Crisco candle room heating | Power Outage Room Heating | 9 hour test
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- Crisco candle room heating in a Power Outage Room Heating / 9 hour test ..... I Tested it DID IT WORK?????
I have had many people ask about room testing with this crisco candle heating method ... they wanted to know if there was an emergency maybe a winter power outage. If during a winter power outage during an emergency will this method keep them alive vs freezing to death?
Well I did the crisco candle room heating test for you, acting out a power outage room heating scenario. A 9 hour test. These 72 day crisco candles do burn for a very long time...
And in a power outage a emergency power outage and you a solution before freezing to death, follow all safety protocols including carbon monoxide and smoke detector and a source of fresh air, never perform any of these scenarios with our all safety steps in place.
Knowing how to perform power Outage Room Heating is a great emergency power outage thing to know. Crisco candle room heating in a power outage heating is what we are showing how it works with heat turned off and the temp dropping . Crisco candle room heating.
It is a way to have winter power outage heat. thats rite emergency heat power outage, It is a cold weather room heating tip andother power outage room heating way of staying alive. Now you can make some crisco candles and have a emergency heat power outage option.
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When I was a kid we had farmland with a small storage building we used as a hunting cabin. We used a Crisco candle and steel heat transfer made of 8-inch square stock. My dad split it and put offset baffles in it. It was 8 ft tall and stood in the corner. The cabin was small and insulated and the heat stack would keep it at 85 degrees when it was below freezing outside. It doesn't take much; just a little imagination and applied science. Thanks for the video.
You are 100% correct - people can be very creative! And it’s fun! Make you feel good knowing you could handle a situation with out help !
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Okay... what is 8 inch Square stock? What is a baffle??
@@TheBloodBoughtServant square tubing.
What type of bricks is he using?
Would love to see what that would look like 😁
When I bought my first car in Canada I was advised to keep, among several other things, a candle in the trunk. If you got stuck in a snowstorm you could light the candle and it would provide you with enough warmth to prevent you suffering from hypothermia.
It’s true and smart- thanks for adding tip
I live in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and remember doing a youth group project that included making a candle holder out of a 48 oz juice can, to hold the emergency candle for the car! It had a circular piece wood cut to fit in the bottom, with a hole drilled in the center to hold a tapered candle. Made it pretty safe to use, and you could place it under your blanket (the one you had to have in the car with the OTHER emergency items, like water and granola bars😆) to help you concentrate the heat.😀
@@littledabwilldoya9717 we are in California and every car has emergency bag with water, granola bars, aspirin and cash and blanket. Ya never know what may happen. If electricity is out cash will buy something at a little store etc...
Cheyenne pepper is good for frostbite and circulation and is easy to store in the car.
The Inuit People of the Canadian arctic territory of Nunavut existed for centuries in Igloos as shelter and still build igloos today during hunting trips. The small interior space of the igloo was heated by body heat and a single flame lamp, fueled by whale, seal or walrus blubber. Not a comfortable temperature for most people, but raises the temperature enough to sustain life and prevent freezing to death.
Cool that your son was there helping you. He will never forget the fun things you guys do
Because of people like you, I have hope that the US is going to survive what is coming. You have taught me many things. May GOD be with you and your family. Merry Christmas. Keep up the great work. Our Mighty Father will bless you dearly for helping his children. Hallelujah
Thank you!
stone and concrete are amazing at holding heat in. When you are out in the wild, it is always suggested - if you can to build your survival fire beside a rock face. The rock face with absorb and keep the heat as long as the fire is going and you will still have heat after the fire goes out. This was a beautiful example of basic science. Well done.
Energy has become so expensive in The Netherlands with the Ukraine war that this is an emergency solution for now. Thanks for the tip!!
Thank you for sharing Antares! I hope it will help!
We recently lost power in northern Michigan after a strong wind/ice storm went through. We had sustained winds of 20-30mph with gusts up to 65mph. We were without power for 41+ hrs. We don’t have any propane heaters or a generator (more and more people are buying these in our area), but we have a LOT of candles and bricks. We took a few ceramic tiles, placed either a big pillar candle or decorative holder that holds 1-3 tea candles in it on top of each tile, and made an arch over each, with bricks. The inner temperature in the house dropped from 65* F to 51* while we slept, before the outage was noticed. Once we got 3 of the brick warmers built and lit, we got the temperature up to 57*. The outdoors temperatures were from 22*F-34*F WITHOUT factoring in the windchill, during this this time period. We wanted to use more bricks, but none were available, so we used some cast iron frying pans! This allowed us to heat food and water, also. We are in a split-level home built in 2000. We stayed in the top level (where the bedrooms and one of the bathrooms is) and we were pretty comfortable throughout the whole ordeal. Now have to order some propane heaters, purchase another (2)20# LP tanks to keep filled, and a few more jugs for water. We had 3 large water jugs filled and ready, (made from recycled cat litter jugs)to use for flushing toilets, and 4 cases of 16oz.fresh water bottles for drinking, after the fresh water tank was depleted. If you want to make/use terra cotta pots for heat, one great idea for a base I saw, was using an old fondue base! Time to hit the resale shops! We have a hard time finding terra cotta pots here in the winter, north of the 45th Parrallel.😁Prepare, people! God bless you! New subscriber.😁😊
Thanks for sharing your story Dawn! Glad all turned out well, yes, always good to be prepared ahead of time!
I feel for you, Dawn. Currently 14°F under a foot of snow. No wind chill to speak of, it's under 8 mph. The power is still on (Thank God!). The only thing we have going for us is we are on an island some 30 miles to sea and thus have some "moderating" effect as the water temps change slowly. A belated Merry Christmas from above the 49th Parallel. :)
In Hillman. Ours was out for just over 24 hours. Those in Atlanta still had power out 4 days later! No generator. Ugh!
