Dave I just looked this up. “The key difference between boiling and pasteurization is that boiling can destroy almost all microorganisms and deactivate enzymes in food at high temperatures, whereas pasteurization can destroy microorganisms and deactivate enzymes in food at a low temperature” so with you experiment the lower temperature is 149 degrees for 6 minutes. Your system works.
Yeah Cody Lundin was talking about "pasturizing" water on a Dual Survival episode like that. Heck man 210 degrees long enough oughta did it for sure. Besides you'd be back home and eating antibiotics long before giardia or cryptosporidia will get ya anyway, especially if you go to a doc ahead of time and tell em what you doin and get the meds before you ever hit the woods. I've often thought, just get enough so you can "head it off at the pass" out there
Dave, I just have to say that you are one of the most incredible people I have ever come across. When it comes to letting your personality come through your YT videos, and allowing people to see your knowledge, and amazing humility and kindness, you are like a fish in water on this platform. The cool thing is, is that you don't put on some show or try to be something you're not. I was watching one of your fire reflector videos from 3 years ago but wanted to comment on a more recent video b/c I wasn't sure whether it's as easy to see the comments on the older vids. Anyway, just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate you and all of your content. You're one of those who make this platform great, and very worthwhile on my bushcrafting journey. THANK YOU Dave :)
Thank you so much Andy! I do this as a hobby for fun. Just being myself makes it easy and keeps it fun. TH-cam has had some weird programming in the years past but the greatest thing they ever made was the TH-cam Studio app for content creators. It makes it very easy to see comments on all my videos no matter how old. So comment on any one and I'll see it. Thanks for the comments and thanks for watching brother
HEY HEY HEY AGAIN, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL ARE ALIVE AND WELL. I wanted to leave you a secret on repairing torn gear that I have used. I know you've seen iron on patches. They can be used in the field without an iron. There are some things like cloth or nylon tarps that sewing is a pain because it leaves holes. You can sew he torn part then cover it with an iron-on patch. For an iron all you need is a stainless steel cup/container with a lid. Places hot stones in the container, put on the lid allow it to warm up and get hot, use gloves and iron the patch in place. Just don't let the cup get to hot and melt or burn the fabric. It works on clothing too. You can buy iron on parches in a variety of colors and camo patterns too. The patches work as tinder but are a poor choice for char cloth because of the adhesive. Keep your videos rolling, they are creative, and being creative is a key component in any survival situation. HAND SALUTE FROM A VET
Thanks Dave to continue to put videos out. My husband and I used to watch your videos together and loved them. Unfortunately my husband passed away in January of covid pneumonia but I continue to watch to give me a little normalcy. Loved the tea candle experiment. I used them this past winter with Terra Cotta pots to help heat my living room. They do a great job to be so little! I continue to watch on his account but commented on mine.
You are very welcome and I'm glad you like them! I'm sorry to hear about your husband. Covid really did some damage to this country. I've played around with them clay pots and candles and I'm shocked at how well they heat! Take care and thanks for watching my friend!
That was a very interesting experiment! I think I'll stick with using tea candles to start my fires though. I have an alcohol stove to percolate my little coffee pot. My percolator looks like yours but only holds 2 cups of water, so about 16 ounces. Great video, thanks Dave and Nick!
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it! This was definitely interesting to do but I'm like you, I'll stick to standard methods of percolating! Lol. Thanks for watching
Hello Dave and Nick, I just had to say that you two are gifted individuals. Anyone who could make watching water boil, this much fun , could do just about anything they put their mind to. All the best, and can't wait until your next video. Ben from Nova Scotia
Hello Ben! Lol, man that's a great compliment! Boiling water should never be fun but we thought it was here! I hope the move has gone well and thanks for watching brother
When you remove the lid you loose the extra heat in the pot. So it cant sustain a boil. The percolator was sealed tighter so it could sustain the boil to percolate. Great experiment!!!
I haven’t gotten one candle to go over 140 with 2 cups of water with a titanium pot. I’ll tell you what’s cool is to keep those tealite bases, squirt hand sanitizer in them haha, works lie a charm. Think it take two fills to get two cups to a boil if I remember correctly with no wind. Just be careful, not sure if it was wax residue left behind from the candle or it was impurities in the hand sanitizer like scent that made a splashing splatter at times. It’s not bad, most times it burns before it hits the ground, almost like sparks from a fire. Great video man
Thanks for the info! I've still got all the cups and honestly I never thought about using straight hand sanitizer. I'll have to try that. I'm glad you liked it and thanks for watching
Howdy Dave! Nice video! I gotta tell ya, these boys done took all my tea candles and started every coffee kettle i have, in this house! 😂🤣😂🤣NOW i need more tea candles and coffee! HaHa! 😂🤣Nice video, my friend!
Well this is a first for me, nearly an hour video to watch water boil! But I LOVED IT!! Thanks Brother Dave for a truly interesting video. Great information buddy. Thumbs up for sure ~John
“Come on give me a degree”😂 Hi Dave, Hi Nick, So good y’all did this, considering the state of our electric grid and recent Solar activity…we all may be doing this. Oooh 🫣exciting! 29:00🕺🏻 I patiently waited to have my coffee until you poured cups for Nick and yourself. Wishing you both a blessed weekend. Thank you 🙏🏼☕
Lol, hello Laura and we are glad you liked it! Good point, with rolling black outs rampant it probably is a good idea to keep a buncha candles handy. Thanks for watching and you have a great weekend too!
Good morning Dave! Happy Friday 😁 I’m having my coffee and paying attention to the new interesting Dave stuff! Lol .. Hope you & Nick are doing well, we’ve finally kicked the 100 degrees patch we had, I’ve never wanted fall so bad! 😝 Thanks for making this info-tainment for us as always, your hard work is appreciated! ATB!
Good morning Ruth! Great to hear the high temperatures are gone. Usually August is the hottest in Georgia but it's in the 80s here now and we are loving it! Enjoy the coffee and the video and thanks for watching
Love it :) Interesting experimentation as ever Dave, thankyou for doing it. I had to unexpectedly spend a few nights in my vehicle a while back and tried out two tealight candles in an upturned plant pot for heat but then began using a Jetboil cup on top of it which boiled the water for tea making and instant mashed potato purposes zero problem. I was delighted and it turned a crappy situation into a super cozy one. I never did try it with just one candle but always meant to.
@@granny4751 Hey no worries :) it's what my grandad used to do in his potting shed. Up end a terracotta plant pot, put a few coins in a terracotta drainage dish so there is air flow and put the pot on top of them. Doesn't exactly "heat" the area but keeps it from freezing and is pretty safe as opposed to using a camp burner etc (he used to snooze in there a lot).
Thanks, Im glad you liked it. I tried one candle with a clay pot once to see if it would work and I was amazed! Very cool you was able to cook in your situation! Thanks for sharing that and Thanks for watching
Great experiment Dave, I wanted to share this at a yard sale I bought an extreme cold weather sleeping bag us issue in great shape for 5 dollars and a mylar emergency shelter for a quarter. Thanks for the videos.
