Comments on: Candle Powered Heater

By: ralph marlow

ralph marlow — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:55:58 +0000

A cigarette gets hot too, but a light bulb is much safer, better light too. Houses have burned close to me from candles. So there is certainly a safety issue.
Time would be better spent finding where to insulate better. A light bulb may cost a little more but peace of mind about the house burning down is worth something.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:54:25 +0000

Yes, great idea for use in a small space such as a camping tent. But I wonder if it would be safe or would the candle use too much oxygen?

By: Bob Christianson

Bob Christianson — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:50:51 +0000

It is great seeing all of the responses from folks with different idea about what will work and what will not.

I live completely off grid in an insulated concrete home (extremely efficient)and after purchasing and using this heater for several days with several different candles, I never found any appreciable heat radiating from the unit. I followed the instructions to the letter so unless there is some problem with the unit (I cannot imagine what that could be) my conclusion is that it does not work for me as advertised.

To be fair, the unit did get warm to the touch but not hot.

Being energy conscious, I had high hopes that this would work as an efficient space heater but my humble opinion is that it is yet another gimmick similar to the fuel savings devices I have purchased in the past with all of the extraordinary claims.

I truly hope that others who have bought this unit have more positive results to report.

Bob in the high desert of Arizona

By: Kristo

Kristo — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:34:39 +0000

I find Mike was right. Although there is a bit of a difference to a candle. These ideas are mostly not my own, though.

1. All the energy comes from the candle, but because it warms up slowly, could it be that it kind of gives the energy in a packet?

2. Now the smoke won’t rise straight up to the ceiling. Eventually it will, but around the set it might warm air up better than a candle would.

Considering overall heat energy in the room, this thing does not differ from a candle. To diddy: heat-storing substances do not heat air more than just the candle. They just do it slowly. That’s why fireplaces are made of bricks. You don’t want the room in 70 Celsius right away.

By: Joyusnoise

Joyusnoise — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:57:50 +0000

Tried it cause I had the Parts. After approx 30 min. of burn time I was not able to pick up the heater from the pot section with my bare hands without discomfort (very warm) seems to work OK! I suspect I’ll need back up for those Canadian winters ) But it’s thinking in the right direction.

By: p-diddy

p-diddy — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:10:35 +0000

You’re wrong mike smith. Don’t be a playa hater. Air is a bad conductor of heat and does not hold heat for long. Where as metal and ceramic does.

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:27:47 +0000

This device won’t make your room any warmer than just using a candle alone: All the energy from the candle is already turned into heat (besides any light from the candle escaping out the window). The only thing this might do is ‘catch soot’?

By: Luciano G. Gayton

Luciano G. Gayton — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:19:43 +0000

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Industry will not pay for cheap conversion. Cheaper to let everybody die in the pollution extinction with the 95% kill rate. That is all life breathing OXYGEN OR CARBON DIOXIDE. Even roaches, ants, and plants, all gone.

Everyone seems to be afraid to chose life.

All hydro carbon burning must stop. Biodiesel, biofuels, ethanol, people, forest, lp gas, gasoline, diesel, …