I live in southeast Michigan so it's good to know that those things work
Like here in California we who been thru big earthquakes in the past should know that we need to be self reliance with no services for at least a week , we need to imagine that we will be going camping for a week by ourselves so need to be prepared because is just a matter of when, all these readiness item will help anyone survive or who want to be a victim? For me I am as ready as going camping for a month at least . take care.
You could couple this with covering the door and windows with the exception of the 1 inch opening in the window. The more you insulate, the more heat you will hold in, allowing temps to build. Thanks for the test. Great video! 😁🤙
That's a great idea Jeff! Yes, that would help, thanks for watching
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Hope my concepts are as relevant as Jeff's ?
Air inlet can be a network of insulated pipes/geothermal
Bubble wrap on the windows! I live in an RV and use bubble wrap every winter. Bubble side towards the window. cut bubble wrap to fit, spray window with plain water, place the bubble wrap on the window. It will stay. You may need to tape it over the screened windows, but it raised the temperature by 15 degrees or so and it's way easier than plastic.
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My family came over and we all did a total of 20 mason jar candles. 5 per house and we have stacked our bricks 🧱 in storage for safe keeping. Thanks for the video.
Oh thank you for sharing, that’s so cool to hear, now you have a way of staying warm if need be during an emergency, thank you for watching
Great idea. Try this... Add a vaporizer effect by setting a pot of water on top of each heater with a lid, just off slightly. Your room will be even warmer. If you've ever used a warm vaporizer, when your kids or you have the croup, you know how warm steam raises the warmth in a space like a bedroom very quickly. Give it a try and see if you get even better results.
I don't know if you call it a superstition or an old wives tale or something, but actually the opposite is true for a couple of reasons. Thermal conductivity of moist air is actually inversely proportional to the relative humidity, having little to no appreciable affect up to around 50% at which point thermal conductivity drops. This means humid air is less capable of transferring heat than dry air. Additionally because the molar weight of water is less than that of air, humid air is actually less dense than dry air. Which means it also has less thermal inertia. So basically to warm up effectively, you want a hot dry heat. To cool off fast, you want cold and wet.
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Ya, no. The energy used to turn water to vapour would be better spent heating up the room. Evaporative coolers are an example of how adding moisture to the air lowers the temp (tho if you need to sweat to cool yourself, then moist air is not helpful)
Seems like you would want to find a small room in your house to set one of these up to keep warm, the smaller the room and the more insulation the easier it is to keep heated for emergencies. This guy kept a room at around 60 when it was really cold outside so it’s looks like they work! Can’t argue with success!
That is what some of the negative people do not get. These things work in smaller rooms that are insulated. They do not work in 600 sq ft rooms with bad insulation.
@@tonypittsburgh9 And high ceilings.
@@eatiegourmet1015 you can build a simple hot air " recycler " / air scoop (out of many materials) that has a fan on the bottom sucking down & a small ( 1/2 " ? opening ) at the ceiling.It should help recirculate the air.I am making one for my kerosene heater , as the air air on top of the heater ( at the ceiling) can be 100° when the floor level temp is 65 ish.The late Buckminster Fully ( look him up , he designed the geodesic dome , wrote " Utopia
or Oblivion" , was here in Philadelphia @ Uni
of Penn ....died in ? 1983 ? ) said that it is TEN TIMES ( 10 Xs ) easier to PULL l air , then it is to PUSH it ! I have been telling people to ALWAYS use fans venting out , not blowing in , bit few people listen , don't know why I bother sometimes .. ( So does a large metal pot on top as well , with some water in it or a brick or two or both ) but..
IT WORKS ! " Of course it WORKS , Jon
, it ALWAYS works when you KNOW what you're doing ! " replied the elder gull ....
Jonathan was DAZZLED , he forgot to ask about heaven !
.....From Jonathan Livingston Seagull , narrated by Richard Harris , audio free online
( Not the version by the author himself which PALES in comparison to the Harris version ) NAMASTE,
. warm thoughts ,
Thomas
@Masterchief68: Thanks for your service! These Crisco candle heater videos are deceptive and unsafe. Heat is heat no matter how it is produced, wether from a candle, kerosene, propane, or electric source. It is the heat loses of a room that determine how much heat is required to raise it by some amount over the outside ambient temperature. A single Crisco flame is about 376 BTU/hr where a human is about 250BTU/hr. Notice that this video used 12 flames distributed in 3 containers? Sure when you add enough heat to any room under any circumstances you can get a desired temperature but at what cost? And I don’t just mean that Crisco (kerosene) is 5 times as expensive per BTU than propane. I mean in the cost to life and limb and pulmonary health. If you think I’m wrong look around any home and take note of the systems employed for safety for any device with an open flame. They are many and substantial and required for a reason.
Crisco is also good for waterproofing leather boots but it does have an odor . Just spread it on the boots and then put them in an oven on a low heat for awhile to let the crisco soak in. To get it out put them back in the oven till the crisco liquifies and wipe it off.
One of the better videos on this topic. I love the fact that he made use of the bricks to convert convective heat to radiant heat. If he had a 7 ft instead of a 12 ft cealing, the results would have been amazing.
Agreed
More tips to come 🔔
Yep !
One of the best on UA-cam.
@@RiversideHomesteadLife I like to see a clay pot fireplace where u can just burn candles or crisco candles in a type of clay pot fireplace
Exactly why I hate high ceilings: Too much waste to heat them. Plus they all seem to have floor-to-ceiling windows, total pain to clean (Yes, I am looking at YOU, my IRL brother Mike!)
I use cast iron.
Thanks for sharing your results. This would be a good addition for a winter prep. Even if you only had one you could set it up in a tent indoors
Wouldn't we still need to crack a window though ?
Your engineering approach to an alternative to heating is admirable!!
Thank you!!!
