Thank you for this! I live in the UK and I live in a rented room, this house has no heating and I usually just keep my coat on I just made one of these! It's great!!!
The point of a flower pot heater is to heat the flower pot so it releases the heat as infrared heat. If you leave the holes open, you just use the pot as a chimney using the hot gasses to directly heat the room instead. You can do that much better with an oil lamp. It's not a big mistake to block the holes. That's just how you use a candle to heat with infrared instead of convection, and infrared is more efficient than convection. There's nothing wrong with convection for heat, but with a candle heater you need as much efficiency as you can get. Will a candle heater heat a room? No, but the radiant heat is great for supplementing your room heat or keeping you from freezing.
Brilliant thank you . I had already experimented and I ended up with the same design as yours but I didn't understand why ! Now I understand . I have Italian terracotta .
Get on your insulation now, folks. You can put insulation straight on a window and then put plastic insulation sheeting over the window and frames. Curtains on top of that. Wear warm socks, layer up clothing around house (a knit cap, hoodie over shirt, sweat pants over thinner pants)... Turn that thermostat down significantly but make sure your pipes don't freeze.
You explained the concept beautifully. With all the talk of people freezing this coming winter, I'm sure this will help many. I will be using this at my offgrid farm too. Thanks
Thank you very much. I'm going shopping for pots now. Others do say cover the holes. I thought it was dumb. So I kept scrolling and found you. Your 🤓 smart. Subscribing... 👍
i installed 5 of these in my livingroom because i need a lot of compensations because warm air escapes from one room to the other so i installed 3 from where the cold commes from In total i have 5 of these little heaters but need one more for the main area i closed the airgap i really didn't knew to leave it open but still i got amazing results Outside it was 7 to 8 degrees celsius but on the inside i held up the temperature to 22 degrees but that could be the heat from my neighbours downstairs who knows i', not sure the only thing i want to say is that it works but improovements are still subject to change for the better more efficiant ways to heat my room. It is good to experiment before SHTF because if it happens i'm prepared God bless you PS i will try to buy a few bigger pots for the main area where i sit on my couch doing my things such as diamond painting or other stuff
You explain it well. The problem I see are those small candles. The candles have a very small flame. I think a oil lamp with a 3/4 inch wick will give me at leat 5000 btu's. I have an oil lamp and 3 clay flower pots. I also will put a 2 inch flexible metal pipe that I will use as a chimney. I don't want the toxins from the oil. Even if they say that it's pure oil, there must be some kind of residue.
Friends I would not worry or lamps are fairly safe I believe they've been used for hundreds of years. I have several and will use whatever is necessary to stay warm. My parents used a kerosene heater when we have power off and we never had any problems or never cracked any windows for air. Maybe it was a drafty old house haha
Something to note. Fumes that candles emit can be cancerogenous (oil), especially if you use them a lot. The chemical scented candles are even worse. Bee wax is good but expensive.
Hi Helen, Is it possible for you to explain to me how this works or do a yt tutorial because is this figio made out of pyrex or something else? How do I prevent exploding of this equipment?
@@HH-bz6me you need to watch some of the videos on Utube where they use ceramic plant pots as I did. But the pots I ordered arrived broken so I just substituted my figio flint cooking pots that I had. It works fine.
Surely with the holes open a lot of the heat escapes. Whereas with the holes blocked the heat gets trapped in the small pot then it leaks out of the bottom and into the larger pot. When that is full the heat escapes out of the bottom and all the heat is used to heat the pots. Also bolting the pots together, the inner pot is not level with the base of the outer pot. Which will stop heat loss due to air movement from drafts etc.
@@lennon1482 That pressure is powerful too! I experimented with a few setups a few days ago: one hole open (top, bottom), both holes covered, and both holes open, and the differences are very noticable. The set up with both holes open is definitely the most powerful.
I am about to make my own. Biggest question is do I keep the whole open or closed. Initially I thought inner one open , outer one closed. I thought the pots become very hot, and heat up the room. I did not think about air circulation and keeping both holes open. Done advice would be nice
My friends thank you! Could you please share the dimensions of the first pot and the second pot? I guess the smaller distance with the pots, the less efficient the setup?
Depending on who's spec you prefer, a single tea light is approx 100 watts, or 300 BTU. So somewhere around 15 - 20 candles to equal a plug in 1500 W heater.
