Pam's Vlog: Are Clay Pot Heaters Safe?

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  • Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
  • Clay pot heaters are popular, inexpensive, and easy to make. But how efficient are they? And how safe are they? This video explores those questions.
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  • @c_b5060
    @c_b5060 Год назад +74

    I've watched several videos on clay pot heaters and this was by far the best organized and scientific. Wish I could give more than a single thumbs-up.

    • @bobbyhutcheson1084
      @bobbyhutcheson1084 Год назад +7

      These are maybe survival skill knowledge with pros and cons ,when freezing near death to death from cold.We must work with what we have to survive in extreme energencys.
      Desperate times Desperate measures

  • @chuckfunderburk7964
    @chuckfunderburk7964 2 года назад +61

    Young lady, you are an excellent instructor. The information that you share is well thought out and I enjoy your common sense approach. Thank you for what you do and how you present it.

  • @charlenealewine8785
    @charlenealewine8785 2 года назад +25

    I love you do the math. You also speak of safety in everything you post. Thank you for being a reliable source of information.

  • @garydeveau
    @garydeveau Год назад +5

    So many people out there claiming you can heat your whole home with just a few of these. Here they tells us what we real need to know. Thank You for the video

  • @colourmered6800
    @colourmered6800 2 года назад +131

    Anytime you are using a secondary heat source in a grid down situation, it's best to only try to heat a small, self contained room, and I would say very few have a wood stove to use. By using the design that incorporates a large threaded bolt, with washers, those metal components also capture and dissipate the heat created by the tea lights. The threaded bolt also serves the purpose of blocking that top hole, where most of the heat is escaping, not retaining that heat. Another way to capture heat is to place small rocks on the top of the pot.....those can then be put into a sock or whatever and used as a bedwarmer. There are multiple ways of encompassing the tealights in a safe container. I don't believe that the set up that you have demonstrated is the most efficient....but I'm happy that you have found the principle overall to be effective. Thanks for presenting this concept to the community....as always, valuable information!!

    • @jmo2104
      @jmo2104 2 года назад +12

      I like the rocks idea

    • @charliesmith_
      @charliesmith_ Год назад +2

      👍🙏💫
      The vlogger got it all wrong, bless 'er.

    • @Sg4809
      @Sg4809 Год назад +5

      @@charliesmith_ then what is the right way?

    • @juanlanda2441
      @juanlanda2441 Год назад

      I've seen a lot of people use tea light candles. I would like to see if a kerosene lamp style candle would be successfully used for example a tiki candle ???. Or a crisco candle

    • @deborahwiideman2456
      @deborahwiideman2456 Год назад +1

      You need the small holes for heat to go out into the larger pot watch other videos it will tell you this

  • @irenegangler9056
    @irenegangler9056 Год назад +48

    Hi! Cast iron radiates heat very well. I had lost power for a week during the winter (I live in Western New York about 1/2 hour from Lake Erie in the snow belt) my home was nice & toasty. The only thing is that you need to be very careful of carbon monoxide poisoning if you are heating your pans with a gas stove. 👍🏼

    • @celesterosales8976
      @celesterosales8976 Год назад +2

      This is probably a stupid question, but how are you using the cast iron ? With candles? On stove filled with water.?

  • @carlcarlson4642
    @carlcarlson4642 3 месяца назад

    A great presentation. Life saving. Thank you for taking the time to explain the importance of keeping safety in mind. You stay safe too.

  • @belvederemanor8342
    @belvederemanor8342 Год назад +192

    Rather than suggest a "last resort" of using a clay pot/open flame heater, a far better alternative would be to get a two or three-man tent and set it up in your living room. Line it with comforters on the outside (and inside) for insulation. When body heat is limited to a confined, insulated space, it retains heat far better than using something dangerous with an open flame. If you lose power, use a gas stove outside the tent (on your kitchen counter) to heat water. Using the boiling water, add hot water bottles to the floor. If possible, place the tent by a window that receives sunlight during the day. Confining your living space works. How else could Eskimos survive on a frozen ice pack?

    • @dennislock3415
      @dennislock3415 Год назад +22

      I tried that but the stakes kept damaging the tiles...lol

    • @elizabethbowen7094
      @elizabethbowen7094 Год назад +12

      Ah ha ! You can set it up right on your bed, We got one and set it up. Doing reverse on this in FL for small, cool space providing sleep relief. 2 little solar generators low draw power fan. God be with you as survivors.

    • @marksherrill9337
      @marksherrill9337 Год назад +6

      I did exactly this with a small electric heater all winter. No bubbles, no troubles. I have since finished the house.

