Sorry to disagree Martin,
Theory and practicality can be different kettles of fish. The ten hour tea lite
candles certainly do heat our living room and have been doing for the past
three months or so. Today I increased the ten hour tea lights to 15 and the
temperature of our living room reached 78 degrees farenheit. Maybe because the
cast iron stove is enclosed and working very well efficiently too heating up
the chimney masonry too in the process. Perhaps our home insulation also helps
?
I having poor circulation ad feel the cold so need the warmth provided by the
candles to do the job.
Okay we are not working in labratory conditions but nevertheless I stick by my
personal observations. You are welcome to come visit and see for yourself. :-)
Cheers, Maurice.
From: "Boll, Martin Dr." <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Stoves] Candle powered stove
Hi MauricePColgan,
The statement that some candles (mentioned in your mail:
http://irelandtoo.blogspot.com ) would be sufficient for room-heating is
certainly not true. You can yourself repeat my following low-tech
experiments from five years ago:
http://lists.bioenergylists.org/en/bollmtt
I learned in that time from Frans Peeters, that one tea-candle has the power
of about 80 Watts. The seven candles would make 560 Watts.
A small electrical plate (diameter 9.5 cm) I use for a small expresso-jug
has 500 Watts electrical power. I am sure this plate is more efficient in
using 500 Watts, than the 560 Watts of the candles with its hot off-stream.
With 7 candles it takes a lot of time to get a water-kettle with 1 liter to
boil.
Those candle stoves with only one or two candles would be sufficient to
maintain the heat in a RHC (retained Heat cooker = hey box).
Let us know about your efforts.
Regards
Martin
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