- So what makes his method better is to NOT cover the top flower pot? I want to be sure I know what the difference is between his method and most others. Ot is it the use of Italian terra cotta? Thank you!
@@drewthompson7457 - That may be true, but he says his method works better. Another video I saw where the top ole was covered was the video that showed what looked like the best results. - Also, I am trying this with very large terra cotta pots and more long burning candles - up to 12 - made from shortening, so I am hoping that this will make a better heater and still be very inexpensive for supplemental heat (like a bigger wood stove compared to a smaller).
@@finallythere100 : if you want to raise the temperature, an oxy-acetylene touch is very high temperature, but pretty poor at heating a house or room. Bigger candles may have more than 100 watt output, but it's still a lot of candles to equal a plug in heater. But if you only need to heat a closet, a candle might do it in a few hours.
Thanks for this second video on flower pot heaters but it still does not explain how overheating or self-ignition is prevented unless the metal construction has something to do with it.
Hi, I never had a problem with self ignition when both of the holes are open! I use it mostly to heat during the night , gives me a safer feeling than my loki2 stove!!
@@patty-pat-pat I'm using 3 of these around my house, as long as the candles are in holders its fine. I use glass ones from ikea and tesco. I keep my eye on them but can happily leave them if needs be
May someone put a stove fan on a clay pot heaters.I mean a Wood burner Stove Fan on a brick heater some don't believe that them clay pot heaters makes the room warmer.But what if you put a stove fan on top of a clay pot heaters, will that make the room warmer.Will you do two test.1 with the stove fan and the other text without the stove fan(s) ?
Great question. Don't know if they get hot enough. Use one with my Mr. Buddy Propane Heater and it works great even with a window open a crack for ventalation
@@hunterfiona1 I'm saying that instead of tealights to use a giant crisco can with white candlesticks stuck down in it. White isn't as toxic. No dyes. Once the candles burn down level to the crisco they will burn super slowly. However, not sure why to put a pot over the top. My experience is that candles alone do the job.
Unless the laws of physics has changed these heaters do not work because.......The pots or anything else cannot generate more heat then the Tea Candles themselves. You get them same amount of heat, so you gain nothing.
Two sketches of cross-sections would have been helpful, one showing ideal design with arrows showing air-flow, and one showing the common deaign that is said not to work.
Adam X: I’m a little surprised that you didn’t think this was very clear, especially considering it’s the second video on this same set up. Perhaps if you went ahead and follow the instructions, it would become more clear?
I just put the first pot over a propane burner and turn it down really low and then put the second pot over that. Talk about HOT!!!! ... IT will run you out if the room. Turned down so that each flame is the size of a candle flame ... It's like having 10 candles beneath the pot.
@@justme33126 IDK... You'll have to call the Winnebago corporation and ask them if the propane stoves they've been installing by the millions in their RVs for years and years are "rated" for indoors... While you're at it go ahead and contact every other Rv and camper manufacturer in the world and ask them if the millions of campers and RVs that have been built are propane rated.
The dual Audio is making it harder to watch the Video. I understand both languages, and my head is picking up both audio Tracks. Makes absolutely no sense leaving the original audio as loud as you did, otherwise good video mein Freund 👍
I did this with three small stone bowls resting on a steel wire make shift frame, it didn't work at all with bigger pots or bowls unless you have a lot of them spread around a room. If it's really ❄️ and you don't have a well insulated room keeping the heat in it's practically impossible, but it kinda works in small spaces. It worked in my car during winter being homeless. But it's a big hassle, dangerous and messy. Best way is to be a big boy and put on another layer of clothes.
Servus, I would Use an unglazed because the glaze reflects too much heat, And (but I cannot tell this 100%) the real OLD heavy Italian terra-cotta can not be glazed, so it would be the wrong material !
very nice video. What about oil lamp burning olive oil? instead of candle. the oil lamp will burn much more cleaner than candle, if you using it inside the house.
@@Bavariaoffthegrid I know what you mean. But I have google olive oil in lamp and every page says the same information: Can you burn olive oil in an oil lamp? Unlike kerosene, olive oil won't ignite if the flame drops down into the oil - in fact, it will smother the flame. It's quite amazing that olive oil will burn at all. Unlike kerosene or paraffin oil, there are no fumes to burn. If the lamp is tipped, the oil will smother the flame in an olive oil lamp.
Don't most clay pots contain "LEAD"? Not sure if that would make the air toxic... Perhaps a LEAD-FREE pot? Perhaps Terracotta Pots are already Lead-Free?
