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Post by offtrail on Nov 20, 2013 12:17:15 GMT -7
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Post by geron on Nov 20, 2013 13:10:29 GMT -7
I made one of those. Tried heating my 8x12 mancave with it. Burned up a big candle and raised the temp only a degree or two. Your mileage may vary. Mancave has insulated walls but no insulation in the ceiling which goes to a second level. Here's the one I made. It's outside rusting. Maybe I did something wrong??? Thought I followed his destructions to at "T" however.
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Post by thywar on Nov 20, 2013 13:24:40 GMT -7
Yeah I've done that before.. but it was when I was sitting on the side of the road, waiting and didn't want to burn the gas.. crack the window just a bit.. and light the candle and put the CLAY pot over the candle..that heats the clay pot which spreads out the heat.. works in a small space but I doubt it would heat a room.. as Geron says.. your mileage may vary
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Post by solargeek1 on Nov 20, 2013 13:34:03 GMT -7
Terra cotta pots explode sharply when even slightly overheated. Wouldn't want to try this .... Just sayin'
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Post by marc on Nov 20, 2013 13:55:46 GMT -7
Adding a pot (or anything else) does not produce more total heat going into the room.
Burning any given candle contains a given BTU value, how you disperse it does not change the total heat content. Words like "efficiency" are tossed around without a definition behind it, to make the claims seem more credible. Sure, the mass of the pot will absorb some of the heat and re-release it into the room more slowly, but the total doesn't change.
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Post by offtrail on Nov 20, 2013 17:45:24 GMT -7
I seen another one using a six pack of candles, it should have warmed up a room considerably. As long as it stays above freezing a person should be fine.
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Post by offtrail on Nov 20, 2013 17:53:20 GMT -7
Terra cotta pots explode sharply when even slightly overheated. Wouldn't want to try this .... Just sayin' They make patio wood burners from terra cotta and they don't explode. Might be a difference in how they are fired or it's the glazing or lack of glazing.
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Post by woodyz on Nov 20, 2013 18:11:09 GMT -7
Restaurant we go to in KY called "Patties" bakes their bread in flower pots. www.landbetweenthelakes.com/pattis-settlement.htmlstore.shoppattis.com/I too have used a candle in a car. Also in a tent or other small confined space, but without a flower pot, instead used a small tuna/cat food can to help the candle stay upright, never tried it in any space bigger. OH YEAH! If you visit "PATTIIS" online store by some of the rub and use it on your next BBQ pork or chicken, nothing else just the rub and you will be hooked. If you want to do brush on sauce they have that too. I pick up a couple of bottles every time I visit my Grandkids.
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Post by thywar on Nov 20, 2013 18:23:28 GMT -7
And when it's 113 degrees on my deck in Oklahoma they don't explode there either. But then I don't use a candle when it's that hot :-)
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Post by woodyz on Nov 20, 2013 19:53:19 GMT -7
I think you just have to use one that's good and dry, its the water in the pores makes them crack.
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