You're welcome, thanks!
paraffin heaters were very popular during the depression and found in antique shops. often very decorative. they were very useful.
The creep 1% has planned a power outage for a long time, so this upload is very useful
Thank you kindly! I enjoy helping others
Is the creep Biden I assume !!! 🙏 looking at governments around the world 🌎🙏 it seems they are all evil apart from Brazil president seems normal 🙏💙🙏
This guy is loved in the UK. Respect fm London.
Wow thanks Jack! I will keep tips coming! 🙌🏽 🇬🇧
Thank you for doing this. I really like videos which not only show you what they've build/materials needed, but ALSO show you the actual temperatures you might get and tell you the room size etc. It's not going to be the Bahamas where you all sit in shorts and t-shirts, but it would help keep you warmer in winter clothing layers, so every little helps. Not to mention the light the candles give out too. Some great emergency tips and ideas - thanks again!
I tried this last evening in my hoop house where I’m growing lettuce. I have a thermometer in it that I can read from my house. The bricks didn’t get warm at all. It seems like the terra-cotta pots warm better than the bricks. It’s supposed to get really cold tomorrow evening so I’m going back to the terra-cotta pot method.
Thanks for all you do.
Bricks take quite a bit of sustained heat to get heated through. Flat terra cotta roof tiles work well, too, if you are able to access any. I was fortunate to glean some from a building being re-roofed locally which had been built in the 1930s.
(Really sad -- they just tossed them in a dumpster, and what they replaced it with is a plastic fake slate which is very flammable -- I tested a small off-cut with a propane torch. My idiot state government 'at work'.)
Best, easiest, most efficient method I've seen these past few days of research. Thank you so much.
these do work well in a small space. I like my flame closer to the bricks/rocks so id lay the top side brocks on their side and then double the bricks on top. I use cookie tins filled with stones and sometimes set a small pot of water on top of the stones
Great tips Doc
I did almost the same setup, but I used 4 regular candles. #1. I have found the candle w/standard wicks cause the flame to be very small and when you pass them, they may blow out. #2. I will go to a hobby store and get cotton wicks for candles / thicker may / will be better (1/4"). #3. With a larger wick I will place at least 2 bricks on top, in case it smokes. The porous brick will help. I will try 1 with a 24' by 24" square concrete paver that may have more radiant heat. I like your thoughts and Ideas. Well done, Sir!
@Keithgeisen: Crisco, a hydrogenated vegetable oil is extremely viscous when liquid at a temperature just above the solid state and requires, as you admit, a large wick capable of transporting the fuel to the flame. The matching of wick to fuel source is critical to prevent sooting or a too small or too large flame. With viscous fuels this problem becomes more evident. A wax birthday candle is used here (and in other builds) because most people don not understand how to wick a candle (of any fuel) and recognize how difficult it is to get Crisco to start burning when it is a solid and rely on the ease of lighting a paraffin candle.
I was dying living trying to survive after hardship and this is like being home again....I'm a van sleeper ...not van lifer that's a trendy shit...I'm poor n disabled and this idea of yours brings tears to my eyes ...thank you thank you thank you for sharing I thought I would die frozen sir...hats off 2 you
Thanks for the effort and thought put into this video. Sorry for the negativity that some people seem to have to introduce to a well intended demonstration.
It's a very good idea.
For those who don't like it, yeah we all have issues. The whole thing here is to be somewhat creative , and to do what you can to not freeze..not to cut others down.
I can think of a few different ways to provide heat in different situations. I had suggestions, but nah..im good.
Once again . Thanks for the great videos
Thanks for watching got a couple more good ones coming up 😊
Love your show!
Well....I tried various projects like this in a room that I let get down to a true outdoor temp of 25°F. It didn't make it past freezing. Just wanted to tell folks to find an alternate heat source like a mini propane heater so they don't end up with hypothermia.
I bought a Mr. Heater Buddy and an adapter hose WITH a filter to hook to a 20 lb tank. I used it on the low setting and got 3 days of heat for an 800 sq. foot area when the heat went out. Kept socks and sweats on, but putting it on a high setting would have cut down on my days of heat. I keep 3 of the 20 lb tanks filled for my "just in case" event.
Thanks for your comment, always good to be prepared
I use portable propane tanks to heat my old mobile home that is 12 x 70 . Now I have done some reinsulating on all the rooms but 2 which total 44 wall ft . & I can get 4 to 7 days of heat out of a 20# tank which is a small grill tank. I am talking about temps in the 10° to 28° range AND not during a power outage , just normal temps in the winter . Been doing this for 17 yrs because I am not going to pay rental on a large stationary tank , 250 to 500 gal tank. There have been several times here in Oklahoma when the propane co could not make del for whatever their stupid reasoning was , usually because you could not pay for a minimum 150 gal drop. I found several places that filled portable tanks, 20#ers to 100#ers & did it myself . Loaned 2 small tanks to a couple of neighbors that were in the same boat as myself . It was incontinent but we stayed warm .
A small kerosene heater designed to do the job not only cheaper than Crisco it's been proven to work over 100 years, all you have to do is keep a drum of it in the shed.
@@hetrodoxly1203 You forget a very crucial thing g with kerosene ....... it is really bad about carbonmonoxide poisoning !!!!. I realize that can happen with any gas operated heater but it is the worst . Also most people do not understand they have to ventilate a bit with any gas heater but definitely with kerosene .
@@louisevaughan2165 Thousands of people around the world use kerosene heaters as there main source of heat and have done for 100 or more years, use a Carbone monoxide detector.
This was a great demonstration! Loved seeing the temperature, the CO2 monitor, and the window slightly opened. Loved seeing your son get to be a part of it too!
Thank you Deb - more to come
I was sooooooo curious at how the terra cotta pots worked. So I put some together, lit a crisco candle underneath. Left it going in my bathroom for 4 hours. I could not believe how impressed I was when I checked the temperature and realized the temperature actually rose 5 degrees!!! I did not have the heat on in the bathroom. Thanks for the videos!