Its is almost insanity to thing that in this modern world, we have to result to this? While the WORLD'S OLIGARCHY holds 90% of assets and wealth, the people who are doing the work suffer? Sure make your money, but not allowing the little guy to make theirs is a CRIME.
So true. We're going backwards because the elite want zero carbon emissions. So what do we do...go back to burning wood, candles etc. How is that better?
@@traceylok675 Tell me China is producing less carbon emissions.🤣 It's not about anything but Global power and total control. Spirit of the Antichrist.
Oh yes there is! I don’t know the proper word in English for those candles but you can also use the candles in this red plastic which you are putting on Graves! They also burn much much longer!
Get a jar with a lid, poke a hole in lid. Fill jar with lard, oil, or shortening. Then take a piece of cotton material and make a strip that will fit through the hole. Coat the wick then poke through hole. Make sure the cloth is 1 and half times longer so you can trim the wick.
@@fotofigures some of the tea lights-that are imported- have a plastic liner under the candles.That is what is igniting and causing a fire. Some just simply go up in flames also. So your better off using a real mason jar and making your own for pennies..
I used mason jars and melted the Crisco, let it set almost all the way back up and then inserted a 4 inch emergency candle in the middle. So far the candles have lasted well over 30 hours. I would think tea lights would only last a few so I made my own.
He basically said the inner pot needs some type of hole for chimmney and it forms its own convection loop, the outer pot collects heat and acts as a radiator
This is a faulty fad. You can't reimagine physics. Will hit generate heat? Yes. But less than a hair dryer. Much less. There is no free lunch. In every one of these videos, Indoor Air Quality is not addressed as well. Before this fad, some people used candles for ambience. And only later did they see the soot buildup. You cannot burn a fossil fuel; wood, charcoal, LP, NG, Oil candles, paraffin etc without products of combustion. IAQ is impacted, and even those it's invisible, tasteless and odorless, you're breathing this. In the same way I'd keep batteries, flash lights and a wind up radio for emergencies, I might keep one of these setups. You cannot not amplify BTUs; it defies the laws of physics. If you want one for emergencies, have at it. If you think, "I'll save money on my utility bill!", you'll be cold and in an unhealthy indoor air environment until the house catches fire. You'll be warm then. IAQ doesn't improve.
These flowerpot candle heaters are total BS. A tealight puts out maybe 100BTU. A *small* space heater puts out at least 5,000 BTU. Do the math. Physics s physics.
Thank you for this! I live in the UK and I live in a rented room, this house has no heating and I usually just keep my coat on I just made one of these! It's great!!!
So sad that you have to keep your coat on indoors to keep warm!
Tell your greedy asshole landlord to get your room insulated, appropriately heated and fit for living purposes (not just existing in the cold)!!
Hi did you catch which pots he said we should use?
@@thinkgood7412 Italian terracotta pots.
@@demelza32 thank you
Going to need this during the UK energy crisis and sky rocketing energy bills.
Is it going to be really the same problem like in Bavaria??
Temp in the UK are not so lowbut because of the moist in the air it could feel colder than in Bavaria xD
That's why I'm here thanks ofgem
Same, planning on using these
@@Bavariaoffthegrid Yes inflation is high everywhere, almost like its engineered to be. Strange eh?
I use a clear bread pan under my pots. So I get heat and light out of it. 😊
The point of a flower pot heater is to heat the flower pot so it releases the heat as infrared heat. If you leave the holes open, you just use the pot as a chimney using the hot gasses to directly heat the room instead. You can do that much better with an oil lamp. It's not a big mistake to block the holes. That's just how you use a candle to heat with infrared instead of convection, and infrared is more efficient than convection. There's nothing wrong with convection for heat, but with a candle heater you need as much efficiency as you can get. Will a candle heater heat a room? No, but the radiant heat is great for supplementing your room heat or keeping you from freezing.
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Who said you only use one to heat a room?
I've increased my heat by lineing the big pot with foil.
Thank for clearing the knowledge and the proper methods of the building of the flower pot
Italians never sold so many terracotta flower pots before
Brilliant thank you . I had already experimented and I ended up with the same design as yours but I didn't understand why ! Now I understand . I have Italian terracotta .
👍🏻👍🏻😊
Get on your insulation now, folks. You can put insulation straight on a window and then put plastic insulation sheeting over the window and frames. Curtains on top of that.