    • @smallfeet4581
      @smallfeet4581 Год назад +10

      I'm wanting heat all winter not just for power outage , and don't want to live in a tent lol , with energy prices so high I'm using candles rather than put my heating on , and I don't leave them unattended or in a bad spot , if it's just for a few hours that helps

    • @truthseeker6920
      @truthseeker6920 Год назад +1

      that will work better than this

  • @brackishwatersdesign
    @brackishwatersdesign Год назад +13

    So well thought out and done, thank you. As an electrical technician, safety is my first concern and I love it that you guys focus on this. Great information.

  • @Amber-mv8wz
    @Amber-mv8wz 2 года назад +61

    I think most people are concerned about the wrong thing in a grid down situation. Personally, I couldn't give two figs about heating the space inside our home. I'm only concerned with keeping the people inside it warm. To that end I do use tea candles, but I use them to heat water for hot water bottles not to heat a room. It's old technology that still works. Get yourself one of those wraps that's meant to hold the bottle over your stomach for cramps & spin it around, so the bottle is over your kidneys & you'll be toasty while you putter about the house cooking or what not. Take one to bed with you to place down near your feet & you'll be warm all night. I even have ones to place in each of our animals' beds. The cat especially seems to think it's a great treat to snuggle up to his own hot water bottle.
    On a side note, I believe what people are trying to achieve with these little heaters is radiation from thermal mass, but clay pots don't offer much in the way of mass. Bricks would be a better option since more mass equals more storage for heat, but I believe your best bet would be to stack a few bricks around the candles to hold up a pot of water. Water makes excellent thermal mass & puts humidity into the air and humid air is easier to heat than dry air so it's a sort of win/win.

    • @outoftheforest7652
      @outoftheforest7652 Год назад +2

      and sweaters.... and hats

    • @thinker3830
      @thinker3830 Год назад +3

      Great ideas especially using the bricks. Do you know how long they will retain heat?

    • @Amber-mv8wz
      @Amber-mv8wz Год назад +8

      @@thinker3830 Sorry I can't give you a time because how hot you get the bricks determines how long they'll stay warm. It's an adaptation of an old camping trick just with bricks instead of rocks but if you can wrap a hot brick in something like a towel you can slip it in your bed to warm you with no fire danger. Keeping yourself warm at home without power or a wood stove is really about the space you're trying to heat. The larger the space & the higher the ceiling the larger a heat source you'll need. Remember building chair forts as a kid? A sleeping or sitting area made from blankets like that can be heated with a tea candle heater. You're entire living or bedroom not so much. Hope that helps.

    • @passiveincomecrypto1
      @passiveincomecrypto1 Год назад

      The best idea is to take the animals to bed with you!

    • @SoBayK80
      @SoBayK80 Год назад +1

      Great input, much appreciated 👍🏼

  • @mellaniehulsey
    @mellaniehulsey 2 года назад +11

    I pray people will take heed to the very important information you are giving us all to be safe.

  • @texassews535
    @texassews535 2 года назад +3

    Thanks again Pam and Jim. You broke this down to a point where I understand thoroughly. Love the chart and I did not even know that was available! You would also need to calculate the burn rate on the candles to determine the amount of candles you would need for a day. Thank you for this great information.

  • @Linda-qq5mg
    @Linda-qq5mg 2 года назад +25

    Pam, you are a gem to have gone through all the trouble of checking all this out! Thank you so much for doing this. Happy New year to you, your husband and family!

  • @patriciagraham4786
    @patriciagraham4786 2 года назад +4

    Thank you for sharing. I always love to watch your well researched experiments. I won't be doing this Terra cotta heater, but I was wondering for others about making sure the area is well ventilated.

  • @lisaedgington3919
    @lisaedgington3919 2 года назад +4

    Pam, thanks so much for this great info! It’s good to know at this time of year. Please thank Jim too! ❤️🌹

  • @debracarltock4878
    @debracarltock4878 Год назад +17

    I saw these on a couple different videos and I thought how cool they were so I ran out and got myself some clay pots and I have been collecting tea candles. But I am so glad that I watched your video today because it gave me some heads up on a few things that the other videos didn't tell me to be aware of!!!

  • @gavinthompson1133
    @gavinthompson1133 2 года назад +1

    I looked all over for this information. Dozens of videos and this is the best. Thank you.

  • @sweaterdoll
    @sweaterdoll 2 года назад +3

    Thank you for making such a thorough and understandable study of both the efficacy and the safety of this method. We did get a wood stove last year as our gas furnace has an electric safety switch of some kind. If the power goes out, so does the heat. Apparently they are all made this way now. The house is old, having started out as a rectangular cabin and rooms added on every couple of decades, so it's a bit of a maze now. The heat will not keep the back of the house where the pipes are very warm but, I daresay, if we REALLY needed to warm that area in well below freezing temps, we could now use this knowledge to add some heat to the room with the most danger of freezing pipes - and use it safely and effectively. Thank you so much.