I was a kid when we didn't have any power on Christmas Eve. Mom set up a tapered candle and a small copper bottomed stainless steel skillet. She stired up a cup of flour with some water and told us kids to be patient and put a little flour mixture in the skillet and watch it. When the sides of the flour cake looked dry at least half way into the middle of the cake turn it over. We learned patience and it worked. Later that evening we got power and heat on. It was a good lesson. Good job! It works!
Great experiment Dave! Those candles come in handy in an emergency situation. Always recommend anyone living in an area where you get real winter, to have a bag of these in their emergency kit. For the home thought, having a single or dual burner camping stove is gold for cooking when the lights go off.
Hey Dave, I work in a 30,000 sq ft kitchen, and we used to be under usda inspection. We calibrate our thermometers daily. At higher elevations water will boil at 210. Also, there is often a -/+ 2 degree buffer zone that is acceptable. Don’t get too down on yourself if you struggle with 212 degrees!
Hey Mark...I'm Mark...nice to meet you. What's the best instant read thermometer for probing hog meat in a smoker etc...I'd actually like a set, one for candy making as well come to think of it. And thanks for taking time to respond😁
Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, or Orville and Wilbur Wright could not hold a candle to your excitement from your experiment. The best was “Naw let’s do FIVE”. Best way to start a pay day Friday. Great vid Dave!
Brilliant video. Strangely I've done a lot of experiments on tea light candles and they are awesome. Its hard to optimise them but they can work wonders. My main findings: Not all tealights are created equal: Good quality ones burn longer, burn all the fuel, put out more heat, and the wax seems to melt at lower temperature. They are very wind sensitive They have a large overall energy output, but low BTU output. (low and slow) Ounce for ounce they are roughly the same as hexi/esbbit fuel Its worth making small, well ventilated "containers" to confine the burning tealights, whilst maintaining good airflow. I rigged up little "rocket stove" type reheaters for tealights. The candles burned at a much hotter temperature (but it IS more of a fire risk) IF you put too many tea lights together in a confined space, they heat each other wax up, get to flash point, and then they all ignite like Esbit fuel capsules. Strangely, if you get tealights from sales at big superstores, they can often be one of the cheapest sources of fuel and paraffin wax. So in an emergency you can cook food with them, warm up a small space, AND wax your jacket with them. Just be warned, their heat output is often offset by the size of the room and the ventilation. In anything other than a tiny room, they wont produce enough heat to make a difference. Love your enthusiasm mate.
I'm glad you liked the video and thanks for the comments! I plan on exploring these candles a lot further. I'm thinking there's no telling what they are capable of in the proper set up. Take care and thanks for watching
Dave thank yuo for the Video, same experiments I did in the last years, but I must you warn, the candles may burn the wax as hole without the wick if the temparature rises too high and you have a great fire without control. The fire jumps from candle to candle without control and enorm flame. I had this in the kitchen on the table, but in a backing-tin! You must take a distance between the candles ca 3-5 mm! You also can take grill-coals, it takes ca. the same time and the pots are clean on the bottom. I took the 1l pot from Esbit and came of a time of 50 minutes with 6 candles. But 15 years earlier the wick of the candles was stronger, the candles heavier and higher by a burn time of 4 h. This candles had more power and could burn twice without the wick is drunken. Excuse my english, greets from Austria
The boiling point of water changes with atmospheric pressure, so 211 may be boiling point for you. I enjoy watching you boil water! Keep up the experiments.
Oh heck yeah. Dave is in the shop. That's a good idea. Be interesting to do a few experiments. Those little tea candles last a while. Might be a good portable source if you want a light weight slower longer simmer temperatures too.
I'm glad you liked it Brett! Very good thinking on simmering! If cooking a lot of food over a campfire these could be useful as warmers for food. Thanks for watching
These setups were super simple, and finding the supplies should be easy to get in a thrift store if you don't have any cake pans. A strong wire mesh or wire hanger for support would suffice. Thank you for showing this. I've seen variations of the tea candle cookers, but not this version, and this one is really a plug and play, without having to break out drills and metal cutting shears. I also think your setup would work well using twigs, if you didn't mind the black stains on the side of your pans from the smoke. In an emergency it's nice to have some simple arrangements for heating water/canned food, or even cooking some potatoes/veggies.
Thanks for the comments and I'm glad you liked it. It's amazing what all can be found at thrift stores or estate sales that can be used for cook set ups with very little mods.
Nice experiment Dave. The 3 candle UCO lantern boils water ok as well. I’m not partial to slow boiled water for tea, much prefer a rocket stove for that.
Well, Dave. Everybody knows Clint Eastwood always uses 6 candles. The most powerful candle set in the world! Lol This was great! I've always wondered about this. I can't believe that it actually percolated! Reminds me of this time my buddy was fishing. There was this kid with his girlfriend and my buddy is trying to mind his business, but the kid keeps yelling at his girlfriend, "quit eating my bait!" Turns out, she was sitting there with a little bic lighter cooking his bait shrimp one at a time! 🤣 I bet a tea light would have been easier for her. Lol
Lol! Believe me, I was absolutely shocked that the candles ran a percolator! That's hilarious on the girl eating his shrimp. Actually sounds fresh cooked tasty! Take care and thanks for watching Shawn
Hey Dave nice experiment. I think you are missing a gasket in that moka: it should be right around the top filter, keeping it attached to the top part. Also that size moka is mean to make 4 espresso cups (the small ones). The coffe you end up with is a little more long than an actual espresso at the bar
It is definitely missing a gasket. With the gasket the pressure for vapor pushes the water through the coffee up to the top part. Without it, only vapor passed on the side of the coffee and that's why you ended up with clear water in the top part, eventually with some colored water, but no actual coffee. But if you got vapor, you would have got coffee as well. You could look for the gasket in stores, it's like a rubber ring and cost a couple of dollars usually.
The most important part of this experiment is the fact that a person, if they can't get a fire going and don't have a portable stove with them, but do have 6 tea candles with them can get a rolling boil and most likely purify their water. It would have been interesting to see if those 6 tea candles could in fact maintain a 5 minute rolling boil. Good experiment Dave.
Sounds good. They are small enough and cheap enough to statsh 6 in any pack or car kit. They claim these go 3 to 4 hours but one comment stated they got 6 hours out of one! Im glad you liked it. Thanks for watching
One thing I always like carrying with my Sawyer Mini is a length of some kind of water safe plastic tubing. You’ve heard about people who have died from getting rim rocked. They find a way down to a water source but on the way down they find themselves trapped rim rocked. They can’t go down or up. If you carry a length of plastic tubing you can attach it to the Sawyer Mini. You’re finding it very hard to find a water source. But you can see it at your feet trickling between rocks. You just can’t see a way to get at it. Just put a one way valve at one end of the tubing and then your Sawyer Mini or squeeze at the other. I’ve heard about this before on survival shows. You’re in the desert heat, you can virtually hear water trickling under your feet. But you simply don’t have any way of accessing it With say 25 feet of tubing you can access it. If you want to use surgical tubing now you’ve got two uses for it. You could use it to get access to the water and you can use it to make weapons such as a bow and arrow, sling bow, or slingshot.
