Cheerz for posting this vid 👍 A mate of mine told of this type of heater, years ago; now, with the energy crisis, recession and a whole heap of who knows what else in store for us this winter, here in the UK, I plan on making a couple of these bad boyz to put in my bedroom, to take the chill out of the air without the need to put on the central heating, whilst I sit and paint 28mm historical minis on cold 'n' wet autumn/winter nights! ♨🖌👌
😊thank you for sharing this. I think it’ll be more fun making my own. & thank you for sharing the parts needed. That’s sooooo helpful. Great stuff. I’ve subscribed ❤
Liking these TH-cam channels like yours. Maybe less subscribers but excellent tips and much welcomed by those who are feeling the pinch. Thank you for the advice and please just ignore the haters
Hey Dai, thanks. I just ignore the haters - no time for that. If people want to subscribe they will, if they don't they won't. Makes no odds to me, but if you wish to subscribe that's cool with me too 😁
I'm glad you found it useful. It took me ages to find all of the bits so I figured I may as well share it so others can find the bits right off the bat 👌
I did a test with a single vs double pots and it seems like the single one is more efficient with more and quick heating release vs double one, which is slow starting and not matching the highest temp of the single one..the only better thing is the cooling time, more on double, but is look like the same style and heating process of oil radiators vs convectors...Btw, single one is more easy to make and maintain without any mods, only a coin to cover the upper small hole..also,better one big pot with 2-4 candles vs 2 small pots with 1-2 candle each..
You can use any really as long as the size difference is comparable so there is a small air trap between them. Ideally you should source a different supplier of these sizes if B&Q are out of stock as the rods etc listed were specifically chosen to fit these sizes. That said, the rods can be cut down with an angle grinder if you do go smaller.
The way I've always understood the principle at work here is that there needs to be an unblocked hole at the top to create a chimney effect - ie for the hot air trapped between between the pots to escape...
its supposed to act like an indoor fireplace to warm up a nearby area, not a room. you want the heat to stay in the pot. another small terracotta layer on top will also allow you to keep water warm for tea as it will be flat enough for a kettle
The science part that I don’t understand is why you can’t just leave a candle out without a pot over it. Won’t it produce the same amount of heat? Or is it that the heat will go up to high and just stay by the roof? Why do you have to put a pot over it? Is that just for safety or does it make the heat radiate differently?
Some good questions, I assume the 2 pots both heat up and retain the heat after the candle has expired. Also there is a much larger surface area where the heat can radiate from, as opposed to a naked flame. You can hold your finger a few cm from a naked flame and not burn it as the heat is very concentrated around the flame.
not a safe way to do it - I have done the same and I put 4 in. The pot got black inside, so I know that the pot needs a hole on top to allow the heated air to flow so 2 tealights or one small olive oil light jar little lamb light, is best to have it light when you are home not left alone, need to have a carbon monoxide smoke alarm and powder extinguisher. Lay strong Foil around the pot for safety Make sure the Pot is not under the light and needs a cap, The olive oil Jar or a soup Tin size is about 3-4inch and the pot needs 8inch (10cm) above so the Oil won't get hot
these are dangerous because the metal get way too hot. All you need is one pot and one saucer. You put a light on the sauces and place the pot on top. Easy peasy. If you get two big tea lights, get the candles out, make a lot whole in one of the and put that one on top of the other after filling with oil lamp and use a little piece of cotton to make a wick you have reusable and much longer lasting warmth
This design has a mechanical construction flaw, all this will do is trap the heat inside. U dont want to cover up the holes, when u cover up the holes it does not work as a old radiator anymore, u also wanna go for a much larger second pot.
You may well know more about this than I do but since the porcelain heats up as it traps the heat inside this radiates heat over a prolonged period of time. What is the reason for the larger second pot? I'm interested to learn :)
2nd larger pot gives greater surface area of heat. Over here in Hungary they also drill small additional holes at the top of the pots to give greater convection of warm air. They do work. 😁
@@hausofyax A larger pot can contain more air to heat up. This video explains very well, why u never want to cover up the holes. th-cam.com/video/O9UlTKLUmVo/w-d-xo.html
One tea candle can produce around 30 watts of heat, which means that you need at least 20 to 30 tea candles to heat a very small room (and replace them every 3 to 4 hours). 4. You have now built a small fireplace using tea candles. A box of 100 tea light candles costs $15. A 100-pack will last you about 12 hours, or "a whole day." Your "tea candle" heating bill will be about $500 per month. Congratulations to all the geniuses out there who have used this method to heat their extremely small rooms. 👏🧐
I'm sure you make some good points there but you really didn't watch the video did you? The tea candles run for 8 hours so I'm not sure how you managed to deduce that 100 would "last about 12 hours".
