You need a black dot which stops reflection of infra red temp beam... Reflection, deflection...off the shining metal surface. Yes .... One dot each side just above sand level on copper plate... And similar dots as you move up arc of copper to the top.... This will offer true readings.... Good video... Very informative... Thanks. Thom in Scotland.
Add a Terracotta pot over-top sitting on the sand. This would catch more of the excess heat, share heat with the thermal mass of the sand, and provide more radiating surface area. They were sitting next to each other the whole time, now make them kiss!
It can still tunnel even if the wick is short. Making candles is pure science -- everything is combustible, interacts with one another, etc. It's not as easy as people assume. I also assume you make your own and have found a great combination of wick widths and fuel source, and container physics. Maybe you stumbled upon it by accident, even. If so, share with the class, please!
I like your idea of using the copper strips to heat up the sand and bucket in your heater. Buy if you bend copper tubing the internal heated air might do a better job in maintaining the heat inside the tubing. Thanks for the idea.
if you paint a small section black or something similar you can use your temp gun on shiny/reflective objects. At work we use small black dots we made from adhesive stickers, but this may be too hot for that.
This might also be useful for people with a petroleum or kerosine heater. The bucket with sand can be put on top of the heater which already burns petroleum. Add a heat fan and your heater becomes more efficient.
It might be a thought to cut some straight copper strips wi black dots and push these straight pieces down into the sand ... Around the unit to offer heat read outs from surrounding areas radiating out from central core.... Just a thought...nice video. Thom in Scotland.
Heat rises. You can heat up a copper pipe with it in a vertical orientation, and the bottom of said pipe won't change in temperature. If you invert that pipe, the heat will rise right up the pipe to the top again. When you heat up the that copper band in your experiment, all the heat stays at the top. It's not going to go "down" into the sand.
@@don_wynn Another way of improving heat use aluminium tape leave a 8x8 inch window then wrap in exhaust wrap again leaving an 8x8 inch window then wrap in aluminium tape.... all so the heat is concentrated on that window
Try adding 1 gallon of 91 octane gasoline to the sand. The heat from the explosion should create enough radiant heat to heat up the entire house within 5 seconds of ignition.
Uhm... im afraid the sand and copper is not doing anything. The amount of joules the candles give do not change. Offcourse the sand may get a bit warm because of the copper, but that will be gone before you can say cheesecake😂😂
Gives the radiation effect better rather than heat just being lost in the air n pulled up too the ceiling the sand will help hold n distribute the heat into your space around you its like a bare fire place with all the heat going up the chimney vs a Woodburner which is far more heat efficient and the copper helps transfer heat into the sand faster
They certainly provide benefits. It isn't about producing more heat. It's about directing the heat and storing its energy in the sand. The copper strip heats up and then heats up the sand.
This could be used in my tent. I always use a 6 person tent in the winter camp outs....I will definitely try the one with the sand. Thanks a lot!!!
You need a black dot which stops reflection of infra red temp beam... Reflection, deflection...off the shining metal surface. Yes .... One dot each side just above sand level on copper plate... And similar dots as you move up arc of copper to the top....
This will offer true readings....
Good video... Very informative... Thanks.
Thom in Scotland.
Add a Terracotta pot over-top sitting on the sand. This would catch more of the excess heat, share heat with the thermal mass of the sand, and provide more radiating surface area. They were sitting next to each other the whole time, now make them kiss!
Wow, I didn’t even think about that 😃
Smart
To get much-much more heat -- try using 3 candled inside of 1 glass jar. Thanks for the content)
To prevent your wick from tunneling,you need to keep the wick trimmed short; that will also prevent your flame from smoking
It can still tunnel even if the wick is short. Making candles is pure science -- everything is combustible, interacts with one another, etc. It's not as easy as people assume. I also assume you make your own and have found a great combination of wick widths and fuel source, and container physics. Maybe you stumbled upon it by accident, even. If so, share with the class, please!
I like the idea of these. Probably better if you got two bands of copper to heat the sand evenly.
That’s a great idea
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I like your idea of using the copper strips to heat up the sand and bucket in your heater. Buy if you bend copper tubing the internal heated air might do a better job in maintaining the heat inside the tubing. Thanks for the idea.
if you paint a small section black or something similar you can use your temp gun on shiny/reflective objects. At work we use small black dots we made from adhesive stickers, but this may be too hot for that.
This might also be useful for people with a petroleum or kerosine heater. The bucket with sand can be put on top of the heater which already burns petroleum. Add a heat fan and your heater becomes more efficient.
Could the transfer of heat to sand be causing strip to register at lower temperature.
It might be a thought to cut some straight copper strips wi black dots and push these straight pieces down into the sand ... Around the unit to offer heat read outs from surrounding areas radiating out from central core.... Just a thought...nice video.
Thom in Scotland.
Love that backround picture
how big of a room will this heat
How warm does this get
Use a fan with a thermal chip to circulate the heat.
How do you circulate the heat
Try turning off the light in the room that is reflecting off the copper, than try the heat meter again.
Heat rises. You can heat up a copper pipe with it in a vertical orientation, and the bottom of said pipe won't change in temperature. If you invert that pipe, the heat will rise right up the pipe to the top again. When you heat up the that copper band in your experiment, all the heat stays at the top. It's not going to go "down" into the sand.
@@stephenfarrell1556 yes. But this is not heated air, this is conduction by the copper strip, it would travel back down via the strip
@@don_wynn Another way of improving heat use aluminium tape leave a 8x8 inch window then wrap in exhaust wrap again leaving an 8x8 inch window then wrap in aluminium tape.... all so the heat is concentrated on that window
Bad non contact thermometer. Try a different one.
Try adding 1 gallon of 91 octane gasoline to the sand. The heat from the explosion should create enough radiant heat to heat up the entire house within 5 seconds of ignition.
72days for jow long each day
he say 8 hours a day not 24 over 24
Uhm... im afraid the sand and copper is not doing anything.
The amount of joules the candles give do not change.
Offcourse the sand may get a bit warm because of the copper, but that will be gone before you can say cheesecake😂😂
Gives the radiation effect better rather than heat just being lost in the air n pulled up too the ceiling the sand will help hold n distribute the heat into your space around you its like a bare fire place with all the heat going up the chimney vs a Woodburner which is far more heat efficient and the copper helps transfer heat into the sand faster
No way 72 day burn time.
I have tested it
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do a real believable time lapse video please . or your lying@@don_wynn
It’s gotta be 72hrs
@@don_wynn Are you saying a tub of Crisco last 72 days for 24 hours a day each day?
the clay pot/copper strip provide no benefit. the candle provides a set amount of heat, adding items does not create more.
They certainly provide benefits. It isn't about producing more heat. It's about directing the heat and storing its energy in the sand. The copper strip heats up and then heats up the sand.
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