Those candles blow out pretty easy outdoors if they don't have protection from the wind. But the work good in a tent. Or at your feet when your sitting wraped in a blanket.
This is terrific information!!! Thank you so much. Think about it: when the power goes out as it often does where I live in Dixie, all you got is time, lol. Now, you have got to do more experimentation on how to enhance and trap the heat for higher efficiency. I.E., how much more efficient would it be to use a wind screen, etc. I buy tea candles by the gross for emergencies. They will burn a full 4 hours.
You are very welcome and I'm glad you liked it! Goes to show it's a good idea to keep some candles handy for emergencies. There's no telling what can be perfected by experimenting with them. Thanks for the comments and thanks for watching
Hello David, Thank you for sharing. I'm Cuban from Miami and we use the Italian epreso coffee pot that is a Pressure coffee Pot. We use it to make Cuban Coffee. Your pot is missing a round robber SEAL that goes on the bottom of the top part, covering the big hole, first you put the round metal part that is the filter covering the big holes and them on top you put the robber SEAL, you need to push it in so it can hold the round metal to hold it in place. Then in the bottom part you put water up to the bottom of Pressure seal the little round metal on the side you don't cover it with water because is a Security Pressure Seal, then on the metal round cup You fill it up with coffee and make a little pressure and put more coffee so it can come out very strong, and put it on the bottom part on top of the the water. I hope you understand what I'm telling. The Cuban Coffee is made with a very fine coffee power and very dark coffee. Double toasted to make a dark black and strong. At least that's how they used to do a long long time, since is very strong, we use a very small coffee 2oz cup with sugar. If you drink a regular cup of coffee you will not sleep for a week. Espresso coffee pot comes in different sizes like 3 cups 6 cups 8 cups 12 cups. The one that you have look like 8 or 12 cups. You can go to the internet or a store to get instructions so you see how all the pieces go together. If you like strong coffee coffee you will like you will love your Espresso. Also you can buy parts Through the internet, I have bought from Amazon, if you live in a mayor city probably you can get from a store. I hope you can put your Italian Espresso Coffee Maker. Zonia Napoles
Hi Dave, I just discovered your channel by the way of your Compass Navigation tutorial from 4 years ago. Subscribed Your doing a fine job and hopefully, I'll learn more as I explore your channel. Respectfully, Tim
Hi Dave. You could try making your own tealights with better wax and thicker wicks. Black tea should be made at 100 deg C (boiling) coffee at 95 deg C. Oolong at 90 deg C. white tea at 85 deg and green tea at 80 deg C Always liked your vids and thank you for producing them.
Thanks for the degree breakdown on the bev. I look at the bubbles to judge the heat: big boil bubbles for black tea and little bubbles for green. Hate green, prefer a bold black tea, but then again, I like espresso over regular roast coffee. Blessings to you!
Great video. I've never had more fun watching water boil for an hour! What BSA troop do you oversee? May need to join lol. I read that you can use a crayon as a candle. That would also be interesting to try for a water boil plus a windscreen!
Thanks Brad! I'm glad you liked it. The troop I was involved with has disbanded. Kids just lost interest and quit signing up. Now I gotta go light off some crayons. Lol. Thanks for the comments and thanks for watching
Thanks for thinking up and doing that test Dave! I never thought of using tea lights to boil water, but as it works, I will definitely keep many on hand! Amazing as always!
We do tea completely differently here in England. IE we always use boiling water for black tea. Green tea and herbal teas are made with water that has been left a minunte after boiling. White tea is such a pain to get right I've never bothered. Pity I didn't know you were doing this ahead of time as I used to design electronic battery powered instruments and could have sent you a piece of kit that measures up to 8 channels of temperature over time using thermocouples.
In America we mostly love our coffee. Tea here hasn't been perfected. I know in England tea is huge! That would have been nice to have a good measuring instrument. Thanks for the comments and thanks for watching Gordon
I live in my camper on my land and my number one garage sale finds are candles.I used them to even cook a lot of meals basically the same way as you shown with a bigger pot and skillet.
As the Russians might stop delivering gas to Germany, your experiment gets a certain amount of relevance to me for this winter. I might be cold in my flat, but I at least can get some coffee or tea to warm me up ;-) Besides, you could warn about the flame over that happens when you put about for or more of those candles really close together-then the whole surface might burn instead of just the stuff through the wick. Very strong flame, very dangerous...
@@Reallybigmonkey1 I am German, I am always prepared! Ill prepared, prepared for something else, or prepared to swear the dog I don't have ate my homework...maybe some decades ago, now its only work the imaginary B* eats ;-)
@@RealMash My German American mother taught me to be prepared and that off-set my father's bad Irish American luck, lol! Sending blessings your way with the whole Putin gas thing. How despicable to threaten freezing cold on your people. It is a disgrace and shows his psychopathy.
@@flowerchild777 Let's pray for the Ukrainian people and all "innocent" russian soldiers (there might be some). They are much more in peril then we are ;-)
Great video! I think your thermometer just reads 1 degree too low. The water was boiling. I don't think that thermometer will ever read 212 in open water. The water won't get hotter, it will turn to steam. Try that thermometer in boiling water on the kitchen stove. (Also check to moka maker in the kitchen.) Thanks again!
Thanks, Im glad you liked it Capt! Im actually at 750' of elevation so several say that water was considered as boiling! I have two digital thermometers, I need to check both of them.Thanks for watching
Dave & Nick, Thank you for all your experimenting and innovation!! Always interesting!! How much difference would a cone make ? It would hold more heat closer to the cooking vessel. In a grid down, conserving and making the most of resources every little bit could make a difference.
Sorry to hear you was without power but, great to hear you used candles to improvise! Thanks for watching Brenda and a happy 2023 to you and your family!
I'm glad you liked it James! I don't know if anyone else has done a test this thoroughly so I figured it needed to be done! Thanks for watching brother
🔥 Fascinating! I have had tealight candles last a good 6 hours. Hummm, makes the old brain start to churn. HAVE to make sure I have a way to get my coffee! lol (side note: store candles in a mouse proof container! The little beasts LOVE them 😢) Thanks Dave
TEA CANDLES?? WHO KNEW how interesting a subject this could be? Dave does this inside, on a summer morning. MY VIEW: I learned a lot. I don't have the patience to use these as fuel for heating water. I never thought about using multiple ones for more heat.
Lol, I can't even remember how I came up with these four tests but it was definitely interesting for me! Thanks for the comments and thanks for watching brother
@@Reallybigmonkey1 Love your stuff! You are the premier camp cook pot innovator for me. Your tent studies are one of a kind too* AC tent/Fireplace tent/etc... crazy cool stuff- ideas that work! I see you are in GA? I am in Augusta GA, really enjoy your craft, you are top knotch; great ideas! Thanks!