Wear warm socks, layer up clothing around house (a knit cap, hoodie over shirt, sweat pants over thinner pants)...
Turn that thermostat down significantly but make sure your pipes don't freeze.
You explained the concept beautifully. With all the talk of people freezing this coming winter, I'm sure this will help many. I will be using this at my offgrid farm too. Thanks
Thank you very much. I'm going shopping for pots now. Others do say cover the holes. I thought it was dumb. So I kept scrolling and found you. Your 🤓 smart. Subscribing... 👍
According the holes please check my newest pot video to be save! Have a great Christmas!
Shopping for pots so not free
any updates after a year? did you tested ?
@@wolfdancer5005 no I did not. I used another way. Couldn't find the pots. Used alcohol and cotton in tin cans. Let's off the heat that for sure.
i installed 5 of these in my livingroom because i need a lot of compensations because warm air escapes from one room to the other so i installed 3 from where the cold commes from
In total i have 5 of these little heaters but need one more for the main area
i closed the airgap i really didn't knew to leave it open but still i got amazing results
Outside it was 7 to 8 degrees celsius but on the inside i held up the temperature to 22 degrees but that could be the heat from my neighbours downstairs who knows i', not sure the only thing i want to say is that it works but improovements are still subject to change for the better more efficiant ways to heat my room.
It is good to experiment before SHTF because if it happens i'm prepared
God bless you
PS i will try to buy a few bigger pots for the main area where i sit on my couch doing my things such as diamond painting or other stuff
An aluminum can with water inside it can act as a humidifier and create alot of heatable moist air when placed over the air hole
Or should I say half way
You can use vegetable shortening the cheap kind and make candles with shortening. Any metal container is safer than glass for candles.
Thank you friend enjoy video. God bless you all. You can use canning jars and put hot water in those, wrapped with a small towel
You explain it well. The problem I see are those small candles. The candles have a very small flame. I think a oil lamp with a 3/4 inch wick will give me at leat 5000 btu's. I have an oil lamp and 3 clay flower pots. I also will put a 2 inch flexible metal pipe that I will use as a chimney. I don't want the toxins from the oil. Even if they say that it's pure oil, there must be some kind of residue.
The chimney idea is great! I never tested that!
Can you use the long burning candle inside instead of the tea lights?
Friends I would not worry or lamps are fairly safe I believe they've been used for hundreds of years. I have several and will use whatever is necessary to stay warm. My parents used a kerosene heater when we have power off and we never had any problems or never cracked any windows for air. Maybe it was a drafty old house haha
I happen to live/work in Nord Bayern for last 18 months, and with everything going on, I expect to have to try this one out very soon. Thanks!
We need to hold government and private company's accountable NOW before this planned black out occurs!!!!!
@@gerardduffy8778 truth!
Something to note. Fumes that candles emit can be cancerogenous (oil), especially if you use them a lot. The chemical scented candles are even worse. Bee wax is good but expensive.
@@alanjackson2540 yup a crisco candle will burn for months if I remember correctly
"Cancerogenous" ? Is that a word?
I could be wrong, but I assumed you meant carcinogenic. Maybe not though.
I use a figio flint casserole dish, which works beautifully. Flower pots break so easily
Hi Helen,
Is it possible for you to explain to me how this works or do a yt tutorial because is this figio made out of pyrex or something else? How do I prevent exploding of this equipment?
@@HH-bz6me you need to watch some of the videos on Utube where they use ceramic plant pots as I did. But the pots I ordered arrived broken so I just substituted my figio flint cooking pots that I had. It works fine.
Surely with the holes open a lot of the heat escapes. Whereas with the holes blocked the heat gets trapped in the small pot then it leaks out of the bottom and into the larger pot. When that is full the heat escapes out of the bottom and all the heat is used to heat the pots. Also bolting the pots together, the inner pot is not level with the base of the outer pot. Which will stop heat loss due to air movement from drafts etc.
going off what he said the holes create a rotation of the air in the pots creating a chimney effect to eject warm air with more pressure
@@lennon1482 That pressure is powerful too! I experimented with a few setups a few days ago: one hole open (top, bottom), both holes covered, and both holes open, and the differences are very noticable. The set up with both holes open is definitely the most powerful.
I am about to make my own. Biggest question is do I keep the whole open or closed. Initially I thought inner one open , outer one closed. I thought the pots become very hot, and heat up the room. I did not think about air circulation and keeping both holes open. Done advice would be nice
My friends thank you! Could you please share the dimensions of the first pot and the second pot? I guess the smaller distance with the pots, the less efficient the setup?