  • @kedd2318
    @kedd2318 2 года назад +7

    Again, you have done all the homework for us. I always feel more comfortable about safety issues after watching your videos . Have always thought the flowerpot heaters were interesting but would not use one in my house. Thanks for the information.

  • @TheMargo420
    @TheMargo420 Год назад

    Great explanation. I have not seen any other video that provided such detailed information! I appreciate your knowledge very much! Thank you for sharing. I hope lots of people see this. I feel sure it will save lives and property.

  • @Stephenrsm7600
    @Stephenrsm7600 2 года назад +8

    Ms. Pam, thank you for doing the math and for providing a BTU map!! Excellent information about these tea-light fire info. Love the idea of the instant read thermometer. thermal thermometer!!! Thank you for additional videos about how to stay warm if the grid goes down for whatever reason!!! Bless you and Mr. Jim for these videos!!! I feel so much safer knowing that you both care about your subscribers are important to ya'll!!!!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹

    • @RoseRedHomestead
      @RoseRedHomestead  2 года назад +1

      Stephenrsm7600: Thank you for the very kind feedback. Jim

  • @lizadivine3785
    @lizadivine3785 Год назад +17

    I would suggest you invest in good stainless steel cookware with lids. You can use the tea lights inside. The stainless steel radiates. In the event of fire you slide the lid on from the side. NEVER come down from the top as it pushes the 02 that feeds the fire flame. Anyway, if there is a fire it will be contained in the pot. The secure lid will suffocate the flame due to lack of 02.

  • @IowaKim
    @IowaKim 2 года назад +7

    Thank you so much for breaking down the BTU output on these candles. I look forward to your info on alternative heat sources in a grid down situation.

  • @Cherbear609
    @Cherbear609 2 года назад +13

    Thank you so much for not only reviewing this heat source, but also emphasizing “safety”. 😊👍

  • @kenleergierig5156
    @kenleergierig5156 Год назад +2

    Great to understand this background information thank you.
    My experience after lozing power on our cargoship is two pots conected by a thread and one thealight is just good to keep your hands from freezing. Give you just that little extra warmth to take a short rest from hard labour to make it through the rest of the day.
    For warming up complete I needed a bed with a lot of blankets and 5 hot water bottles.
    It learns you gratitude.
    I still keep this setup in case of an emergency and for whenn I camp in the trailor.
    Yess, no mather what happens, now the fire you make and totaly respect that fire.
    Be prepared and stay warm all of you 🤗

  • @donajean33
    @donajean33 Год назад +14

    I absolutely love it that you tell us the truth and the safety measures with everything you video! I appreciate your extra efforts to keep us safe! ❤

  • @starvingarvins
    @starvingarvins 2 года назад +6

    Thank you so much for the energy you put into researching this for us! I have been so curious! Now I feel much more informed...😀 much appreciated

  • @danniemcdonald7675
    @danniemcdonald7675 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for sharing this. I have seen several videos over the years about these and wondered how something so small could generate enough heat to warm an entire room (as some had claimed).

  • @dianahoward9325
    @dianahoward9325 Год назад +3

    You are so precious & kind... I love all of your videos & I make lots of notes about things you talk about & explain 💯❣ Thank you for sharing so much knowledge & experience 💯❣
    Much love & prayers from TEXAS ❣🤗

  • @rhondagillespie6031
    @rhondagillespie6031 2 года назад

    Thank you Pam and Jim. Great information, we were wondering if this was worth while.

  • @maryofventura4767
    @maryofventura4767 2 года назад +4

    I appreciate your videos. I think you are saving lives. There are other videos warning these are not safe but you provide the why. Thank you!

    • @lisalee2885
      @lisalee2885 Год назад +1

      It is a good video but I did Alert her to NOT put candles so close to each other under one clay pot..they can create ONE BIG FLAME

  • @Nilsosmar
    @Nilsosmar Год назад +5

    Great video, well explained.
    I made one of these, not in a survival situation, but just for fun, seeing if I could add a little heat to a room. I found that it did work. It turns the convective heat being created by burning the candles into radiant heat, so keeps all the heat from the candles from ending up near the ceiling.
    Like you said in the video, it's just generating a few hundred BTUs. So it didn't warm the room. But (as you also mentioned) it did warm a space very close to the heater. So I set the candle "heater" on a little table next to my usual spot on the couch, and turned the house heat down to 60. The room stayed chilly, but I wasn't cold, because it created some nice heat near the area where I was sitting.

