Imagine a heat source that keeps you warm but doesn't waste your money and never breaks down. Sounds like science fiction, but Californian inventor Doyle Doss made his dreams come true and invented a candle-powered heater. Anyone can repeat the discovery of an American.
At first glance, the device may seem like a strange candlestick made from an inverted clay pot, but do not rush to judge by appearance: the whole essence is hidden inside.
The heating mechanism is made according to the principle of nesting dolls: ceramic pots different sizes placed inside each other and fastened with a metal rod.
Strung on an iron base a large number of nuts with washers. Peculiar hats help to collect and give off heat from the candle. Usually, the energy from a small flame goes up and has almost no effect on the surrounding temperature. A cap over the fire is needed to transfer energy into the air, using the entire area of the ceramic pot.
During operation, the metal base becomes very hot. To avoid burns, do not touch the element!
Burnt clay not only perfectly collects heat, but also retains soot, preventing it from reaching the ceiling. A simple design is approximately 23 cm in height and 18 cm in diameter. Operating time of one candle - about 20 hours.
Application area
candle heater suitable for emergencies. For example, when there is a power outage or when at least one room needs to be heated in a cold building. If you install such heating elements in each room, this will raise the overall temperature in the house by several degrees. A nice bonus for saving boiler power.
But with all the pluses, this device is not able to replace a full-fledged heating system.
Some Internet users have already tried out a candle heater as a stove, and according to their experience, the device has successfully completed the mission. The power of the appliance is enough to cook scrambled eggs and warm up the soup.
During the first operation of the device, you should wait until the remaining moisture evaporates from the clay. This takes approximately 4 hours.
Attention! Do not leave the heater unattended. We are talking at least about a small, but still, open fire.
When the device is not in use, it is better to wrap it polyethylene film otherwise the clay will collect moisture.
Even if you are sure that your heating is reliable and additional funds you do not need, you should pay attention to a candle heater, if only because:
- Available and cheap materials are used for its production.
- The device can also work outdoors.
- A non-standard device can be imagined as part of a fashionable interior.
- The design is simple, which allows you to make a heater at home
Step-by-step instruction
materials. To repeat the work of a Californian inventor, you will need:
- 3 clay pots different diameter, according to the principle of reduction. For example: 5, 10 and 15 cm.
- Metal base carved about 11 cm.
- Nuts, about 8 pieces, and washers, enough for 20 pieces.
Manufacturing. After acquiring the necessary materials, you can proceed to the main work;
- Using a drill, make holes in the pots, focusing on the size of the rod.
- Insert the base into the largest pot and secure it with a nut from the outside.
- Inside the pot, put a few washers on the metal.
- Install the second largest pot and secure it with washers and nuts.
- Do the same with the third pot.
- The top knob is mounted above the candle. The fire must be exactly under the rod.
Base. If you are not satisfied with the option of placing the heater on a pair of bricks, then you can make a more aesthetic base. This will help you:
- Three flat corners made of metal, such are used to strengthen window frames. One of the corner faces should be identical to the radius of the candlestick, and the other - to the height of the candle.
- Harness or cord of excellent strength.
- Welding.
- Drill.
You need to work according to this scheme;
- Weld metal corners at 120° relative to each other. Small edges should be turned inward, and larger ones should be directed upwards.
- Make small holes at the top of the long ends.
- Insert the wire into these slots so that a triangle forms. The heating element is placed on this platform.
That's all, it remains only to choose a suitable candle and enjoy the warmth and comfort.
In the United States, candle heaters have already gained fame as economical and practical sources of heat. Devices are even compared with mythical perpetual motion machines, for their economical operation. Maybe the invention will take root in Russia. Then in the near future every home will have a candle source of heat.
Winter is approaching and we again face the question of heating rooms. Nowadays, in addition to standard ways heating, there are many heaters that not only cope with the task assigned to them, but also decorate the room with their original design and beautiful view. It is about such a heater that will be discussed in this material. So, we will consider a method for making a beautiful heater from flower pots.
Before you start making a heater, we suggest you watch the video
What do we need:
- 3 steel corners;
- 3 pots of different sizes;
- bolt;
- nuts;
- washers.
Collect necessary materials It will not be difficult, since everything can be found in almost all specialized stores. It is worth noting separately that when buying pots, you need to make sure that they are clay and have a hole in the bottom. Let's start assembling our heater.
First of all, we need to collect three pots into one. To do this, take a bolt and put a washer on it.
We put on the washer and fasten the nut.
After that, we put on another washer.
We fasten one more nut, then we put on another washer and the middle pot.
Let's move on to the next step. We put on two washers.
We fasten two nuts.
Then we put on another washer and the smallest pot.
At this stage, it is necessary to ensure that the resulting structure is as strong as possible. To do this, we fasten 5 nuts after each other.
We put on the last washer and finally fasten everything with the last nut.
Now you need to take care of the mount. To do this, take the tray of the pot and attach the corners to it. The author does not use special fasteners, but we will add that for greater structural reliability, you can attach the corners to the pallet with glue.