Servas, the pots are circa 16 und 28 cm
Depending on who's spec you prefer, a single tea light is approx 100 watts, or 300 BTU. So somewhere around 15 - 20 candles to equal a plug in 1500 W heater.
- So what makes his method better is to NOT cover the top flower pot? I want to be sure I know what the difference is between his method and most others. Ot is it the use of Italian terra cotta? Thank you!
@@finallythere100 : 100 watts of heat isn't much, no matter that you do to it.
@@drewthompson7457 - That may be true, but he says his method works better. Another video I saw where the top ole was covered was the video that showed what looked like the best results. - Also, I am trying this with very large terra cotta pots and more long burning candles - up to 12 - made from shortening, so I am hoping that this will make a better heater and still be very inexpensive for supplemental heat (like a bigger wood stove compared to a smaller).
@@drewthompson7457 - And as you see, I agree. with you! If we're going to do this, we should give it our best attempt to raise the temperature.
@@finallythere100 : if you want to raise the temperature, an oxy-acetylene touch is very high temperature, but pretty poor at heating a house or room.
Bigger candles may have more than 100 watt output, but it's still a lot of candles to equal a plug in heater.
But if you only need to heat a closet, a candle might do it in a few hours.
Thanks for this second video on flower pot heaters but it still does not explain how overheating or self-ignition is prevented unless the metal construction has something to do with it.
Hi, I never had a problem with self ignition when both of the holes are open! I use it mostly to heat during the night , gives me a safer feeling than my loki2 stove!!
@@patty-pat-pat I'm using 3 of these around my house, as long as the candles are in holders its fine. I use glass ones from ikea and tesco. I keep my eye on them but can happily leave them if needs be
Yes, when the pot is warm, it produces radiant heat, and the hole lid produces convection and radiation. although quite ineffective.
Danke. Great video. Thanks for the translation too.
You are welcome!
It works with the from the outside. Infrared heating. Use a large vet pot.
thank you so much! i was trying it with the hole covered (per other videos) and it wasn't working
May someone put a stove fan on a clay pot heaters.I mean a Wood burner Stove Fan on a brick heater some don't believe that them clay pot heaters makes the room warmer.But what if you put a stove fan on top of a clay pot heaters, will that make the room warmer.Will you do two test.1 with the stove fan and the other text without the stove fan(s) ?
Great question. Don't know if they get hot enough. Use one with my Mr. Buddy Propane Heater and it works great even with a window open a crack for ventalation
The giant can of crisco with multiple long candles stuck straight into it simultaneously is a better base. lasts much longer.
Do you mean inside the flower pot?
@@hunterfiona1 I'm saying that instead of tealights to use a giant crisco can with white candlesticks stuck down in it. White isn't as toxic. No dyes. Once the candles burn down level to the crisco they will burn super slowly. However, not sure why to put a pot over the top. My experience is that candles alone do the job.
Unless the laws of physics has changed these heaters do not work because.......The pots or anything else cannot generate more heat then the Tea Candles themselves. You get them same amount of heat, so you gain nothing.
Two sketches of cross-sections would have been helpful, one showing ideal design with arrows showing air-flow, and one showing the common deaign that is said not to work.
Adam X: I’m a little surprised that you didn’t think this was very clear, especially considering it’s the second video on this same set up.
Perhaps if you went ahead and follow the instructions, it would become more clear?
Thank you for sharing
Now, to figure out a way to use much longer candles than the tea heaters and keep the candle flames at the right height to the inner pot.
I just put the first pot over a propane burner and turn it down really low and then put the second pot over that. Talk about HOT!!!! ... IT will run you out if the room. Turned down so that each flame is the size of a candle flame ... It's like having 10 candles beneath the pot.
Is your propane burner for indoor use?
@@justme33126 IDK... You'll have to call the Winnebago corporation and ask them if the propane stoves they've been installing by the millions in their RVs for years and years are "rated" for indoors... While you're at it go ahead and contact every other Rv and camper manufacturer in the world and ask them if the millions of campers and RVs that have been built are propane rated.
@@trevorforrester3142 lol sorry I asked!
@@justme33126 Sound great and very innovative, just wondering about CO levels?
@@justme33126 I'm glad I didn't, lol
I doubt that I can find "old Italian terracotta" flower pots in my local garden center or at Walmart.
