Hat tip to TBW2 for the link.
This doesn’t pass the “btu” smell test.
Sounds like a good way to burn your house down.
I’ve considered keeping the makings for one in the car.
That Tea Light Heating may work in certain conditions; with no small children, no unsteady elderly, no dogs or cats, indoor rabbits, no one who tends to wear long draping garments that come close to the floor. No medical Marijuana user either, because they may become easily unfocused after a heavy dose of ‘medicine’.
This is definitely a good, cheap idea for a room heater. I will put together this set up for sure for downstairs and for bedrooms.
Zeer Pot Fridge. Cool your food or drinks with no electric needed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcuSlaecvIw
Isn’t this what caused the great Chicago fire? A cow and a candle?
There is no extra heat being created here. The flower pot absorbs then re-radiates the heat.
Thermodynamics...
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=409869
About 0.2W...
This doesn’t produce carbon monoxide?
I am SO DONE with candles after our week-long power outage last winter. Not only are they dim and cold, I don’t even think they are pretty any more. Could barely see to make coffee, although I had a whole slew of them. Sure couldn’t read by them.
We got LED lanterns for the next one, thank you. Made me aware of the Reality of soddies and early cabins/ early American way of life. No thanks for me.
We have a 40 ft boat in Ventura Harbor. Pretty good weather usually but when the sun goes down on the water it gets cold. I can light 2 large container candles and as long as it’s not really cold they will darn near keep the interior heated up enough to be comfy as long as the boat is closed up and stays closed up.
Tea candles burn out in minutes when it gets liquidy.
I saw this several months ago and decided to try it. It works. It’s not going to make you all toasty and warm but it will keep a small room from being cold. The smaller clay pot gets warm from the candles which causes the air around it to warm and rise through the hole in the larger pot. that causes air to feed into the area between the pots from the bottom and it gets warm as it passes through. Burning 4 tea candles inside a room shouldn’t deplete the room of oxygen unless the room is air tight. Breathing would accomplish the same in such a room.
Very clever! At last — a use for that bag of tea lights from IKEA!
Better yet
2 woodstoves
lots of felled trees
1 Husqvarna chainsaw
Maybe if you live in Hawaii and it’s a little chilly.
I have what many would consider to be a small house (except Odingos family...).
It has a footprint of 698 sq. ft. Plus a 350 sq. ft. loft.
Made of VERY well insulated structural insulated panels (SIP’s) - the house is extremely efficient.
On CLEAR days the house can get to 80 degrees F when the high outside is less than 10 degrees F. We have wonderful solar gain.
BUT - when the wind comes - and we live on a very exposed area of a mountain - all the insulation we have goes - - - pffffft!
Three tea candles can slowly warm-up my Velveeta - I would not consider them for a house heater.
I’ve got a charcoal grill for that! </joke>
Plus you can wear the flowerpots on your head like Devo.