The design of three pots is placed on the corners and the candle is in the tray. Again, the author does not use fasteners, however, we advise you to make sure to fasten all parts so that the top of our heater does not accidentally fall and break.
My publication is addressed primarily to fellow Petersburgers. Not far away New Year, and I always waited with horror for the offensive new year holidays. Either the battery of the neighbors will break, then the electricity will be turned off, or some Chekist will be slipped on us. Once, I don’t remember, it seems to be in 2007, the electricity was cut off in our Moskovsky district for several hours, and for my friend from Kupchino for several days. They also had no heating. An accident at the substation, said Matviyenko. So it's time for you, dear Petersburgers, to stock up on simple alternative energy, you never know ... The power of this heater is enough to heat a room with an area of 12 square meters. The principle of operation of a candle heater is simple and clear from this figure:
To implement this project, you need to go to the nearest flower shop and buy three flower pots of different sizes, so that they freely fit into each other with a gap. Gaps are needed for free air circulation. Also, in a flower shop you can buy a ceramic flower stand, square.
In addition, you need to look in the pantry or on the balcony for unnecessary bolts and nuts and, of course, buy candles.
Assembling the entire unit is a simple matter:
A square ceramic flower stand (you can use a baking dish or an old frying pan) is needed for candles so that wax or paraffin does not spread all over the table or floor. 4 candles are placed in it, lit, and your device is installed on top. As picture:
How many candles to buy? Taking into account the fact that the candle burns for 4 hours, you need to buy eight candles for an 8-hour heater operation. I hope that during this time emergency workers will arrive and eliminate the accident in your house.
I wish you success!
For many families heating fee in winter time year becomes simply astronomical. It can be so expensive that the only way out is to keep the temperature in the house to a minimum, even during the winter months.
But there is another very simple way out: you can make it from improvised materials heater, which will heat your entire apartment for mere pennies.
flower pot heater
To create it you will need: 4 flower ceramic pot with stands of different sizes - 2 small and 2 large (smaller ones should fit freely in large ones), 2 sufficiently long bolts (they should be slightly larger than the height of the big pot), 2 chains, nuts and washers. You also need to make a special holder on which mini-heaters will hang.
In this video, the entire manufacturing process of the device is shown quite clearly.
This can be used not only at home in winter, but also in the evenings in nature. It will save you a lot of money in the winter, so you should definitely use this advice.
The house is warm.. The "Baxi" boiler works properly, maintaining the required temperature and providing hot water.
Outside the window - the cyclone "Daniel", a snowstorm ... Messages on TV about the past "freezing rain", ice on the wires and de-energized settlements make you think: how would it be possible to quickly provide additional sources of heating in case of a power outage?
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flower pot heater
To create it you will need: 4 flower ceramic pots with stands of different sizes - 2 small and 2 large (smaller ones should fit freely in large ones), 2 enough long bolts (they should be slightly larger than the height of the largest pot), 2 chains, nuts and washers. You also need to make a special holder on which mini-heaters will hang.
1. First, drill holes of the size you need in the pot and stand, then thread the chains through the bolts and fix them with nuts. Push the bolt through the hole in the pot, put a washer on the bottom and fix it with a nut.
3. Alternately put on the washers and nuts until they peek out a little from the top of the pot.
4. It's time to make the bottom of the heater. Put on the stand and fix it from below with a washer and nut.
5. That's all. Now it remains only to repeat all the above steps with another flower pot.
6. Hang the pots on the holder and put some candles on the stand. The heater is ready!
In this video, the entire manufacturing process of the device is shown quite clearly.
Such a heater can be used not only at home in winter, but also in the evenings in nature. It will save you a lot of money in the winter, so you should definitely use this advice.
A potted hearth heats a room with a single candle
In this case, the intricate candlestick is not a tribute to design, but a well-thought-out heating device (photo from pesn.com).
The flame of a candle shines quite pleasantly, but trying to keep warm with it seems like madness. Meanwhile, just as a light source, a candle is an extremely wasteful device. But as a room heater, it can be useful. Under a number of conditions.
California inventor Doyle Doss and his company DOSS Products offer original system Kandle Heeter, that is - "Candle heater".
This strange-looking candlestick, claims its creator, can be indispensable in the event of a power outage. Its height is about 23, and its width is about 18 centimeters.
And out of it appearance the inverted pot above the candle attracts attention. In this pot (and he is in " past life»was a flower pot) and the main highlight of the system is hidden.
This pot is not simple, but composite. It is made of three pots of different diameters, nested one inside the other and connected by a long metal bolt, on which a whole pile of washers and nuts is strung (fortunately, the pots usually already have holes in the bottom).
Doss sells Kandle Heeter for $25 each (photo courtesy of heatstick.com).
This intricate combination of ceramic and steel is called Quad-Core and is designed to trap the heat from the candle. But why?
An ordinary candle, burning in a room, gives out very little heat, as it seems. And the point here is that its hot “exhaust” simply goes up and quickly disappears with ventilation.
Meanwhile, the energy reserve in the candle is not so small. Moreover, with the hot flow of combustion products, most of its energy content is lost, and only a smaller part passes into light.