The dual Audio is making it harder to watch the Video. I understand both languages, and my head is picking up both audio Tracks. Makes absolutely no sense leaving the original audio as loud as you did, otherwise good video mein Freund 👍
Sorry for that! And thanx for your comment!🏴☠️
NICE!!! Very well explained
Very well explained! Thank you!
IMPORTANT - The height difference, is why the hot air gets recycled.... instead of heating room air temperature air !
I did this with three small stone bowls resting on a steel wire make shift frame, it didn't work at all with bigger pots or bowls unless you have a lot of them spread around a room.
If it's really ❄️ and you don't have a well insulated room keeping the heat in it's practically impossible, but it kinda works in small spaces.
It worked in my car during winter being homeless.
But it's a big hassle, dangerous and messy.
Best way is to be a big boy and put on another layer of clothes.
Did you ever hear of Kachelofen?
Of course👍🏻
Well i mention ibwas gonna do thisbin my trailer...Question is will it work if so about how many I have 2 roomsbuse only one no children....
These are great if you have the safe space. Can you use a Glazed pot or Only unglazed type?
Servus, I would Use an unglazed because the glaze reflects too much heat, And (but I cannot tell this 100%) the real OLD heavy Italian terra-cotta can not be glazed, so it would be the wrong material !
@@Bavariaoffthegrid Thank you!
very nice video.
What about oil lamp burning olive oil? instead of candle. the oil lamp will burn much more cleaner than candle, if you using it inside the house.
I chose tea candles because I feel very safe to let them burn overnight! Oil would not give me a good feeling I think!
@@Bavariaoffthegrid I know what you mean. But I have google olive oil in lamp and every page says the same information:
Can you burn olive oil in an oil lamp?
Unlike kerosene, olive oil won't ignite if the flame drops down into the oil - in fact, it will smother the flame. It's quite amazing that olive oil will burn at all. Unlike kerosene or paraffin oil, there are no fumes to burn. If the lamp is tipped, the oil will smother the flame in an olive oil lamp.
Don't most clay pots contain "LEAD"? Not sure if that would make the air toxic... Perhaps a LEAD-FREE pot? Perhaps Terracotta Pots are already Lead-Free?
Since The air circulates inside the pot there's less co2 in the room. Is that right?
Sehr gut !
Its is almost insanity to thing that in this modern world, we have to result to this?
While the WORLD'S OLIGARCHY holds 90% of assets and wealth, the people who are doing the work suffer? Sure make your money, but not allowing the little guy to make theirs is a CRIME.
So true. We're going backwards because the elite want zero carbon emissions. So what do we do...go back to burning wood, candles etc. How is that better?
@@traceylok675 Tell me China is producing less carbon emissions.🤣
It's not about anything but Global power and total control. Spirit of the Antichrist.
Does the 2nd larger pot need to have the air gap at the bottom or can it rest on the floor?
No, it also needs a air gap to the bottom!
The candles will go out of there isn’t any air gap
The talking in the background is distracting. Thank you for the information.
is there an alternative to those tea lights? In an emergency if you dont have those what else could you use?
Oh yes there is! I don’t know the proper word in English for those candles but you can also use the candles in this red plastic which you are putting on Graves! They also burn much much longer!
Get a jar with a lid, poke a hole in lid. Fill jar with lard, oil, or shortening. Then take a piece of cotton material and make a strip that will fit through the hole. Coat the wick then poke through hole. Make sure the cloth is 1 and half times longer so you can trim the wick.
You can buy 100 Tea Lights for pennies!!
A child's wax crayon will burn like a candle.
@@fotofigures some of the tea lights-that are imported- have a plastic liner under the candles.That is what is igniting and causing a fire. Some just simply go up in flames also. So your better off using a real mason jar and making your own for pennies..
Do both pots need the hole? Or just the inside pot?
Get the ones with a hole...you can always cover the hole up easily if needed !
Hocks are best eaten with fingers
What sized pots should one use?
Servas, im workin with ~17 and ~29cm
Servus, can you please tell me what size flowerpots you use in this video........Gruss Gott von Amsterdam.........
Hi, I’m using ca17 and 28 cm
Vielen Dank..........
What if the pot cracks and falls it can take the candles with it and burn down the house, this is not at good idea
You are right. That is why it is advisable to NEVER leave anything burning unattended indoors. Not even regular candles.