Glad to hear, thanks for sharing Don!
A while back I was given a small container of Crisco, and I had no desire to use it for cooking, but considered hanging on to it for this purpose. I have purchased a candle wick for it specifically, but I had no clue of the potential performance of setting it up and using it, but now I do.
Thank you for watching Ed it’s definitely a nice back up plan and a great use for it, we have many more tips to come
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Hit me with what you have! I've been prepping almost all my life, and always see that I haven't everything there is to know. Maybe in return I can help you out with a few tips and tricks I've picked up along my trip through this crazy world
I showed this to my ladies group. They were amazed. Good info with going into a dark winter.
I made a crisco candle out of a ceramic egg cup for use in the microwave. Fill it half up and when it's lit the cup heats up quickly and stays that way even after blowing the flame out. That lil thing kept me nice and warm on a -20f night when I ran out of propane in my 8x27foot motorhome. I had 3 terra Cotta planters that I had set up as a radiator as well that sat on top of that candle. It worked amazing and was still burning in the morning when I got up
If you look closely at a tub of Crisco brand shortening you will see that the dot on the "i" of the name is a flame. That is because Crisco has a duel use. Doh! Crisco was and is still used as an alternative to candles. Great video!
The golden tear shape is oil ..like it’s modified vegetable oil
@@sheilajerrett2675 It IS hydrogenated vegetable oil. The name Crisco is a contraction of "crystallized cottonseed oil". (Much like "canola' is a contraction of "Canadian Oil, Low Acid", made from rapeseed.)
Glad to see your involving the young man as you show us the results of this project....Thanks for your efforts...
So the key is to light these as soon as a storm is heading in so it stays ahead of the cold. It’s cheap enough to do so if you were to lose power, it will continue to stay warm rather than the time lost trying to reheat.. Thank you and beautiful family 💓
You are spot on with that comment, it takes a while for it to radiate out enough heat to change the temperature of a room but once it’s there as long as you’re not opening doors a bunch it’s a stance fairly well, thank you for your input and thank you for watching many more great tips to come
Yes, good forward-thinking, and good planning!
Having a plan to deal with power outages during cold days is a good idea but relying on Crisco as a fuel is foolhardy. This video mistakes the burn time of a 3 lb can with 4 wicks as 72 days. Wrong, it’s 72 hours and 3 cans are necessary to raise the temperature by 21F over the outside temperature for a 200 sf room. If it’s 0F outside this system will get your small room to a balmy 21F! Stupid plan! How about buying a small 10,000 BTU or even a 25,000 BTU kerosene heated and investing in a 3 gallon jerrycan filled with kerosene. That size will heat your entire house for about as long as three cans of Crisco to a much warmer and suitable living temperature. BTW Crisco is about the same cost as kerosene per BTU.
Wow, this is fantastic. Thank you for sharing. Our energy prices in UK are doubl ing this year. For many it has already gotten to making choices between heating and eating. It is a blessing we face warmer weather to give us time to figure out how to survive the winter.....tough times !!!
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With you.on that one. I'm in the UK too. Blessedly warm weather but we definitely need to practice and prep for Winter 2022 & beyond since they're already saying Ofgem will review prices more frequently .....read in in brackets ( agenda 2030.... We will own nothing and be happy...we will rent everything.. apparently)...alot of this is manufactured to push this agenda of pricing people out of a proper living.
I highly recommend every household getting a menopausal woman to stay with them lol - I can raise the temperature in a small bathroom by 2-3 degrees in less than half an hour. We have a thermometer in our bathroom, I have now got into the habit of checking the temperature when I go in there even for five minutes, just for fun - lol. More often than not I can usually raise it by 1 degree in that 5 minutes. Summer has been hellish, I'm quite looking forward to winter!
@@randomnesspersonified That's funny! In my last job that I retired from, it was all outdoor work. We used to say that in the summer, you didn't even hardly notice; and in the winter, it actually felt kind of good!
@@eatiegourmet1015 Lol, in an office, with no air con, you feel like you are burning alive in summer when the hot spells hit you. The winter is entirely different and like you say, it actually feels rather nice when the weather's colder.
the yellow flame in the crisco label stands fir crisco being used to make candles years ago. as well crisco was also used in mechanic shops fir the freeze. and that's why I use butter in recipes than crisco.
just need to change the design of the brick tower. remember differing temperatures cause draft.
arrange the bricks so there are small gaps at the base, allowing for the introduction of cold air to the heat source,
build the tower like a chimney stack around the tin, either square or circle, no gaps.
at the top have 4 small blocks in the corner's and a tile capstone allowing the updraft to suck in from the bottom, up
the shaft and get pushed out in four directions.
Very interesting- thank you for commenting! I share great ideas- but it’s not perfect, and so many intelligent people in the community that offer great tips - I appreciate your input 🙌🏽
I LOVE watching Riverside Homestead Life videos! Thank you for showing these helpful ways to keep from freezing in an emergency situation. Stay safe everyone.
Thank you for watching friend I will keep em coming
I like this man's video it is probably among the most accurate . I read thru many of the comments & a uniform thought was to cover the doors & windows . That is so correct but this is my thoughts on how to do that & it can be done YEAR AROUND . I don't remember where I learned this from but I do know it has been over 30 yrs ago....... I use bubble wrap to cover the windows & over the frt door . Yes , bubble wrap that we use to protect our things when we move . I always have to tape it together with clear packing tape to make it large enough to cover them with. It has a VERY SMALL r- value , maybe an r3 to r5 insulating value , not much but it does help/ make a difference. It helps with heating in the winter & cooling in the summer . When I take it down I roll it up & store for the next winter . Several of my neighbors thought I was nuts for doing this now all but 1 of them are using it also after trying it for 1 winter . I hope this helps those that live in drafty old homes like I do .