Darn, I kinda of like the moka pot for the occasional expresso at home. Sure disappointed me in this experiment! I've always used the regular percolator to camp and here at the cabin, before I joined the real world and bought a drip maker. I even found a giant size percolator, exactly like the smaller aluminum one you used today & that I already had, at a yard sale. Wonder how many hours it would take to cook on tea candles?
Dave … Excellent video!!! Loved the experiments with tea candles. Can’t wait to see the follow up. Think I’m gonna go make me a cup of Joe; hello Keurig!!! Wishing you, Nick and family all God’s blessings!!! Y’all take care and be safe!!! Chuck Knight from Buffalo, Texas. 🤠👨🌾✝️🙏🐩
Thanks Chuck! I'm glad you liked it. No telling how many variations of experiments can stem off this one. Enjoy the coffee, thanks for watching and may God bless you too
Cool experiment, I wonder if you could increase the efficiency or power by adding sawdust or charcoal to the wax. Kind of like a campfire in a can, I made my own with left over campfire coals. Multiple wicks in one candle may help too.
@@Reallybigmonkey1 yes bro, it's sort of terrifying. making home made candles, glass can crack, and metal can ignite whats under it with no smoke. (whatever wood or platic table etc.) but the main thing, wax is basically petroleum being burned up, it can boil, if you have too big of a flame or make custom stuff and dont heat sink it properly. when it gets too hot, it happens SO unexpectedly, it starts crackling, then actually boils. and could be too late in 4 seconds or less, maybe to the count of five.. there's no time to react and you can't put it out conventionally. ESPECIALLY DO NOT TRY AND CAP IT or put something over it. you will get the denatured alcohol effect where it builds a pressure then pops flames out when you thought it was goin out by cappin it up which is instinct. and the metals or other stuff gets too hot to touch which makes you panic if you get caught in this happening and then go to touch anything. which again, instinct. especially as guys we do play with fire, and handle it, like Ow ow ow.. lol.. it's too hot. i had a small fire got BIG and the table went up. because the candle boiled. i was outside. if indoors it could have been fatal, easily. telling you, 3 or 4 seconds it exponentially ramps up and goes crazy spitting liquid fire all over. nothing is worse than boiling wax burns. I imagine this happens statistically a lot and causes some house fires. when candles were the cause, its usually improper/unsupervised usage, NOT just like, something happened to catch on fire because the flame touched it.. the flames were 3 feet high and unstoppable. Also do NOT EVER throw water on it. MAKES IT EXPLODE everywhere. water does not put out oil or some chemical fires if insolubal. it simply pushes the oil into smaller pieces creating ten times the surface area to burn, instantly. and is the same effect as throwing high octane gasoline on a flame. BIG POOF. i mean B I G. POOOOF huge pop in my face. like say a half cup of diesel, 12 inches from your face goes up. like i said- just terrifying. almost blew my face off man. i wish i was exaggerating even slightly. candles/fuels etc are no joke when diy. i'm by no means a paranoid or dramatic person, quite the opposite. but i respect them, (candles) and fuels, lighters, li-ion batteries etc. VERY highly, literally as you would treat a loaded sidearm. as simply dangerous things that can take life in a second flat if mishandled. and all this comes from me being like hmm. wonder what this little candle could do. crazy stuff Man! i know you will be, but i say it anyways- be careful : )
I see some people use Crisco as a fuel source. I wonder if you filled an empty tea candle aluminum cup with Crisco and add a wick if it makes more BTUs than the wax in a tea candle? BTW I have started hearing the cicadas starting up around here in NY. So maybe they are coming around after all. It just doesn’t seem to be as intense as previous years.
Try looking up the home made alcohol burners too. Isopropanol is not that expensive and you don't need a huge amount to boil 0.5L of water or heat up a bean can.
@@Reallybigmonkey1 ya, i make the cold brew pot the night before, for next day. The taste is worth it and less acid is good for your teeth&guts, I think. So even if you cant heat it, coffee is still possible, thankfully.
Cool video.....for a minute I thought I was watching Bill Nye the science guy :)...with a southern draw:).....on a side note I crawled my way up to the 1000 sub summit!...view up here is awesome! To celebrate I bought myself my first Mora Garberg with survival kit.....very nice knife.....thanks for the info David!
One of your best! You have the patience of Jobe..I'm a serious coffee drinker and I would have lost my mind waiting that long for a cup☕️. I love the '50s perk & Moka Pot for immediate results
This reminds me of my Chemistry class in school where I actually blew up the science classroom. Good effort mate. Atleast we know it works. It will work better & faster if you can funnel the heat directly on to the underneath the vessel. Lots of heat is lost, escaping through all openings. You're an inventor & designer so I am sure you can figure it out on how to make the alterations. Love your show matey. Big hello from The Land Down Under. Cheers mate.
Pretty neat experiment Dr. Dave. I've toyed with this idea after I read Chef Glenn Mcallister's "Recipes for Adventure". I believe he liked using the candles to vary the heat. He would let his dehydrated food soak for 10 minutes and then heat 10-15 with 3 candles (or so). He wrote he could boil 1/2 cup of water in 10 minutes with 3 candles and 1 cup in 15 minutes with 3 candles. You're the first person I've watched running tests like this so I really enjoyed this video. Thanks brother!
Very interesting research. I looked at some Moka pots of that style on Amazon and many of them received several 1-star ratings due to them simply not making coffee on any heat source. Your water in the large cooking pot reached pasteurization temperature at around 161° and killed all bacteria and viruses within 15 seconds. Here are some pasteurization figures for you to consider: The old adage of needing a rolling boil to purify our drinking water is not accurate. A rolling boil is simply easier to recognize without a thermometer than is pasteurization. Temperature Time Pasteurization Type 72ºC (161ºF)* 15 seconds High temperature short time Pasteurization (HTST) 89ºC (191ºF) 1.0 second Higher-Heat Shorter Time (HHST) 90ºC (194ºF) 0.5 seconds Higher-Heat Shorter Time (HHST)
This made me think of Beakman's World right away. I use to run master control at an ABC affillate in Topeka and I aired every episode of Beakman (more than once). Hi Nick, you have been promoted to Lester The Rat. Explain Beakman to Dave if he asks. You guys are the greatest of the greatest.
Hi Dave and Nick, your humor and easy going personalities always keep me coming back for more. That was an informative experiment and sparked a few ideas for me. Be safe and THANKS!!
The percolating coffee ia the most impressive to me! Great video. Todsy i tried heat a cup of soup ont fndue pot with 6 tea light. After 10 minutes it wsx lukewarm, but after 15 minutes, it was piping hot. I was impressed with that time also
Dave
I just looked this up. “The key difference between boiling and pasteurization is that boiling can destroy almost all microorganisms and deactivate enzymes in food at high temperatures, whereas pasteurization can destroy microorganisms and deactivate enzymes in food at a low temperature” so with you experiment the lower temperature is 149 degrees for 6 minutes. Your system works.