I don't know how he expects people to listen to two languages at once! I couldn't
Great explanation!
How is that fire at the beginning made
Hi, thanks for your comment, wich one do you mean! The one on the table?
@@Bavariaoffthegrid yes, I meant the one at the start of your video?
@@Bavariaoffthegrid I think it's a tin one?
Hi I made a video about it on my Bavarian channel if you are interested😊 ua-cam.com/video/5TUNoLGKLFk/v-deo.html
I put 4 tea lights inside one terracotta pot putting the pot on small bricks then I put a chimney funnel on top of the pot. It is hot but is it wrong?
If it warms up your room it’s right!👍🏻
Careful putting tea lights close together, that's a lot of heat, and liquid wax has a flash point
Why two pots? Isn’t one sufficient?
Is this dangerous? Parafin vapor?
Yeah, some suggest bees wax, or now crisco
What about toxic compounds produced by this heating “system” and emitted into the air we then breathe ??
How would you use a 3 # can of crisco in a heater ?
I used mason jars and melted the Crisco, let it set almost all the way back up and then inserted a 4 inch emergency candle in the middle. So far the candles have lasted well over 30 hours. I would think tea lights would only last a few so I made my own.
Any safe practical application to use this system to cook anything like, say jacket potatoes ?
Servus, Right now I have no idea what a „jacket“ potato could be🤔
@@Bavariaoffthegrid It’s a potato with the peeling left on it and wrapped in foil and baked. It’s basically a whole baked potato.
Thank you for explaining😊 in Bavaria it’s called Lagafeia Kadoffe! Means campfirepotato
Did you place the first terracotta pot on TOP of the candles ? so you don't cover the candles completely w/your first pot ???
No, it has also own supports, but you are right in WW1 and 2 the aluminum tin was used as the support!
What's them ancient structures at the beginning look like they got bombed
Yes there’s a video about it on my channel it’s ww2 biggest hidden warplane factory….. was!
Not sure about free but thanks ,,
What should you put the candles on?
Servas, anything fireproof and or heat reflecting
@@Bavariaoffthegrid is marble of a fireplace an ok base for the candles / pots?
would i need something between the marble and the candles?
A metal tray or oven tray
@@Cabria Yes. Rock, brick, anything non-flammable.
So you do not subscribe to the metal core theory of a bolt with washersand nuts to connect the pots through the holes?
He basically said the inner pot needs some type of hole for chimmney and it forms its own convection loop, the outer pot collects heat and acts as a radiator
I believe you can. But if you want to respect the model presented here, you will need to make 1 (or several) holes into the inner, smaller pot.
The metal hardware is meaningless and completely unnecessary.
But you’re not showing how to make a crisco candle
Shortening and a candle
So don't cover the hole ?
Thanks for sharing your experience.
On bricks or the base will burn
This is a faulty fad. You can't reimagine physics. Will hit generate heat? Yes. But less than a hair dryer. Much less. There is no free lunch. In every one of these videos, Indoor Air Quality is not addressed as well. Before this fad, some people used candles for ambience. And only later did they see the soot buildup. You cannot burn a fossil fuel; wood, charcoal, LP, NG, Oil candles, paraffin etc without products of combustion. IAQ is impacted, and even those it's invisible, tasteless and odorless, you're breathing this. In the same way I'd keep batteries, flash lights and a wind up radio for emergencies, I might keep one of these setups. You cannot not amplify BTUs; it defies the laws of physics. If you want one for emergencies, have at it. If you think, "I'll save money on my utility bill!", you'll be cold and in an unhealthy indoor air environment until the house catches fire. You'll be warm then. IAQ doesn't improve.
I’m hearing two voices 😢
Translator
my candles keep flickering off, what am I doing wrong
Hi, I think it’s getting to less oxygen! You have to increase the gap between the bottom plate and the flower pot a little bit!
Thank you. Also the little hole on top of the pot was too small. I made it a little bigger and it totally solved the problem. Thank you very much!
What is ,,CELVIUS '' ?🤣
Move to Russia and you want have any problems to heat up room or house, oil or gas
Int belive what you do to pig
Huh? You just said it didn't work, then you said it did? Where's the problem, your brain or the translation?
It works best if you wear a tinfoil hat. 🤣🤣
These flowerpot candle heaters are total BS. A tealight puts out maybe 100BTU. A *small* space heater puts out at least 5,000 BTU. Do the math. Physics s physics.