Thank you for sharing Louise!
I also live in a drafty old house where my bedroom window is not quite well seated anymore and lets in a lot of freezing air, particularly at the base where the window does not lower completely. Now I used rolled up bubble wrap around the base of the window and up the sides, anywhere that a draft seems evident. This solved the problem enough that the inadequate heat in this place was finally able to keep the room tolerably warm.
If u mist the windows with water u can adhere bubble wrap to the windows for extra insulation!
We have a 3 ton heat pump outside of our garage with a lean to over it to keep the 5-6 feet of snow we get every winter.
The heater for the house is in the garage along with our water heater.
Our oversized 2 car garage (26X30) is insulated with R-19, and is sheet rocked, so even when it gets down to 5-10 degrees outside at night, our garage never gets below 40 degrees.
I doubt that we’ll ever have a blackout in our area bc we have 3 dams that produce electricity for all of WA state, OR and as far south as Redding, CA and as far east as parts of MT, USA.
I did this year's ago..made my little fireplace..loved it
Thank you!
Very interesting. A couple of mods that came to mind: 1. Maybe shorten the height of the brick tower to create more stored heat. 2. I think I would probably wall off a smaller hot tent type area to heat more quickly and efficiently.
Great idea! I'll be making some crisco candles this weekend.
Not a bad idea the fun thing about these as you can be super creative, just make sure it doesn’t get too hot in there because if it does reach over 400° the crisco could catch fire
I agree...turn the bottom pair of bricks so they lay flat. That'll lower the height of the "element" brick by at least 1". That'll make it hotter=more heat being radiated into the room! Cheers from Canada! BTW it's-26 Celsius outside this morning. Could use one of these!👍👍
@@kevinanderson9243 yup, lower the bricks closer to the flame and place the extra bricks on the top for even more stored heat. you should actually be able to warm up a pot of water on top of the bricks after they get up to temp. you likely won't get it boiling, but maybe warm enough for a hot drink to also help keep you from freezing. the heat's there, why not use it to the best of your advantage! 👍😁
@@007tallguy A little light in the dark, some plenty hot water and a bouillon cube can make a world of difference when one is feeling desperate and cold.
My mother lived in London during WWII though out all the bombings. Because they had no basements or shelters, the government issued large steel tables to replace dining room tables. Their purpose was to get all the family members under the table when the air raid sirens sounded, in case the house was bombed and collapsed. They draped blankets and quilts over the table, hanging a few inches from the floor. The covering protected the sides of the enclosure from shattering windows blown in and during winter, without power, a single candle raise the temperature to a comfortable level under the table where they slept.
Thanks for this video! I live in a 10x14 shed in Delaware. I saw a video that used denatured alcohol to heat the bricks. I'm scared of the fumes from the alcohol. I was wondering how the candles would work. I'm gonna use this method in my tiny. Thank u so much. Tell you son I enjoyed seeing him helping you. !
Thank you for your comment Lynda, and I will tell him!
All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been into preparedness for a long time but did not know this simple method...cannot thank u enough..God bless u & your family!
You are so welcome Jerry! Thanks for watching :)
Here is all you needed to know: Oils and Fats BURN. Be it olive oil, beef tallow, lard, Crisco, deep-fry oil from your local "wan-fries-widdat?" place...
Is that good Dad? What a doll!
Ha ha I love my little helpers
Thankyou I displayed these crisco heaters last winter when Texas was in trouble. 1974 -50 in the Yukon it kept myself and 3 siblings alive. I made just the can and candles love the brick idea. So glad you went into such detail as I was bombarded with such ridiculous accusations and
Thanks for sharing!
Great job wish u put one more candle.but great over all..The Mexican way to heat a house fast is to boil some beans! Back then.not kidding and a flat metal pan to heat the corn tortillas.. I'm old school 59 years old.. blessings my amigo!!
Thanks for the tip Francisco! with that way you would have a great hot meal too!!!
I tried your Crisco candles I was using old birthday candles I had ( unused) I found the the wicks in them were only about a 1/4" long. So I thought what else could I use in an emergency. I decided to try a q-tip ( not the plastic kind). It worked great . My crosco candle has been burning now for 4 hours and still going strong.
That is awesome to hear, I’m glad you tried it out, some people have issues with what are using for wicks, but you were doing the right thing by testing things out and figuring out what works and what doesn’t… Good job
Oh, brilliant! I guess the dodgy manufacturer's of birthday candles expect they''ll get blown-out and thrown-out -- And I'm sure many do, but not all of us. (I keep them for the wax. Wax is rather 'magical' in it's own weird way; it has so many uses...)
Since I only buy the cardboard-tubed q-tips anyway, I shall have to give this a try. Thanks!
In 80s b4 O2 CO2 sensors , I used those candles to keep Warm . Warm in Extended E350 with R3 insulation . Front cab was separated by 2x blanket covered by construction plastic . Stayed 60+ in 20 degree nights Often got week plus use .
I've made 6 crisco candles 🕯 since watching your videos. Thank you !
Wonderful! Very impressive Bell Heather!
Thank you! I wasn't aware it would take several hours to get warm to 60°. That's the temp I like anyway. Setting this up today. Lost power for 15 min. IDk why. Better to be prepared. 😁I haven't turned the heat on this year yet. It's been 30° twice and inside my house, 55° so it's insulated well.
Excellent! Yes your home sounds like it is insulated very well! thanks for watching Vicki
It wouldn't in an 8' ceiling room. He has a 16' ceiling? That is why he had multiple heaters going. It was a HUGE room.
LOVE that fact you have your son involved.
I love teaching the kids ! And they love learning
Excellent demo! Good info on crisco burn temp, no odor and the added carbon monitor.