Thank you for the info Paul! I did not know that
Yeah Cody Lundin was talking about "pasturizing" water on a Dual Survival episode like that. Heck man 210 degrees long enough oughta did it for sure. Besides you'd be back home and eating antibiotics long before giardia or cryptosporidia will get ya anyway, especially if you go to a doc ahead of time and tell em what you doin and get the meds before you ever hit the woods. I've often thought, just get enough so you can "head it off at the pass" out there
Love your happiness and enthusiasm when the water actually boiled under an hour!!! You were like a kid at Christmas, love you channel dave Hi nick!!!
Lol, it surprised me so much I was really excited! Thanks for watching
Dave, I just have to say that you are one of the most incredible people I have ever come across.
When it comes to letting your personality come through your YT videos, and allowing people to see your knowledge, and amazing humility and kindness, you are like a fish in water on this platform.
The cool thing is, is that you don't put on some show or try to be something you're not.
I was watching one of your fire reflector videos from 3 years ago but wanted to comment on a more recent video b/c I wasn't sure whether it's as easy to see the comments on the older vids.
Anyway, just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate you and all of your content.
You're one of those who make this platform great, and very worthwhile on my bushcrafting journey.
THANK YOU Dave :)
Thank you so much Andy! I do this as a hobby for fun. Just being myself makes it easy and keeps it fun. TH-cam has had some weird programming in the years past but the greatest thing they ever made was the TH-cam Studio app for content creators. It makes it very easy to see comments on all my videos no matter how old. So comment on any one and I'll see it. Thanks for the comments and thanks for watching brother
I agree with you, he has a lot of ingenuity, and I love his quirky laugh!
HEY HEY HEY AGAIN, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL ARE ALIVE AND WELL.
I wanted to leave you a secret on repairing torn gear that I have used. I know you've seen iron on patches. They can be used in the field without an iron. There are some things like cloth or nylon tarps that sewing is a pain because it leaves holes. You can sew he torn part then cover it with an iron-on patch. For an iron all you need is a stainless steel cup/container with a lid. Places hot stones in the container, put on the lid allow it to warm up and get hot, use gloves and iron the patch in place. Just don't let the cup get to hot and melt or burn the fabric. It works on clothing too. You can buy iron on parches in a variety of colors and camo patterns too. The patches work as tinder but are a poor choice for char cloth because of the adhesive.
Keep your videos rolling, they are creative, and being creative is a key component in any survival situation. HAND SALUTE FROM A VET
All is well here and that's a great idea! I can see that working good!
Thanks Dave to continue to put videos out. My husband and I used to watch your videos together and loved them. Unfortunately my husband passed away in January of covid pneumonia but I continue to watch to give me a little normalcy. Loved the tea candle experiment. I used them this past winter with Terra Cotta pots to help heat my living room. They do a great job to be so little! I continue to watch on his account but commented on mine.
You are very welcome and I'm glad you like them! I'm sorry to hear about your husband. Covid really did some damage to this country. I've played around with them clay pots and candles and I'm shocked at how well they heat! Take care and thanks for watching my friend!
I am so sorry your husband passed away. There isn't much I can say but I will pray for you
That was a very interesting experiment! I think I'll stick with using tea candles to start my fires though. I have an alcohol stove to percolate my little coffee pot. My percolator looks like yours but only holds 2 cups of water, so about 16 ounces. Great video, thanks Dave and Nick!
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it! This was definitely interesting to do but I'm like you, I'll stick to standard methods of percolating! Lol. Thanks for watching
Hello Dave and Nick,
I just had to say that you two are gifted individuals. Anyone who could make watching water boil, this much fun , could do just about anything they put their mind to. All the best, and can't wait until your next video.
Ben from Nova Scotia
Hello Ben! Lol, man that's a great compliment! Boiling water should never be fun but we thought it was here! I hope the move has gone well and thanks for watching brother
Watching water boil with Dave is way more enjoyable than watching paint dry. Concept proven😂
When you remove the lid you loose the extra heat in the pot. So it cant sustain a boil. The percolator was sealed tighter so it could sustain the boil to percolate. Great experiment!!!
Good point Jacob! I'm glad you liked it and thanks for watching
I haven’t gotten one candle to go over 140 with 2 cups of water with a titanium pot. I’ll tell you what’s cool is to keep those tealite bases, squirt hand sanitizer in them haha, works lie a charm. Think it take two fills to get two cups to a boil if I remember correctly with no wind. Just be careful, not sure if it was wax residue left behind from the candle or it was impurities in the hand sanitizer like scent that made a splashing splatter at times. It’s not bad, most times it burns before it hits the ground, almost like sparks from a fire. Great video man
Thanks for the info! I've still got all the cups and honestly I never thought about using straight hand sanitizer. I'll have to try that. I'm glad you liked it and thanks for watching
Howdy Dave! Nice video! I gotta tell ya, these boys done took all my tea candles and started every coffee kettle i have, in this house! 😂🤣😂🤣NOW i need more tea candles and coffee! HaHa! 😂🤣Nice video, my friend!
Hello Gator and I'm glad you liked it! Ah tealight candles are cheap, just keep plenty handy. Lol. Take care and thanks for watching my friend
I’ve always wondered this myself Dave! Great stuff!!
And now we know! Lol, thanks for watching
Me too!
Well this is a first for me, nearly an hour video to watch water boil! But I LOVED IT!! Thanks Brother Dave for a truly interesting video. Great information buddy. Thumbs up for sure ~John
Lol! Believe it or not boiling water makes time fly! Lol. I'm glad you liked it and thanks for watching Brother John!
“Come on give me a degree”😂 Hi Dave, Hi Nick, So good y’all did this, considering the state of our electric grid and recent Solar activity…we all may be doing this.
Oooh 🫣exciting! 29:00🕺🏻 I patiently waited to have my coffee until you poured cups for Nick and yourself. Wishing you both a blessed weekend. Thank you 🙏🏼☕
Lol, hello Laura and we are glad you liked it! Good point, with rolling black outs rampant it probably is a good idea to keep a buncha candles handy. Thanks for watching and you have a great weekend too!
If you are at any kind of altitude, the boiling temp drops. Also, it takes more heat to pressurize, not less.
Good morning Dave! Happy Friday 😁
I’m having my coffee and paying attention to the new interesting Dave stuff! Lol ..
Hope you & Nick are doing well, we’ve finally kicked the 100 degrees patch we had, I’ve never wanted fall so bad! 😝
Thanks for making this info-tainment for us as always, your hard work is appreciated!
ATB!
Good morning Ruth! Great to hear the high temperatures are gone. Usually August is the hottest in Georgia but it's in the 80s here now and we are loving it! Enjoy the coffee and the video and thanks for watching
Love it :) Interesting experimentation as ever Dave, thankyou for doing it. I had to unexpectedly spend a few nights in my vehicle a while back and tried out two tealight candles in an upturned plant pot for heat but then began using a Jetboil cup on top of it which boiled the water for tea making and instant mashed potato purposes zero problem. I was delighted and it turned a crappy situation into a super cozy one. I never did try it with just one candle but always meant to.
💜 LOVE the idea of using the plant pot! I think it would actually retain more heat that way. Thank you for sharing your idea.