  • @idahohoosier8989
    @idahohoosier8989 2 года назад +1

    Very good info. Thank you, Pam and Hubby. The open flame always concerned me. I guess if you're really cold, it's better than nothing. Blessings, julie

  • @carriageofnoreturn.1881
    @carriageofnoreturn.1881 Год назад

    Thank you for possibly the only sensible presentation about these heaters on RUclips. This type of heating was originally used to keep the frost out of greenhouses, and yet people are expecting them to make a whole house toasty and warm... and, as you say, they won’t. Thank you.

  • @anitaditzler7385
    @anitaditzler7385 2 года назад +6

    I used one of these flowerpot heaters with 2 crisco candles to try to keep my canning shed from freezing this winter. It helped a little but I need something better next year. The building is very well insulated

  • @DadBodDrumming
    @DadBodDrumming Год назад +1

    Thanks for clearing up a lot of peoples misconceptions about these heaters. Great info.

  • @danbev8542
    @danbev8542 2 года назад +9

    Thank you for this! I’ve passed over many videos about this, but decided to learn the real ‘poop’ about them from you. I believe I’ll continue to pass them by!

    • @RoseRedHomestead
      @RoseRedHomestead  2 года назад +1

      That was our decision as well. But if someone has no other alternative, perhaps they could be used if safety was paramount.

  • @californianorma876
    @californianorma876 Год назад

    Such a great video. Thank you so much. The last thing I was expecting was a lesson in the first laws of thermodynamics! Very impressed 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @walterbarrett3852
    @walterbarrett3852 Год назад +1

    I was very impressed with your research and presentation! Thank you very much

  • @kymschoeff2858
    @kymschoeff2858 2 года назад +4

    Thank you for both the time you spent investigating this and the clear explanation you gave.

  • @elizabethmagallanes5226
    @elizabethmagallanes5226 Год назад +2

    Not everyone has the big beautiful home you are blessed to have ‼️🤗🙏🏼

  • @Iris-je7jv
    @Iris-je7jv 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks for all the valuable information. Love your teaching! Blessings ❤

  • @Cookontherun7391
    @Cookontherun7391 Год назад

    Hello. New subscriber from Alberta Canada. Really appreciate the no-nonsense, get-er done content. Thanks so much for your effort. The whole world needs more teachers like you. I’m not much for subscribing nor commenting; but you definitely tickled my heart. Thanks so much.

  • @dhawthorne1634
    @dhawthorne1634 2 года назад +5

    I have done similar with cast iron planchet over a gas buddy heater as well as over butane and white gas burners to provide radiant heat outside. It works even better when paired with a thermoelectric wood stove fan.
    Inside, I have tea warmers that I'll put three candles in and a cast iron bowl on top. You have to keep it on a heat resistant surface or put something under it if its on a wood table but it provides a significant amount of extra heat to a room. As a bonus, you can sacrifice some of the heating potential in exchange for humidity by putting water in the bowl.

  • @mikafujii5388
    @mikafujii5388 9 месяцев назад

    Great presentation as always. Thank you, Pam.

  • @elizabethmagallanes5226
    @elizabethmagallanes5226 Год назад +2

    Then to use say in a bathroom or in a laundry room for your pipes or in the kitchen right by the pipes this is to keep you from having thousands of dollars worth of damage and to keep you alive It's not to keep you comfy It's to keep you alive so no one is trying to say to use these to heat a 10x10 room and certainly no one's comparing it to a furnace but thank you for all that information I'm sure you had a ball figuring it all out ‼️❣️ And you can also use those wonderful candles that you made in the last video that are supposed to last a hundred hours although I don't think the tiny little ones you made will last that long but the big ones and a bigger pot is what they're suggesting to help keep a family safe ‼️

  • @grammy279
    @grammy279 2 года назад +1

    Look forward to next info you do on this. Great video!

  • @trudijjones
    @trudijjones Год назад

    I so appreciate your teaching me the scientific parameters around this DIY system. Now I am going to find the next video. The internet needs more vigilant people like you and Hubby.

  • @s.leeyork3848
    @s.leeyork3848 2 года назад +62

    I heard of this in 2015 (a particularly bad winter for us). We live on top a mountain that frequently has power failure in winter. So thought we'd give it a try. 1st thing I noticed was it is not safe around pets. Then I had other fire concerns. What follows is how we warmed the bedrooms: For each bedroom we used 4 bricks, a 12-in pizza pan, 8 clay pot risers, 1 10-in clay pot, 1 4-in clay pot, a tea candle & 1 10-in clay pot saucer.The 4 bricks go on the floor with the pizza pan on top. Then 4 pot risers on the metal pan under the large pot. The small pot goes inside the large pot. The candle goes inside the small pot; light it. The remaining 4 risers go on top of the rim of the large pot with the inverted saucer on top of those. It worked fairly OK. What worked better was eliminating the candle and warming the pots with the wood stove before bedtime.
    I never feel safe combining flame and cats.
    Great video. I love the science

    • @tagladyify
      @tagladyify 2 года назад +9

      Not to seem ridiculous, but why would you need the pots if you have a wood stove?