Just an FYI, the little coconut oil candle I made in a 4 oz mason jar. I added tooooo much essential oil and it did catch fire. The lemon and orange smelled great for a while, but it started popping and then the whole mouth of the jar was a flame. 🔥🧯🚒 Fortunately, I had it right next to me to monitor the burn and quickly extinguished with the lid. I would estimate that I added 50 drops and should have known better🤪😲🤣😂...livin and learnin. I'll be making more lil candles and divide the excess fragrant oils to a few drops each and see how that goes.
How does your coconut oil not just melt and snuff out your wick?
@@bjhessler162 It was tricky to make, but doable. I used a solid coconut oil. Only the candle burns, the oil melts a little around the flame.
@@ellemoon6182 I'm not sure what I've done wrong. What do you use for a wick in your solid coconut oil candle? Because mine snuffs itself out within a half an hour
@@bjhessler162 I used a tiny 4 oz mason jar and used a birthday candle. I wanted to make a pint size, but small town local grocery does not carry the Shabbos white Candles. I'll probably have to go to Walmart one day to pick some up to make a pint sized candle. We used them a lot when I was a kid for power outages bc they were so cheap.
Just check out some videos on vegetable oil candles and diy floating wicks. Because you can also use a piece of wire to hold up a piece of cotton wick to the top of a vegetable oil candle. I have tested this. Its fine. It will burn a long time. Thats all you need. Like an olive oil candle lamp but olive oil is expensive. Just use any cheap vegetable oil and use any old cheap can. I have tested all of these. Its fine. Close your door and windows or you'll freeze to death and blow your pipes. You could even use a fancy feast cat food can to make a small candle, and put those under the sink in the kitchen and bathroom pipes in the cabinet to keep the pipes Warm. Now your affordability toasty.
Even candles emit carbon monoxide and soot so make sure you have good ventilation. I made the mistake of testing this for an hour in my bathroom with door closed to warm it up and found a black ceiling and toxic couldn't breathe when I walked in. There's a reason why woodstoves and fireplaces have chimneys :)
A venting system could be improvised on it that would directly vent out through the open window, like a chimney.
If you use beeswax or especially paraffin candles they don't give off blk suet and burn way longer. Like the crisco candles. I have scented candles and after burning those for 15 mins I was choking on the toxic smell plus all the blk suet coming out. So i made a whole bunch of crisco candles with candle jars I've saved over the years and used the Hanukkah candles i bought on sale after xmas for the wicks and got instant candles. So next time I used those and it gave me light and some heat and they burned for a very very long time. No toxic smell, no blk suet.
You don't get soot if you trim the wicks. People have lost a lot of knowledge with these things. You get carbon monoxide when there's inefficient burning of the fuel. Again, trim the wicks. I use candle powered heaters in my house often and have a CO meter. Not alarm, meter. It never reaches above 9ppm parts per million. You begin to get concerned at 50ppm for 20 mins or so. Beeswax burns super clean and hot if you trim the wicks as you should. An alternative that is safe for indoors is kerosene and biodiesel.
My woodstove burns wood or coal and is a gasifier.. Wood burns at 500 degrees and coal at 1500, and that doubles when you add O2 = 1000 & 3000 degrees.
The first time I burned coal it was 30 degrees F outside and I had to open all of the doors to let the heat out, so now I only burn coal when outside temp is 10 degrees or lower.
That’s impressive
This was the best demonstration yet proving you can store heat in bricks or clay pots and have it released slowly. I would have preferred an additional demo without the bricks to see the degree of difference the bricks make.
My furnace went out during a cold Utah winter. I live on a mountain side that gets lots of snow. I filled two crock pots with water leaving the lids off and turned on my daughter's food dehydrater. This kept my home warm enough that no pipes burst and kept me surprisingly warm.
My furnace took a week to get parts and fix.
I like that story ! Good work
OH! Well Done!
I'm from texas wish I knew about that during that bad winter..thank you .definitely gonna try it
Thank you for this post, when you covered it before I was curious how much it actually raised the room temperature, awesome! These are all helpful and I thought I was pretty knowledgeable about these life hacks but I’m learning a lot from your channel!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching, very encouraging
Love your videos! Your personality is awesome...and the editing is really good with the music and timing. Your son is adorable! Great video!
My greatest need would be to have in my pumphouse to use when the power fails ( I have a small heater in there and use heat tape around the exposed pipes), heating a small area safely for a number of hours
Same principle as the bed stoves built in northern China where it serves as heated bench during the day and bed at night.
Thank you
just a heads up, a candle flame is around 80 btus, a regular 1500 watt electric heater will put out 5000 btus. so what he had in that room would have put out around 1000 btus. a btu is a british thermal unit usually measured in btu/hr
Thanks for watching and the tips 🙌🏽
The electric heater is useless when the power is out
I used my Mr. Buddy heater on low attached to a 30lb propane tank with a window cracked during our ice storm last year that killed people. Me & my furr babies were plenty cozy. Now, I’m in Montana dealing with temps a Texas girl never felt before! I need something in addition to my Buddy heater that works on a budget. We’re in a smaller trailer, but it is very drafty so I am going to try this Crisco thang and see what we can do - thanks for these tips! 🔥🙏🔥
Remember more candle more heat / get thos windows covered aside from the one brining in the fresh air- it the will really help with condensation too- be sure to get that battery powered carbon monoxide detector for sense of security- good luck- I will keep tips coming- building a small safe wood stove would be the ticket in your situation- I will be showing how to build one soon
@@RiversideHomesteadLife I would love to build a small wood stove! Anything I can use pellet wood in...pellets are really inexpensive here; $4 for a huge bag of wood pellets.
Very nice demonstration video! I love all the tips along the way. Get a BATTERY POWERED carbon monoxide detector. And telling us the actual temp outside is very helpful to get a gauge on how helpful it would be for us.