@@granny4751 Hey no worries :) it's what my grandad used to do in his potting shed. Up end a terracotta plant pot, put a few coins in a terracotta drainage dish so there is air flow and put the pot on top of them. Doesn't exactly "heat" the area but keeps it from freezing and is pretty safe as opposed to using a camp burner etc (he used to snooze in there a lot).
Thanks, Im glad you liked it. I tried one candle with a clay pot once to see if it would work and I was amazed! Very cool you was able to cook in your situation! Thanks for sharing that and Thanks for watching
Great experiment Dave, I wanted to share this at a yard sale I bought an extreme cold weather sleeping bag us issue in great shape for 5 dollars and a mylar emergency shelter for a quarter. Thanks for the videos.
Thanks, Im glad you liked it. 5 dollars? Thats a steal! Thanks for watching
I was a kid when we didn't have any power on Christmas Eve. Mom set up a tapered candle and a small copper bottomed stainless steel skillet. She stired up a cup of flour with some water and told us kids to be patient and put a little flour mixture in the skillet and watch it. When the sides of the flour cake looked dry at least half way into the middle of the cake turn it over. We learned patience and it worked. Later that evening we got power and heat on. It was a good lesson. Good job! It works!
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing that Theresa
Great experiment Dave! Those candles come in handy in an emergency situation. Always recommend anyone living in an area where you get real winter, to have a bag of these in their emergency kit. For the home thought, having a single or dual burner camping stove is gold for cooking when the lights go off.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. Good advice and I too have some Coleman fuel stoves for emergencies
Add a sterno stove and several cans of sterno for power outages.
Fairly quick boil times and reasonably safe to use.
Hey Dave, I work in a 30,000 sq ft kitchen, and we used to be under usda inspection. We calibrate our thermometers daily. At higher elevations water will boil at 210. Also, there is often a -/+ 2 degree buffer zone that is acceptable. Don’t get too down on yourself if you struggle with 212 degrees!
That gadget could be off a bit, too. Try boiling a pot on you stove and see if you get 212F!
Thanks for the info Mark! I'm right at 750 feet above sea level. Thanks for watching
I've never checked it so I probably need to
Maybe fill a cup with ice, and then half full of water and see if it’s 32 to check the probe.
Hey Mark...I'm Mark...nice to meet you. What's the best instant read thermometer for probing hog meat in a smoker etc...I'd actually like a set, one for candy making as well come to think of it. And thanks for taking time to respond😁
Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, or Orville and Wilbur Wright could not hold a candle to your excitement from your experiment. The best was “Naw let’s do FIVE”. Best way to start a pay day Friday. Great vid Dave!
Brother this kinda stuff excites me! Im glad you liked it. Thanks for watching Josh
Great video Dave. I can’t wait 30 minutes for coffee in the morning. Lol
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. Lol, I want my coffee fast too.
Brilliant video.
Strangely I've done a lot of experiments on tea light candles and they are awesome. Its hard to optimise them but they can work wonders. My main findings:
Not all tealights are created equal: Good quality ones burn longer, burn all the fuel, put out more heat, and the wax seems to melt at lower temperature.
They are very wind sensitive
They have a large overall energy output, but low BTU output. (low and slow) Ounce for ounce they are roughly the same as hexi/esbbit fuel
Its worth making small, well ventilated "containers" to confine the burning tealights, whilst maintaining good airflow.
I rigged up little "rocket stove" type reheaters for tealights. The candles burned at a much hotter temperature (but it IS more of a fire risk)
IF you put too many tea lights together in a confined space, they heat each other wax up, get to flash point, and then they all ignite like Esbit fuel capsules.
Strangely, if you get tealights from sales at big superstores, they can often be one of the cheapest sources of fuel and paraffin wax. So in an emergency you can cook food with them, warm up a small space, AND wax your jacket with them.
Just be warned, their heat output is often offset by the size of the room and the ventilation. In anything other than a tiny room, they wont produce enough heat to make a difference.
Love your enthusiasm mate.
I'm glad you liked the video and thanks for the comments! I plan on exploring these candles a lot further. I'm thinking there's no telling what they are capable of in the proper set up. Take care and thanks for watching
Dave thank yuo for the Video, same experiments I did in the last years, but I must you warn, the candles may burn the wax as hole without the wick if the temparature rises too high and you have a great fire without control. The fire jumps from candle to candle without control and enorm flame. I had this in the kitchen on the table, but in a backing-tin! You must take a distance between the candles ca 3-5 mm! You also can take grill-coals, it takes ca. the same time and the pots are clean on the bottom. I took the 1l pot from Esbit and came of a time of 50 minutes with 6 candles. But 15 years earlier the wick of the candles was stronger, the candles heavier and higher by a burn time of 4 h. This candles had more power and could burn twice without the wick is drunken. Excuse my english, greets from Austria
Thanks for sharing your experiments Karl. A lot of that I did not know! Thanks for watching
The boiling point of water changes with atmospheric pressure, so 211 may be boiling point for you. I enjoy watching you boil water! Keep up the experiments.
Im at 750 feet of elevation so it probably did boil! Im glad you liked it. Thanks for watching RM
Oh heck yeah. Dave is in the shop. That's a good idea. Be interesting to do a few experiments. Those little tea candles last a while. Might be a good portable source if you want a light weight slower longer simmer temperatures too.
I'm glad you liked it Brett! Very good thinking on simmering! If cooking a lot of food over a campfire these could be useful as warmers for food. Thanks for watching
These setups were super simple, and finding the supplies should be easy to get in a thrift store if you don't have any cake pans. A strong wire mesh or wire hanger for support would suffice. Thank you for showing this. I've seen variations of the tea candle cookers, but not this version, and this one is really a plug and play, without having to break out drills and metal cutting shears. I also think your setup would work well using twigs, if you didn't mind the black stains on the side of your pans from the smoke. In an emergency it's nice to have some simple arrangements for heating water/canned food, or even cooking some potatoes/veggies.
Thanks for the comments and I'm glad you liked it. It's amazing what all can be found at thrift stores or estate sales that can be used for cook set ups with very little mods.
Good morning, Dave. This is a very interesting video title.
Good morning Doug! Enjoy the video Brother
Good idea! Thanks for testing these options!
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!
Nice experiment Dave. The 3 candle UCO lantern boils water ok as well. I’m not partial to slow boiled water for tea, much prefer a rocket stove for that.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. I'm still a campfire kinda guy but this was definitely a fun experiment. Thanks for watching
You reeled me back in with this one bro. Thx for the solid data Dave.
Fantastic to hear that man!
Well, Dave. Everybody knows Clint Eastwood always uses 6 candles. The most powerful candle set in the world! Lol
This was great! I've always wondered about this. I can't believe that it actually percolated! Reminds me of this time my buddy was fishing. There was this kid with his girlfriend and my buddy is trying to mind his business, but the kid keeps yelling at his girlfriend, "quit eating my bait!" Turns out, she was sitting there with a little bic lighter cooking his bait shrimp one at a time! 🤣 I bet a tea light would have been easier for her. Lol
Lol! Believe me, I was absolutely shocked that the candles ran a percolator! That's hilarious on the girl eating his shrimp. Actually sounds fresh cooked tasty! Take care and thanks for watching Shawn
@@Reallybigmonkey1 Lol It's amazing what one little flame can do! 😄
Nawww Stephen King says The Gunslinger uses the devil grass weed from out in the desert...its the only thing that will burn...
