYS risk when you burn things... it depend on how much you burn how much ventilation you have. This is very save but in some situation can produce Carbon monoxide.
Thank you. A bad ice storm came and my powers been out for 8 hours now. On top of that I'm pregnant . So this helped A lot.
If I remember correctly burning alcohol results in o=c=o or CO2 or Carbon Dioxide this is not as bad CO but it is easy to become oxygen deprived by it. CO2 is heavier than oxygen. This means that the room will be filled from the floor up. Lack of oxygen is as we know not the best for the body. Keep the window open ennough for the CO2 to escape, do not sleep on a low bed.
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Great info. Thanks.
These are great ideas
Thank you so much.
How long about would the alcohol can last?
Nice. What kind of airflow do you have in your house while you're burning alcohol and tp?
Well, for the short time it was burning I had a window cracked. No one hurt or hospitalized, thankfully. I appreciate your concern! 😊
You could skip the toilet paper. Its really not doing much & the alcohol isn't going to explode or anything. All the TP is doing is if you knock over you don't have as much super heated flammable liquid pouring out
Thank you for this!
Nice of you to tell us about these ideas. Thanks so much
Make sure you ventilate your area as you will get sick.
Don't use that tp burner in a car.
Open flames. Closed space
Cute wood stove
Can we use 100% cotton cloth instead of toilet paper?
Probably, but have never tried it myself.
@@HomesteadingWays thanks for answering
Probably a silly question but can you roast marshmallows on the tp candle? x 3
I have never tried it, but I suppose it would work.
What about carbon monoxide risks?
But if it uses propane is not fit for indoors?????
What about carbon monoxide?
🚨Be careful inhaling fumes from burning alcohol!! 🚨
The dog in the begging of the video: 👁👄👁
You should use a quart can for alcohol and toilet paper a large can like that will cause the flame to be hire and cause more soot.
I thought we're not suppose to use propane in the house. Doesn't it create a carbon dioxide situation?
Crack open a window, preferably down wind.
Your plate would shatter in no time..use a fry pan or cookie sheet
Good tip, thanks!
Wrong..small cylinder on low..4 hours on high 2 hours
Rubbing alcohol is hard to come by these days, maybe we can try vaseline......
what would presenters do if they couldn't use "go ahead and..."
"The inefficient combustion of alcohol produces carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, ammonia, benzene, and other toxic chemicals" pass
People have used alcohol lamps and "heaters" for a long time. Crack a window for ventilation. This is for emergency use not an every day heat source.
What about burning Kerosene?
@@kathleenroberto there are videos on kerosene heaters on youtube