    • @redeemedvintageseamstress4728
      @redeemedvintageseamstress4728 2 года назад +11

      @@tagladyify Maybe it's cause their house is so big and it helps warm the "outside rooms". We too have a wood stove, but the rooms farthest away are still pretty cold. 🙂

    • @s.leeyork3848
      @s.leeyork3848 2 года назад +7

      @@tagladyify because the bedrooms are at the other end of the house; and, I much prefer to sleep in my bed than on my sofa.

    • @s.leeyork3848
      @s.leeyork3848 2 года назад +3

      @@redeemedvintageseamstress4728 exactly!

    • @tagladyify
      @tagladyify 2 года назад +2

      @@s.leeyork3848 how long do the pots end up heating your bedroom?

  • @lynettepavelich7540
    @lynettepavelich7540 2 года назад

    Amazingly through presentation. Learned way more from you, thx!

  • @dhawthorne1634
    @dhawthorne1634 2 года назад +23

    A trick for making sure your pots, stones and kindling are dry. Stick them in a cold oven, bring it up to about 220F for about 10-20 minutes then turn the oven off with the door slightly open until you can tolerate touching the object inside.
    Convection does help.
    If you have to kiln dry firewood bigger than kindling, it can take up to 2 hours, especially if you really load up the oven.

    • @timelesslordkotahi
      @timelesslordkotahi Год назад

      Thank you for your video and the amount of work you put into it. I knew about them but not the calculations.

    • @dhawthorne1634
      @dhawthorne1634 Год назад

      @@timelesslordkotahi This was not my video, but I hope you found my comment helpful as well.

  • @amandaaskew7606
    @amandaaskew7606 2 года назад +2

    I have always wondered about this! Thank you for sharing your research!

  • @keepingourhome7271
    @keepingourhome7271 10 месяцев назад

    What an informative and useful video. I’ve used tea light candles, 2 in a little tin foil pan, to keep myself warm, in a Ford super-cab, in the late, cold, Northwestern Ontario fall, while waiting for my big-game hunters to come back. I had to take my winter jacket off! So, candle heat from regular use I can see, but I’d be uncomfortable with some odd thing like this. Thank you for all your work!!

  • @johnroche9804
    @johnroche9804 2 года назад +6

    Thank you once again with sharing your wisdom. I always learn important information from you. Knowledge is power and in these most difficult times it is wise and prudent to learn as many skills as possible. Thank you and God bless both of you!

  • @tamiejones8368
    @tamiejones8368 2 года назад +7

    Thank you Pam for this stellar information. I love that you give us all the equations needed to use these heaters efficiently. I would also not use them unless I was in dire straights. I wanted to tell you that there are fans that are powered by the heat of your fireplace or wood heater that you can buy to circulate the warm air in place of your blower. I had found them a short time ago, you might want to look into one for when your power is out.

    • @RoseRedHomestead
      @RoseRedHomestead  2 года назад +1

      You are so welcome! And thanks for that great idea! I will look for them.

    • @RoseRedHomestead
      @RoseRedHomestead  2 года назад +1

      Tamie: Thanks for the information. Jim

    • @tamiejones8368
      @tamiejones8368 2 года назад +1

      @@RoseRedHomestead You're so welcome. I have seen the fans at Lehman's and on Amazon. You might also find them at stores that carry wood stoves like a Tractor Supply.

  • @thymenabottle2515
    @thymenabottle2515 2 года назад

    Thank you, Pam and Jim!

  • @suzanvandorp6569
    @suzanvandorp6569 2 года назад +1

    Thank you so much for all your videos. I love them. They are so informative. Bless you guys

  • @debb313
    @debb313 2 года назад

    Thank you again! Wonderful demonstration!

  • @TheBestIsYetToCome007
    @TheBestIsYetToCome007 Год назад

    Excellent video. Very relevant for this winter as well👍

  • @annjewell8379
    @annjewell8379 2 года назад

    Thank you for the time and research you have done to teach all of us how to besafe

  • @survive4550
    @survive4550 6 месяцев назад

    I've watched many of your canning videos. I love your science teacher side.