15 bucks Is this Canadian or Australian conversion or an expensive store in America Here in UK many of our stores sell 100 for £4 Lidl, ikea, Wilkos, tesco etc
Full parts list in description 👆
Let me know how you get on with your new tea light heater in the comments :)
Cheerz for posting this vid 👍 A mate of mine told of this type of heater, years ago; now, with the energy crisis, recession and a whole heap of who knows what else in store for us this winter, here in the UK, I plan on making a couple of these bad boyz to put in my bedroom, to take the chill out of the air without the need to put on the central heating, whilst I sit and paint 28mm historical minis on cold 'n' wet autumn/winter nights! ♨🖌👌
I'm glad it has been of some help to you! Enjoy your painting 👍
😊thank you for sharing this. I think it’ll be more fun making my own. & thank you for sharing the parts needed. That’s sooooo helpful. Great stuff. I’ve subscribed ❤
Thanks for the sub, you're very welcome - happy to help :)
Great video
Love the way you talk
French lady here but I understand you well ☺️
Merci beaucoup
That's good to hear, thank you!
Liking these TH-cam channels like yours. Maybe less subscribers but excellent tips and much welcomed by those who are feeling the pinch. Thank you for the advice and please just ignore the haters
Hey Dai, thanks. I just ignore the haters - no time for that. If people want to subscribe they will, if they don't they won't. Makes no odds to me, but if you wish to subscribe that's cool with me too 😁
What a helpful video. I've been wanting to make these but knowing what parts to get has stumped me, until now!! Thanks from the UK!
I'm glad you found it useful. It took me ages to find all of the bits so I figured I may as well share it so others can find the bits right off the bat 👌
Love the video, very informative. Always good for an emergency heater if power goes out
Glad you liked it Timmy :)
Great to see a video from the UK doing this clay heater thanks looks really neat 👍
Yes I couldn't find one from the UK showing where to get the parts from so this is my offering. Hope it helps some people out :)
Amazing video brother. Thank you for sharing.
You're welcome, thanks for watching :)
loved your video from California USA
Thanks for watching. Please send sunshine to the UK, its bloody freezing!
I did a test with a single vs double pots and it seems like the single one is more efficient with more and quick heating release vs double one, which is slow starting and not matching the highest temp of the single one..the only better thing is the cooling time, more on double, but is look like the same style and heating process of oil radiators vs convectors...Btw, single one is more easy to make and maintain without any mods, only a coin to cover the upper small hole..also,better one big pot with 2-4 candles vs 2 small pots with 1-2 candle each..
That's interesting. I guess 1 or 2 pots both have their pros and cons 👍
@@hausofyax Give it a try, maybe i'm wrong..talking about 120C/10min vs 90C/30min surface temps
I will do.
You just took a lot of guess work out of my next project! Legend. Subbed!
Haha you're welcome - good luck!
Very good presentation
So nice of you, thanks!
Can you put a fan on top , like the kind that goes on top of a wood burner
That's a good idea, I don't see why not 👍
My method design and final product looks a bit different but this stuff works very well for heat!
For sure, there are many ways to skin a cat! Glad you are finding your tea light heater effective 👍
Why do I love the washers going on so much 🤣🤣
Yeah I could watch that for hours!
@@hausofyax thanks for video 💪
You're welcome :)
Great video - in terms of heat output, does anyone have any real-world experience stories to share?
General reports suggest they are very effective. I think real world experiences would vary as there are many ways to build these.
Yes. Four candles produce the heat of four candles. The pots do nothing at all. 💡
How do you buy bolt nut and washers? What do you ask for?
Links are in the description 👍
probably woulda been quicker to put that first nut on before the end cap bolt, saying.... love this tho, am defo gonna try it for a green house
Probably, I'm no expert!
Nice I want to try it
Give it a shot! Parts list is in description 👍
Brilliant
Glad you like the tutorial 🙂
May I ask another question please. B&Q don’t have those plant pot sizes in stock. What other sizes could I use. Thanks.
You can use any really as long as the size difference is comparable so there is a small air trap between them. Ideally you should source a different supplier of these sizes if B&Q are out of stock as the rods etc listed were specifically chosen to fit these sizes. That said, the rods can be cut down with an angle grinder if you do go smaller.
@@hausofyax thanks.
You're welcome! Please consider subscribing 👍
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Can you paint it without sacrificing efficiency
Good question, sadly I do not know the answer...
The way I've always understood the principle at work here is that there needs to be an unblocked hole at the top to create a chimney effect - ie for the hot air trapped between between the pots to escape...
You may be right there and I'm sure that would work too. I've only seen them without the whole at the top.
its supposed to act like an indoor fireplace to warm up a nearby area, not a room. you want the heat to stay in the pot. another small terracotta layer on top will also allow you to keep water warm for tea as it will be flat enough for a kettle
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I can't find the answer to this, but why double walled vs single walled?
My thinking is that once the heat radiates from the first pot, it goes onto warm the second pot too rather than vanish into thin air.
Great
Glad you like the video :)
Link for washers only goes to 35mm is there one for the 50mm
Ah I hate it when they do that - this will send you to the right ones now, I'll update the description too 👍 amzn.to/3VskylR
@@hausofyax thanks.