Dark Tower reference 😂
Again i have so much to catch up on here and again THANK YOU for your great sharing. Greetings from us and be safe out there :)
As always it's great hearing from you Brother! Thanks for stopping by!
Hey Dave nice experiment. I think you are missing a gasket in that moka: it should be right around the top filter, keeping it attached to the top part. Also that size moka is mean to make 4 espresso cups (the small ones). The coffe you end up with is a little more long than an actual espresso at the bar
That explains why it was at the Bargain Bin for three bucks. Lol. Thanks for watching Simon!
It is definitely missing a gasket. With the gasket the pressure for vapor pushes the water through the coffee up to the top part. Without it, only vapor passed on the side of the coffee and that's why you ended up with clear water in the top part, eventually with some colored water, but no actual coffee. But if you got vapor, you would have got coffee as well.
You could look for the gasket in stores, it's like a rubber ring and cost a couple of dollars usually.
Just think I accidentally
found this channel last night
and I'm already loving it so much
Keep it up boys
Fantastic to hear that Trish! Thanks for watching and there's plenty more to come!
The most important part of this experiment is the fact that a person, if they can't get a fire going and don't have a portable stove with them, but do have 6 tea candles with them can get a rolling boil and most likely purify their water. It would have been interesting to see if those 6 tea candles could in fact maintain a 5 minute rolling boil. Good experiment Dave.
Sounds good. They are small enough and cheap enough to statsh 6 in any pack or car kit. They claim these go 3 to 4 hours but one comment stated they got 6 hours out of one! Im glad you liked it. Thanks for watching
Did you see the other comment about elevation? It probably was boiling
One thing I always like carrying with my Sawyer Mini is a length of some kind of water safe plastic tubing. You’ve heard about people who have died from getting rim rocked. They find a way down to a water source but on the way down they find themselves trapped rim rocked. They can’t go down or up. If you carry a length of plastic tubing you can attach it to the Sawyer Mini. You’re finding it very hard to find a water source. But you can see it at your feet trickling between rocks. You just can’t see a way to get at it. Just put a one way valve at one end of the tubing and then your Sawyer Mini or squeeze at the other. I’ve heard about this before on survival shows. You’re in the desert heat, you can virtually hear water trickling under your feet. But you simply don’t have any way of accessing it With say 25 feet of tubing you can access it. If you want to use surgical tubing now you’ve got two uses for it. You could use it to get access to the water and you can use it to make weapons such as a bow and arrow, sling bow, or slingshot.
That's a great idea John!
Those candles blow out pretty easy outdoors if they don't have protection from the wind. But the work good in a tent. Or at your feet when your sitting wraped in a blanket.
Even in a pie pan? They seemed pretty protected to me. Thanks for watching Keith
@@Reallybigmonkey1 those are cake pans. If wind is blowing over them the heat is stolen and some will blow out. As they do in the jack-o-lanterns.
@@66bigbuds I'd figure if the winds are high tea candles won't be very effective anyway
You do some of the coolest things. I love how you get as excited as a kid, just like I do.
Thanks Dianna! It's always fun for me!
This is terrific information!!! Thank you so much. Think about it: when the power goes out as it often does where I live in Dixie, all you got is time, lol. Now, you have got to do more experimentation on how to enhance and trap the heat for higher efficiency. I.E., how much more efficient would it be to use a wind screen, etc. I buy tea candles by the gross for emergencies. They will burn a full 4 hours.
Thanks for your input. I love this comment section💖💖💖
You are very welcome and I'm glad you liked it! Goes to show it's a good idea to keep some candles handy for emergencies. There's no telling what can be perfected by experimenting with them. Thanks for the comments and thanks for watching
Hello David, Thank you for sharing.
I'm Cuban from Miami and we use the Italian epreso coffee pot that is a Pressure coffee Pot. We use it to make Cuban Coffee.
Your pot is missing a round robber SEAL that goes on the bottom of the top part, covering the big hole, first you put the round metal part that is the filter covering the big holes and them on top you put the robber SEAL, you need to push it in so it can hold the round metal to hold it in place. Then in the bottom part you put water up to the bottom of
Pressure seal the little round
metal on the side you don't cover it with water because is a Security Pressure Seal,
then on the metal round cup You fill it up with coffee and make a little pressure and put more coffee so it can come out very strong, and put it on the bottom part on top of the the water.
I hope you understand what I'm telling.
The Cuban Coffee is made with a very fine coffee power and very dark coffee. Double toasted to make a dark black and strong. At least that's how they used to do a long long time, since is very strong, we use a very small coffee 2oz cup with sugar. If you drink a regular cup of coffee you will not sleep for a week.
Espresso coffee pot comes in different sizes like 3 cups 6 cups 8 cups 12 cups.
The one that you have look like 8 or 12 cups. You can go to the internet or a store to get instructions so you see how all the pieces go together.
If you like strong coffee coffee you will like you will love your Espresso. Also you can buy parts Through the internet, I have bought from Amazon, if you live in a mayor city probably you can get from a store.
I hope you can put your Italian Espresso Coffee Maker.
Zonia Napoles
Thanks for the info and thanks for watching Zonia
Interesting video thanks Dave/and nick more videos lads Thankyou
Thanks Dave, we are glad you liked it and there's plenty more to come!
Thanks for the demonstration Dave. Wemight be needing this if the lights go out.
You are very welcome Shirley and I'm glad you liked it
Very fun video 😆 looks like you're workbench is very organized compared to mine. Glad Nick joined in at the last.
Thanks, Im glad you liked it Sam. Man that bench was a mess before filming, Lol. Thanks for watching
Excellent experiment, great useful information and as always fun to watch!!!
Thanks Richard, I'm glad you liked it
Hi Dave,
I just discovered your channel by the way of your Compass Navigation tutorial from 4 years ago. Subscribed Your doing a fine job and hopefully, I'll learn more as I explore your channel.
Respectfully,
Tim
Fantastic to hear that Tim! That video has stayed pretty popular and I'm glad. Thanks for the sub and thanks for watching Brother
Hi Dave. You could try making your own tealights with better wax and thicker wicks. Black tea should be made at 100 deg C (boiling)
coffee at 95 deg C. Oolong at 90 deg C. white tea at 85 deg and green tea at 80 deg C Always liked your vids and thank you for producing them.
Thanks for the degree breakdown on the bev. I look at the bubbles to judge the heat: big boil bubbles for black tea and little bubbles for green. Hate green, prefer a bold black tea, but then again, I like espresso over regular roast coffee. Blessings to you!
If I do more experimenting I may just make candles with multiple wicks! Thanks for the info and thanks for watching
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAVE!