  • @connienelson3162
    @connienelson3162 Год назад +3

    I have used a wood burning stove for 50 years. Last year I set these pots on top of my stove to take the chill off of my living room. It worked pretty well.

  • @yellownightjar
    @yellownightjar Год назад

    Excellent review as usual. I love your scientific information. I have these clay pot heaters but u made sense of it all

  • @katherine8017
    @katherine8017 2 года назад

    Thank you for showing us this and you are the first one that I have seen that are showing ways to survive if the grid goes down I live in apartments and if the grid goes down I have plenty of canned food no way to warm it up and no way to keep keep my family warm I don't think I would try this not unless it's doing the daytime but I do appreciate you showing people like me this thank you very much

    • @RoseRedHomestead
      @RoseRedHomestead  2 года назад

      You are very welcome. Thank you for your comment.

  • @donnamullins2089
    @donnamullins2089 2 года назад +9

    Thank you Pam, I learned a lot about BTU's. What concerns me the most is the quality of a "terracotta" pots. Pots from overseas are not very thick or are not made with good clay. Last Christmas wanted to make flower pot cakes. Store like Hobby L. picked up pot and it actually broke in my hand. Made in china. My thoughts Donna

    • @RoseRedHomestead
      @RoseRedHomestead  2 года назад +3

      Good to know. I had no idea, but I guess I am not surprised. Thanks for sharing.

  • @ej8710
    @ej8710 3 месяца назад

    I was thinking of doing this for my RV. Thanks.

  • @stephenoshaughnessy2279
    @stephenoshaughnessy2279 Год назад +1

    Very good information. I scratched the idea of using metal bolts to connect anything.

  • @meryldykstra2538
    @meryldykstra2538 2 года назад

    Another excellent educational video. I learned a lot. But I'm moved to veer (way) off topic to comment--after thinking it for a good while--that Pam, you have one of the best costume jewelry wardrobes I've ever seen! Don't mean to take away from the gravitas of your subject matter...just a small thumbs up, one woman to another 😉

  • @linkay6
    @linkay6 2 года назад

    Very interesting. Thanks for the explanation and your time.

  • @soxxy8588
    @soxxy8588 Год назад

    Appreciate your time and effort!

  • @tim4962
    @tim4962 Год назад

    I don't know what to say, except you impressed me. You nailed it. Thanks for the video. God bless and have a great 2023. 🤗

  • @kathryncooper4001
    @kathryncooper4001 Год назад +4

    I have a butane heater for emergencies, but my cousin uses a large, ventilated aluminum can and inverts it over a utility candle. He then puts it under a card table that has a floor-length tablecloth over it. The can itself heats up A LOT, and it in turn warms the space under the tablecloth. He wears a jacket and stocking cap in the house, sits at the card table to take care of all of his deskwork and reading, and the heat from the candle and the aluminum can will keep his feet and legs very toasty. In addition, the tabletop work surface where his hands are working warms up nicely. Warm hands and feet can make an enormous difference in one's comfort level in a power outage during an ice storm.

  • @dlgrilli
    @dlgrilli 2 года назад

    Thank you for this information! Happy 2022! Can't wait for the book!

    • @RoseRedHomestead
      @RoseRedHomestead  2 года назад +1

      Lynn: You are welcome! Happy New Year, too! Spring for the book. Jim

  • @lucindakinlow1147
    @lucindakinlow1147 2 года назад +5

    I made two of these last year and hung them in my basement. I wanted to make the area around me warmer as I painted with acrylic flow painting. It worked well enough to warm it up about 5 degrees. It gets pretty cold here in Wisconsin during the winter months. I had 4 tea lights in one lantern and 3 in the other. The one with four, once the wax melted, became like a single fire in the middle and caused a large fire underneath the pot! I had each lantern with the two terra cotta pots on steel rods and hanging with bolts to secure them. Unfortunately, when the one pot had such a big fire underneath, I could not suffocate it by closing the gap of air because of the bolts securing it. I ran and got a wet towel to momentarily cover the gap of oxygen to suffocate it. OMG... thank God it worked! So my friend, Be Very Careful and be prepared when you try this! Blessings to you!

    • @RoseRedHomestead
      @RoseRedHomestead  2 года назад +3

      Thank you for sharing and I am so glad your quick action put out the fire. We will not use these. We have other alternatives.

    • @lucindakinlow1147
      @lucindakinlow1147 2 года назад +1

      @@RoseRedHomestead Thank you for bringing up this topic! Needless to say, I haven't used them again. Love your channel by the way:)

  • @melvinajessop696
    @melvinajessop696 2 года назад

    I really really enjoy your videos.. you explain things so well and you research have such good information.. this information that it's very knowledgeable and helps us in so many ways.. the way you explain things are so simple... Thank you very much and make God-bless you❤

  • @jenallen5202
    @jenallen5202 2 года назад

    Good video thank you. The map was helpful as well as the calculation for btu needed was eye opening. Basically you would need one of those every 2 inches.

