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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

sendero

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13. The physics guy in me..

Reply to eShirl (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 08:44 AM

Dec 2013

... has always struggled with this. What is the advantage of concentrating the heat?

Whether you put a flower pot over the candle or not, the same amount of heat it being radiated into the room.

I guess you could argue that having it concentrated lets you sit next to it and get the benefit of the heat - sort of like a campfire

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"Heat Your Room with 1 Candle plus Flowerpots, Nuts and Washers" (Permaculture Magazine) [View all] eShirl Nov 2013 OP

Hmmmmmm dixiegrrrrl Nov 2013 #1

Your challenge is . . . mzteris Nov 2013 #4

This is very interesting! onestepforward Nov 2013 #2

Here's the same idea, Ednahilda Nov 2013 #3

That is simpler and I might give it a try. Kaleva Nov 2013 #5

I am going to try it also. RebelOne Dec 2013 #10

This is simpler, but if I were going to use this one Curmudgeoness Nov 2013 #7

Another way to make a flower pot candle heater using bricks Kaleva Nov 2013 #6

A GlowWarm electric candle may be a better choice. Kaleva Nov 2013 #8

One could do the same thing with light bulbs ConcernedCanuk Nov 2013 #9

Interesting. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #11

An average sitting human puts out 70 watts Progressive dog Dec 2013 #12

The physics guy in me.. sendero Dec 2013 #13

yes, radiant heat vs. raising the temperature of the air eShirl Dec 2013 #14