Also the tip about bricks helping keep the heat lower in the room was a great point. So many videos get that wrong about terracotta or brick candle heaters. The clay doesn't magnify the heat, it just helps keep the heat from instantly rising to the ceiling.
Thank you for your comment Angie!
@Angie_978: the brick, thermal mass radiates infrared radiation that will interact (heat) whatever is in its way, chairs, walls, us, etc.. it changes the convective heat (hot air) to radiant heat. A good home space heater will convert as much conductive and convective heat to radiant heat as possible to increase comfort.
You could also place a rack over the bricks at just above the flame and heat (slowly) water or soup.
Yes great idea
Maybe one of those heat fans would help circulate the heat better and raise the temp of the room also. Great video
That's a good idea!
increase the height or mass of bricks above the candles it will store and radiate more heat into the room and you will also have hot rocks so to speak to in or under your blankets or bed.
being safe of coarse ! had to say it for all the trolls / dummies out there.
I like the video , thanks for taking the time.
🍻 Cheers
The National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) stated in 2010 that space heaters are involved in 32 percent of home heating fires and 79 percent of home heating fire deaths. They advised consumers to keep heaters and flammable objects at least three feet apart and to clean them regularly.
Good tip thank you for posting that to the community, many more tips to come
@Suzannehartmann947: and those stats are for UL registered devices. Now add the same stats for candles. It will make a drinking man stop and take a think! Almost 1/3 of all home fire related deaths are started from candles in bedrooms, the one place that these stupid heaters will be used.
Thanks for this video it's really going to help me because I'm in an abandoned house in the winter
@Riverside Homestead Life - A nifty camping trick I use, is to heat the bricks around an open fire outside and bring them back in already hot. This also avoids the accumulation of fumes in your living space. 👍🏻
Thanks for the tip Zurkster!
@@RiversideHomesteadLife If you build a tunnel with the hot bricks and place a fan at one end, you've just created a hot air space heater! 👍🏻
what a cute lil helper you have , I'm off to find the crisco candle video , thanks so much
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for doing all this testing. It looks like I could use this in my van if I take all the safety precautions that you have mentioned.
Thanks for watching!
I used to sleep in my van when I went to trade shows. In Saskatchewan, Canada I would do that from April to October. I used one large coffee can in which I had poured a beeswax candle. Kept one front window open slightly. This was enough to keep me warm, even when the temperature dropped to 2C (35.6F) at night.
@@fedxiii Thank you, it's good to know that it made a big enough difference to keep you warm. 😀.
We had a bad tornado that had us without electricity for two weeks. It was January! It immediately got freezing cold as soon as the tornado passed. I had children and elderly to tend to. It Just so happened that i had made about 200 china tea cup candles for a wedding. I hung up blankets on doorways and we hunkered down in one room and i lit every one on top my huge glass dining table, it actually helped a lot. We didnt freeze to death. It’s all i had until i could get a generator. But It worked. I was very careful and aware of the danger of all the candles burning but i had to keep my family warm enough not to freeze. I stayed awake anytime the candles were lit and they all got blown out if i ever laid down for a few hrs . But id always get up after a few hrs of sleep and relight them while everyone else slept to maintainer a temp that wasn’t freezing.
Excellent video!! Thanks for making this. And, your child looks EXACTLY like you.
Lol that’s Boden 😊🙌🏽
The room is still unpleasantly cold, I think, although not as cold as it would have been otherwise! Nice video.
I had door open at end…. Airing it out… definitely want a CO detector running multiple for long time
Could also use an eco fan on top of one or all of those candle set ups on a metal cover rather than a brick to circular the air rather than just radiate off the brick.. nice vid though proving yet again that in rough times we can use many things to make times better..
How do you use a fan to circulate the warm air if the ele is off ? Many , many homes now are total ele so......? This is about emergency heating for when the power is out .
@@louisevaughan2165 Happy new year, Ms. Vaughan. Eco fans don't use electricity. Google them for more info. Cheers.
@@louisevaughan2165 wood stoves can use the eco fan too. no electricity needed. the heat radiating makes the fan spin on its own. really cool!!
@@alisatjaden3906 you are correct . When I had to move to okla I had to sell my wood burner & I had it set up like that & I liked it
That was a great room to test. Whatay have aided to the warmth demonstrated....possible the weights on the racks absorbed and could the radiate the warmth!
A 6 or 9 liter class K wet chemical fire extinguisher would be good for an ignited spill.
Regular ABC and BC extinguisher units don't work as well and also cause dry chemical particulates to hang in the air for quite a while.
Thank you for that I will write it down
Well done Bro. You're the first guy I've seen who didn't create an explosion. I reckon the distance from the fuel to the hot brick is making a difference therefore not allowing the fuel to vapourise. Brilliant 👍
Thank you Joe Dee!
Would adding a pie pan of water to the top of the bricks to help with the humidity
Candles are only about 125 watts of heat, all the bricks are doing is providing thermal Mass to capture heat in an isolated area and slowly releasing it... you get no more heat than a candle... your drywall will absorb it just the same...it's just harder to warm your hands with
Nice Test man ! We're in Celcius here in canada, so for example, i keep it around 22c (71.6 farenheit ) So having it around 15 is actually pretty good !!!
More than an emergency light source I Believe !!!
Thanks for your comment Stephane! Very encouraging, thank you
Sending warm thoughts xx
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Special note of interest:
It's impossible for the bricks to generate any heat whatsoever. The heat comes from the flame.
Check covering window areas with aluminum, opening at top. A lot of sunlight and you'll get a lot of heat!
I'm glad you posted this. I made 6 of these and 2 with lard. I experimented a bit but didn't want to use em up. My tiny house is 230 sq. ft. with 8 ft. ceiling so I should be in good shape. I didnt think to crack a window. I didn't get any odor from the candles either but they sure stink when you blow them out.😨
Lol, its always good to practice or try things out for when you need. With the space you have these should work great in an emergency! Do make sure you crack a window for ventilation! Thanks for your comment Mike!