    • @RoseRedHomestead
      @RoseRedHomestead  2 года назад

      Glad it helped! That is correct--not very efficient!

  • @krislynmills3695
    @krislynmills3695 Год назад

    Great idea Pam. Thanks

  • @clericpreston5701
    @clericpreston5701 Год назад

    Brilliant analysis thank you.

  • @arnoldschmidt2753
    @arnoldschmidt2753 Год назад

    WOW ! You are not the average house keeper. Your knowledge of physics is above the average of most couples. Thank you for your common sense views and mathematical calculations which most people are ignorant of.
    I am impressed.

  • @LB-vl3qn
    @LB-vl3qn 2 года назад +4

    I am so grateful that this topic, and the one involving the Crisco candles, tickled your imagination and inspired you to investigate further. It seems we are being bombarded with all sorts of novel solutions to problems we have no experience solving in our modern, electricity-dependent age. So, thank you for going to the trouble of discovering whether they're worth our time and money to add to our stash of emergency preparedness items. I had already come to the same conclusion that you and Jim had, but I hope your video is seen by those who may not have safety top of mind in the "heat" of the moment. ~ Lisa

  • @sherylhypes6290
    @sherylhypes6290 2 года назад +29

    Thank you! I was considering trying this. I have lost power during the Winter before and my solution was boiling large pots of water on my gas stove. In addition I crack open a window in my kitchen and use my gas oven. I can maintain 65 degrees or more depending on the outside temp.

    • @tagladyify
      @tagladyify 2 года назад +4

      This has been an excellent method in the past, but today most gas ovens are digital and will not light without electricity. I have gone back to a 1920s high stove gas oven for this reason and because digital is unreliable, but now so many have natural gas whole house generators that they will likely drain the supply of gas very quickly.

    • @rubikube1
      @rubikube1 2 года назад +5

      @@tagladyify I thought this too - electric starter on my gas stove - I managed to light it (one of the burners, not the oven.) with a match! I am thrilled knowing that I can still cook during a power outage ☺️

    • @tagladyify
      @tagladyify 2 года назад +4

      @@rubikube1 yes I used to light the stove top with lighters, but the oven was unusable. Then the control panel died and the whole thing was useless. I prefer old school any where I can get it. Still with all of the natural gas generators out there it will not last as long as it once did if the electricity goes down indefinitely. Best to have other alternatives as well.

    • @doloresreynolds8145
      @doloresreynolds8145 2 года назад +4

      Please be aware that the temperatures created within the oven by running it open CAN make the internals hot enough to melt insulation on the wires, melt control boards, or cause other damage to the electronics of even a gas oven. Most ovens cycle on and off to maintain their internal temperature; if they are open, they will run continuously without any off cycle allowing it to cool less heat tolerant parts. In an emergency, it may be worth the risk of a possible fire in the internals of the appliance, but you should be aware of the risk.

    • @patriciaribaric3409
      @patriciaribaric3409 Год назад +1

      My first step is put large pots of water on my gas stove, bring them to a boil, and then simmer. I have a new gas stove, and in a power outage the burners light with a lighter. The oven works if I hook it up to a portable power bank of which I have several.

  • @ArcanusLibero
    @ArcanusLibero 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks for sharing your research and experience.

  • @terryburger4108
    @terryburger4108 2 года назад +2

    Pam, thank you again for your great info. You are my go-to for canning, and survival info. I've also been looking into the pop can solar heaters. Made from scrapes around the house. Sounds like a bit of heat if grid is down. Also we garden vegies and fruits. I've looked up solar dehydrators again, if grid down. Well..what do you think? Could Jim come up with something?

  • @danielledunavant3146
    @danielledunavant3146 2 года назад +14

    I made one of these a few years ago when I moved into this apartment which is total electric. I used it this morning because the temp outside was in the low 20's, to see if it would take the chill off the room. It did work. I have a 2 pot system with a bolt in the center but really I would hate to have to rely on this for heat long term! The tea lights only last 3 hrs but I did see a video where once the tea lights form a puddle of wax, then sprinkle table salt into the wax. Supposedly that allows it to burn about an hour longer but I have not tried this. Propane heaters are forbidden here and there is no fireplace. Thankfully I don't have small children or pets any longer to worry about knocking them over. I have sleeping bags and a tent I would put in the room and maybe this pot warmer would heat that, but for now I'm glad I don't have to rely on it!