You're welcome :)
Cool!!
Glad you like it Molly!
Dali si bio u Beogradu za vreme sankcija?
Hopefully someone who understands this can reply!
@@hausofyax According to Google translate, this is Serb for: "Were you in Belgrade during the sanctions?" Hope that helps? 🤔
Nope, but thanks anyway!
The science part that I don’t understand is why you can’t just leave a candle out without a pot over it. Won’t it produce the same amount of heat? Or is it that the heat will go up to high and just stay by the roof? Why do you have to put a pot over it? Is that just for safety or does it make the heat radiate differently?
Some good questions, I assume the 2 pots both heat up and retain the heat after the candle has expired. Also there is a much larger surface area where the heat can radiate from, as opposed to a naked flame. You can hold your finger a few cm from a naked flame and not burn it as the heat is very concentrated around the flame.
Cost of the bits (no candles) is £32.78, excluding any delivery.... You can buy them as kits for ~£28 delivered.
Do that then! Where did you see the kit for that price?
@@hausofyax Amzn. However not sure if it's the same size tbh
Sell em few to me please. I'm in UK.
I'm not selling these!
not a safe way to do it - I have done the same and I put 4 in. The pot got black inside, so I know that the pot needs a hole on top to allow the heated air to flow so 2 tealights or one small olive oil light jar little lamb light, is best to have it light when you are home not left alone, need to have a carbon monoxide smoke alarm and powder extinguisher. Lay strong Foil around the pot for safety
Make sure the Pot is not under the light and needs a cap, The olive oil Jar or a soup Tin size is about 3-4inch and the pot needs 8inch (10cm) above so the Oil won't get hot
Some good advice there 👍
Could toxins be dispersed when the rods heat up?
They are stainless steel, so I highly doubt it.
these are dangerous because the metal get way too hot. All you need is one pot and one saucer. You put a light on the sauces and place the pot on top. Easy peasy. If you get two big tea lights, get the candles out, make a lot whole in one of the and put that one on top of the other after filling with oil lamp and use a little piece of cotton to make a wick you have reusable and much longer lasting warmth
Oh give over! I'm pretty sure people would know the metal gets hot. The guy is only trying to demonstrate a way to make an alternative heating system.
lightbulbs get hot, oven's get hot, your toaster gets hot. I don't see your point?
Some people eh!
Check out Norfolk Broads Forum on TH-cam, nearly burnt his boat down while he was sleeping! That said, I’m making one cuz they are awesome 😅
That's a bit silly! You do have to use your loaf the same as you would with a candle or suchlike 😁
This design has a mechanical construction flaw, all this will do is trap the heat inside. U dont want to cover up the holes, when u cover up the holes it does not work as a old radiator anymore, u also wanna go for a much larger second pot.
You may well know more about this than I do but since the porcelain heats up as it traps the heat inside this radiates heat over a prolonged period of time. What is the reason for the larger second pot? I'm interested to learn :)
2nd larger pot gives greater surface area of heat. Over here in Hungary they also drill small additional holes at the top of the pots to give greater convection of warm air. They do work. 😁
@@hausofyax A larger pot can contain more air to heat up. This video explains very well, why u never want to cover up the holes. th-cam.com/video/O9UlTKLUmVo/w-d-xo.html
I'm sorry - I made one of these and they DO NOT work.
Don't apologise, perhaps you are not using it correctly. Mine are great!
Em.. Em.. Eh.. Eh.. Em.. Em..
Thanks for that
This would be a nightmare to clean and not pratical
Why would you need to clean it? Out of sight, out of mind.
One tea candle can produce around 30 watts of heat, which means that you need at least 20 to 30 tea candles to heat a very small room (and replace them every 3 to 4 hours). 4. You have now built a small fireplace using tea candles. A box of 100 tea light candles costs $15. A 100-pack will last you about 12 hours, or "a whole day." Your "tea candle" heating bill will be about $500 per month. Congratulations to all the geniuses out there who have used this method to heat their extremely small rooms. 👏🧐
I'm sure you make some good points there but you really didn't watch the video did you? The tea candles run for 8 hours so I'm not sure how you managed to deduce that 100 would "last about 12 hours".
15 bucks
Is this Canadian or Australian conversion or an expensive store in America
Here in UK many of our stores sell 100 for £4
Lidl, ikea, Wilkos, tesco etc
WARNING! Fire brigade warns: tea light ovens are "mega-dangerous" WARNING!
You are quite right. However, we are surrounded by dangerous things. You just have to use your loaf as always.
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Are you speaking English?
I'm trying to 😆
12 minutes of video for something built in 5 minutes?
That's right. You'll notice that for most of those 12 minutes I wasn't actually building it so I'm not quite sure what your point is?
What an idiotic comment🤦
It takes longer to explain than to build. If you made any videos yourself you would quickly realize this.
@@ReclaimDesign Amen!
Not the sharpest tool in the shed !
Thanks for watching
Great
Thanks for watching!