Don't blow them out. Just interrupt the supply of oxygen through puttin' a metal lid or even glass lid (from your cooking pots) on the jar.
I manufacture beeswax candles for a living. We don’t blow out our candles. We drown the flame in the liquid wax. No smoke, or smell. Not sure how that would work in the crisco oil, but you could try it.
If you’re freaked out, you could buy bees wax candles. Probably a bigger issue might be the lead based wicks. Get candles without lead wicks. Then you can focus on surviving the emergency rather than worrying if you’ll get dementia 40 years from now.
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using mixed small and big cans one can make excellent small candle lanterns that comes with a heat shield ... great for seeing ones way to the crapper and keeping warm while there ...
If you wanted to get the maximum heat out of them candles, you had to bring the top brick closer to the flame. You had to put the first layer of break on it’s belly and other two on their sides so you bring the top brick closer. Radiation heat not candle power heat. Good videos.
Thanks good tip
What about a very large, thick upside down terra cotta pot? Maybe even with brick on top?
Again, the pots or bricks or tin cans don't change the output. It's the same amount of energy when you just burn the fuel without them. But it's probably helpful to contain bigger fires a bit, for safety reasons.
Gustav- you are correct - nothing I add will generate more heat- the idea is to radiate the heat -
Thanks for watching!
@@RiversideHomesteadLife oh good, thank you for your reply.
I just keep saying that because there's people who think that.
I'm getting it done. Thanks Cohen.
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The other good point about this which you didn't actually mention and some people may not realize is that the bricks continue to radiate heat after the candles are extinguished. If you live in the UK the British equivalent of Crisco is called Trex (or a cheaper own brand substitute can be used as you did in the clay pot heater).
Max, it does so, because it takes time to heat the bricks. lol so the overall time is the same. i.e. the heat you don't feel while the bricks are being raised in temp is the heat that will be released when the candle goes out. a candle produces about 80watts there is no magic plant pots or bricks.
@@sarahclark5447 I'm aware of that Sarah, I was pointing out that the bricks are a sort of thermal flywheel but thank you for replying cos it makes my comment more understandable to some people. Sometimes I don't express myself very well and you clarified it
@@madmaxsdog8040 Thank you, Max, you just need to take one more step and you will be there. remove the bricks and simply light the candle when you require its meagre heat.
There are 80 watts of energy available from the candle. displacing that 80 watts into a room so the room, in turn, heats you is the most insignificant way to try to survive. if you are male your body radiates 120watts, inviting a friend into your room would be more beneficial than lighting the candle, oddly, a woman radiates about 90 watts. but you as a male will likely radiate more than your 120 watts just at the sight of her! keep in mind that what you radiate you lose and what you lose needs replacing.
Men were made for greatness, and women were made to be the beneficiary of that greatness (sorry to tell you this if you are a male feminist). You have to apply your greatness by transferring the 80 watts from the candle directly as possible to the body, that will mean I will be able to survive for much longer.
Sadly you have to be prepared to die to save those weaker than yourself, but it isn't all one way. I have to live for my husband/family, some say I have the harder role.
Finally, thank you for the car, roads, washing machine, aeroplane, trains, computer, phone, homes, plumbing, electricity, especially being able to turn on the light to drive away, the fearful darkness, central heating systems and most importantly my hair straighteners. Do have a very happy new year Sir. Keep safe, warm and productive, women need you. 💗✝💗
@@sarahclark5447 Yes I'm male I'm hetro but some of my best friends are women, two of them gay one of them going through a transition, used to be a man but becoming a woman, I sometimes used to play bass or drums in an all woman band if one of them couldn't make it and y0u wouldn't believe the barriers that were put in their way just cos they were women. the best way to keep warm is not get cold in the first place. we quite often slept in the van after playing ( which is f"***** cold, ) just hugging in and sharing body heat, there as nothing sexual about it, just a way to keep warm
@@sarahclark5447 My name is Roy actually but I loved the Mad Max movies when they came out and "dog" the dog was brilliant, an Australian blue so when I needed a playstation game name mad maxs dog was the first thing I thought of
!! Hey! Groovy show of what you know! Thank you for your diligence and presentation qualities. Need your 72hour crisco recipe NOT for pie!
Hello from chilly Northern California.
Thank you kindly Justus Love!
I would like to see how long it takes the alarm to go off with the window closed. I bet in a big room like that it would be longer than I expected
it would take a very long time before going off in that room because it was located on the bench
Crisco is so much better than any scented candle. Paraffin is super good like beeswax cuz it doesn't give off black suet like scented candles and lasts WAY longer. I lit a bunch for heat the other day and it really made a difference.
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Tip from my Grandfather I remembered: 1st - Lay 2 or 3 Bricks down longways, then put on each end on the narrow side 1 more brick going across the 3, then 3 bricks running across the top.
2nd - Keep stacking bricks until it cover the back of the stove except your previous brick handy work.
3rd - Lay a one brick thin line sideways in the front of the stove to divert airflow.
So then what do you get? A brick rocket stove.
Sweet thanks for the tip, there’s lots of cool designs and you can get really creative with the stuff, thank you for watching we will continue with weekly tips
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I know there are lots of designs but that was not really my concern, but you answered my biggest worry which was 'Do they smell bad'... Thanks for the heads up 👍
I think you would have had higher temperatures from the bricks if you had reduced the distance between flame and brick. Stacking more brick on the upper levels would increase mass, absorbing and dissipating more heat.
A burning candle will release the exact same amount of heat into a room regardless of bricks, or flower pots, etc., being stacked around it or not. All the bricks do is block the light of the candle, which actually serves a purpose. These things are a dumb distraction from meaningful preps and skills.