    • @recoveringsoul755
      @recoveringsoul755 2 года назад +4

      A small tent will be warmer to sleep in than a whole room, less air space to heat up, about 20 degrees warmer than outside temp. No flames required

    • @outoftheforest7652
      @outoftheforest7652 Год назад

      or get some cans of vegetable shortening

  • @ChieftuckabuckawaysWife
    @ChieftuckabuckawaysWife 2 года назад +4

    I don't know...I think I am just going to have to start paying tuition 🙃.
    I didn't think this could be a safe venture when I first saw it awhile ago. I have changed my opinion because it depends on the careful attention to detail of the "generator". The funny funny is Jim's voice making an appearance at the hugging reference! 🫂 Sounds good 😉 to him. Love your interactions with each other, so sweet. I Love your hearts.
    Thank you both ❤❤❤.

  • @suzannemartin1202
    @suzannemartin1202 2 года назад

    Excellent information, thank you.

  • @sharonafshari4485
    @sharonafshari4485 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for posting. Good info.

  • @Mr.Scotty96
    @Mr.Scotty96 Год назад

    Very well done. Thank you!

  • @coolstamper
    @coolstamper 2 года назад

    I’ve seen these heaters online too…GREAT info, Pam. TYFS 💕🌸💕

    • @RoseRedHomestead
      @RoseRedHomestead  2 года назад +1

      Cindy: Thanks for watching! Jim

    • @coolstamper
      @coolstamper 2 года назад

      @@RoseRedHomestead I’m looking forward to your other heating ideas. 🌸💕

  • @gedeon2696
    @gedeon2696 Год назад +6

    Those cheap aluminized plastic blankets are a godsend. They can be used in many ways!

  • @IMOO1896
    @IMOO1896 2 года назад

    Thank you, for explaining BTU!

  • @lisaedgington3919
    @lisaedgington3919 2 года назад +2

    Good afternoon from cold & snowy Ky! We’ve got 9” from east central Ky & down in the low 20’s!!

  • @Tamkm817
    @Tamkm817 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for the information.

  • @itzzbarb
    @itzzbarb 2 года назад +2

    Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

  • @jolujo5842
    @jolujo5842 Год назад +1

    Wonderful to hear a presentation from someone who clearly has a solid education👍
    I'm guessing you have an educational background as a teacher/professor. Or a history as an engineer.
    Great presentation and safety bulletin 👍👍👍💕💕💕
    Thank you 😊

    • @RoseRedHomestead
      @RoseRedHomestead  Год назад

      Yes, teacher, university professor and administrator. Jim

  • @Terri_Stauffer
    @Terri_Stauffer 2 года назад

    Thank you for this information, especially the BTU, that was eye opening. About only place I would consider using would be in downstairs bathroom, since the wood stove does not heat it. Even then I would take precautions, make sure my cats can’t get in. It would need to be emergency to use to keep pipes from freezing. Luckily I have backup generators and Mr buddy heaters, along with propane needed. Anything really long term would be drain pipes and close doors to unneeded rooms, wood stove will keep rest of house warm, mainly what we use anyway except for bathroom and under house where we’ll tank and hot water heater are. Now waiting to see what your backup emergency heat would be.

    • @RoseRedHomestead
      @RoseRedHomestead  2 года назад

      Thanks for sharing your use of these clay pot heaters. Glad they work for you.

  • @cheryldenkins1597
    @cheryldenkins1597 6 месяцев назад

    Years ago (decades actually) my parents and i camped with family friends in their camper. A six inch clay pot inverted over a gas burner on the stove provided heat during the night. Flame turned very low. It was more than adequate to heat the small space. Indio date festival, late '60's, Indio California.

  • @coffeefirstthenspeak6467
    @coffeefirstthenspeak6467 2 года назад +1

    I just found you, LOVE LOVE LOVE your channel... I made your sandwich bread today, not sure when you posted it, I just found it on your channel, and for the first time, I got sandwich bread!! this was my 4th attempt and finally got it right. It was all because of everything you explained In that video. I also watched the crisco candle I was thinking the same thing with these other videos, (well thats not safe). Glad you show people how to do it correctly and safely. Thank you for your videos!

    • @RoseRedHomestead
      @RoseRedHomestead  2 года назад

      So glad you found us and congratulations on your bread! That is fantastic!!!

    • @RoseRedHomestead
      @RoseRedHomestead  2 года назад

      Coffee: Thank you for telling about your successes. Jim

  • @americansmatter9689
    @americansmatter9689 2 года назад

    I really appreciated this educational video.

  • @blueguy12345
    @blueguy12345 Год назад

    Great video. Thanks !!!