The labyrinth cap above the flame collects energy and carefully accumulates it, heating up quite strongly (the central rod is especially hot). And then this heat is slowly transferred to the air by the entire surface of the ceramic radiator.
The pots also help to trap soot from the flames, which is good for keeping the ceiling clean.
The main "secret" of the invention is the Quad-Core radiator, a heat trap (photo from heatstick.com).
The inventor emphasizes that one such device will in no way save you in winter when heating and electricity are turned off, but, on the other hand, it is better than nothing at all.
In addition, although this simple design is designed primarily for emergencies(and not only at home, but also outside of it), a mini-candle radiator can slightly reduce the cost of heating a room, adding a little warmth to an occupied room, while the whole house is "regulated" by thermostats for more low temperature. Here, however, you still need to calculate the cost of one joule in a candle.
The heater is also equipped with a top mounted stand that can hold the pot of soup.
Before a fresh Kandle Heeter can properly heat a room, you need to wait for the residual moisture to evaporate from the ceramic. This can take 3-4 hours, notes Mr. Doss.
But then the owner of this thing can fully enjoy soft warmth emitted by the heater for a long time. It is necessary to store the unused device in a plastic bag so that it does not absorb moisture from the air.
Scheme of the heater. The flame heats the rod (1), hot gases pass from cavity to cavity (2), each layer of ceramic emits infrared rays, heating the next layer (3), the outer pot (4) ultimately heats the air of the room (5) (illustration and photo from heatstick.com).
Doss writes that a 4.25 ounce wax candle contains approximately 1,000 British thermal units of energy. In terms of the usual values, this is about 120 grams and 1.1 megajoules.
If we take into account that such a candle burns for 20 hours or a little more, then it turns out that its energy production is 55 kilojoules per hour, which corresponds to a power of 15.3 watts.
An ordinary candle, without a glass or metal cup, melts too quickly in Kandle Heeter (photo from heatstick.com).
True, according to some sources, the total "useful output" wax candle this size will still be higher. Closer to 3 megajoules. That will give an average power of about 42 watts. And if we carefully “look” at a paraffin candle, then, perhaps, we will find even more potential heat in it.
However, the exact numbers of heat of combustion are not so important. It is clear that such a candlestick cannot compete in power with household electric convectors and oil radiators for 0.5-2 kilowatts. As long as there is current in the outlet.
On the other hand, even if there is current, you will hardly burn a kilowatt heater all day long if you do not want to go broke on electricity bills. And Kandle Heeter, as already mentioned, works more than 20 hours on one candle. The only important condition: it must not be left unattended. It's still an open flame.
The American innovator believes that such heaters should appeal not only to people sitting at home, but also to those who rarely show up there, preferring to travel away from the hustle and bustle of civilization. Kandle Heeter should be a simple and cheap alternative to stoves and other kerosene stoves. And someday it can save the life of a person who, say, by car, gets into a snow trap, into a snowstorm.
Finally, this tiny firefly is simply adorable. “Kandle Heeter should remind us all that we (humans) used to sit in caves at night around a fire and tell stories to each other,” says the inventor.
Heater from flower pots and one candle with your own hands
Some inventor Doyley Doss figured out how to heat a room with flower pots and one candle. To do this, he decided to make an unusual DIY heater.
He took 3 clay pots, put them into each other and screwed them with a bolt of a suitable diameter. During assembly, he tightened the structure with nuts, laid washers in between. The bolt was matched to the full depth of the largest pot (the first was a 1 liter capacity, the second 0.6 liters and the third 0.2 liters).
Thus, a kind of clay radiator was obtained that can dissipate heat from a small household candle, clay pots heat up to 80 ° C, and a metal bolt up to 250 ° C. An ordinary bolt serves as a heat sink-distributor from a burning candle.
In the process, it was found that the candle melts quickly from the dissipated temperature and its service life is significantly reduced, so it was decided to use the candle in a glass vessel. It was both safe and economical.
So, what happened - a glass glass or a jar, there is a candle in it, on top of the candles there are 3 flower clay pots upside down. The whole structure rests on a tripod stand cut from steel.
Later, it was invented Alternative option where an infrared incandescent bulb was installed instead of a candle. The result with a light bulb was more effective, since the approximate power of a candle is 15-20 watts, and the light bulb gave an excellent effect even with a power of 50 watts. The only drawback, unlike the first option, is “binding to electricity”, which is less universal.
Let’s add on our own behalf, our team conducted a small “usefulness test” experiment, we can conclude that such a clay heater (with an infrared incandescent bulb) works economically, does not smoke or emit odors.
After a couple of hours, already a meter away, you feel warm, and after 4-5 hours in a room of 18 square meters, a quite comfortable temperature is 21-22 ° C, the temperature outside was 0 ° C, there were no other sources of heat.
Of the minuses, we noticed only one - the long heating of the surface of the clay flower pot. But is it a minus? After all, any economical heater needs time.
Of the pluses, solid pluses are economical consumption of 50 watts / hour, safe, environmentally friendly, you can fit a tray-plate from the kit on top and humidify or flavor the air.
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