( I hope I am correct on this day, or I just look stupid)
Love the candle idea. I'm going to start experimenting.
Thanks! You are correct, I'm 55 today! Thanks for remembering my birthday and thanks for watching
With a upside-down plant pot those candles can be used as a small room heater. I always have some in my pack when I go hiking so many uses
I experimented with a clay pot like that once. I was shocked at how well it heated up. Thanks for watching Tim
Another excellent video, Dave. Thanks so much. -Tim
I'm glad you liked it Tim, thanks for watching!
Love this guy, I mean just to camp 1 day with him ya know
Lol, one day of adventure
Exactly, sitting around the fire swapping stories would be so much fun!
Awesome experiment Dave. Thank you for sharing with us!
Have a nice weekend
Thanks, Im glad you liked it. Thanks for watching and you have a good weekend too!
Great video. I've never had more fun watching water boil for an hour! What BSA troop do you oversee? May need to join lol. I read that you can use a crayon as a candle. That would also be interesting to try for a water boil plus a windscreen!
Thanks Brad! I'm glad you liked it. The troop I was involved with has disbanded. Kids just lost interest and quit signing up. Now I gotta go light off some crayons. Lol. Thanks for the comments and thanks for watching
@@Reallybigmonkey1 I'm so sorry that happened. We are finding the same thing happening in our Troop. So sad!
Thanks for thinking up and doing that test Dave! I never thought of using tea lights to boil water, but as it works, I will definitely keep many on hand! Amazing as always!
You are very welcome Marci and I'm glad you liked it! These candles are plenty cheap enough to keep several bags handy! Thanks for watching
We do tea completely differently here in England. IE we always use boiling water for black tea. Green tea and herbal teas are made with water that has been left a minunte after boiling. White tea is such a pain to get right I've never bothered. Pity I didn't know you were doing this ahead of time as I used to design electronic battery powered instruments and could have sent you a piece of kit that measures up to 8 channels of temperature over time using thermocouples.
In America we mostly love our coffee. Tea here hasn't been perfected. I know in England tea is huge! That would have been nice to have a good measuring instrument. Thanks for the comments and thanks for watching Gordon
I live in my camper on my land and my number one garage sale finds are candles.I used them to even cook a lot of meals basically the same way as you shown with a bigger pot and skillet.
Really? Thats cool to hear that! Thanks for watching
As the Russians might stop delivering gas to Germany, your experiment gets a certain amount of relevance to me for this winter. I might be cold in my flat, but I at least can get some coffee or tea to warm me up ;-)
Besides, you could warn about the flame over that happens when you put about for or more of those candles really close together-then the whole surface might burn instead of just the stuff through the wick. Very strong flame, very dangerous...
Let's hope that doesn't happen but keep some candles handy and be prepared!
@@Reallybigmonkey1 I am German, I am always prepared!
Ill prepared, prepared for something else, or prepared to swear the dog I don't have ate my homework...maybe some decades ago, now its only work the imaginary B* eats ;-)
@@RealMash My German American mother taught me to be prepared and that off-set my father's bad Irish American luck, lol! Sending blessings your way with the whole Putin gas thing. How despicable to threaten freezing cold on your people. It is a disgrace and shows his psychopathy.
@@RealMash I'm praying for your people🙏
@@flowerchild777 Let's pray for the Ukrainian people and all "innocent" russian soldiers (there might be some). They are much more in peril then we are ;-)
Good gauge of tea-candle-power. So if you want a faster cup of coffee, use 2 or 3 candles and blow them out when your water is hot enough.
Sounds good Frank!
Great video! I think your thermometer just reads 1 degree too low. The water was boiling. I don't think that thermometer will ever read 212 in open water. The water won't get hotter, it will turn to steam. Try that thermometer in boiling water on the kitchen stove. (Also check to moka maker in the kitchen.) Thanks again!
Thanks, Im glad you liked it Capt! Im actually at 750' of elevation so several say that water was considered as boiling! I have two digital thermometers, I need to check both of them.Thanks for watching
Great experiment Dave! Hey Pajama boy! LMAO! Glad you could join us! HAHA!
Lol! I'm glad you liked it Brother Mike!
Hello Dave and everyone ! I am a coffee addict ! I always carry 6 sticks in my kit ! it is essential to me !
Hello and it's always great to hear from a fellow coffee addict! Thanks for watching
@@Reallybigmonkey1 You know there is a specific term for an IT Guy without coffee? Asleep.
Professor RBM1 is at it again! Thank you for these experiments!
I'm glad you liked it and thanks for watching my friend!
Dave & Nick, Thank you for all your experimenting and innovation!! Always interesting!! How much difference would a cone make ? It would hold more heat closer to the cooking vessel. In a grid down, conserving and making the most of resources every little bit could make a difference.
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. Without testing it I'd guess a cone shape would definitely help. How much I don't know. Thanks for watching my friend
I just had to do this Christmas Eve,we were out of power for 17 hrs,good timeto check and rehearse the preps!Happy 2023 Dave and family 😆😇
Sorry to hear you was without power but, great to hear you used candles to improvise! Thanks for watching Brenda and a happy 2023 to you and your family!
Good morning Mr Dave, an all!
Good morning my friend!
I have never seen a candle test like this. Well done. That is some very useful information for down the road emergencies. Thanks for this test.
I'm glad you liked it James! I don't know if anyone else has done a test this thoroughly so I figured it needed to be done! Thanks for watching brother
🔥 Fascinating! I have had tealight candles last a good 6 hours. Hummm, makes the old brain start to churn. HAVE to make sure I have a way to get my coffee! lol (side note: store candles in a mouse proof container! The little beasts LOVE them 😢) Thanks Dave
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it! Six hours? That's impressive! I haven't burnt mine that long yet. Thanks for the info and thanks for watching!
TEA CANDLES?? WHO KNEW how interesting a subject this could be? Dave does this inside, on a summer morning. MY VIEW: I learned a lot. I don't have the patience to use these as fuel for heating water. I never thought about using multiple ones for more heat.
Lol, I can't even remember how I came up with these four tests but it was definitely interesting for me! Thanks for the comments and thanks for watching brother
Yup, tiny, tiny tea. And tiny tiny espresso sized coffee? Right?
Maybe, the results will surprise you!
@@Reallybigmonkey1 Love your stuff! You are the premier camp cook pot innovator for me. Your tent studies are one of a kind too* AC tent/Fireplace tent/etc... crazy cool stuff- ideas that work!
I see you are in GA? I am in Augusta GA, really enjoy your craft, you are top knotch; great ideas! Thanks!
Darn, I kinda of like the moka pot for the occasional expresso at home. Sure disappointed me in this experiment!
I've always used the regular percolator to camp and here at the cabin, before I joined the real world and bought a drip maker.
I even found a giant size percolator, exactly like the smaller aluminum one you used today & that I already had, at a yard sale.
Wonder how many hours it would take to cook on tea candles?
@@nancyaltimus6794 Oh the Moka pot works great on a regular stove. Just the candles didn't do the job
Dave … Excellent video!!! Loved the experiments with tea candles. Can’t wait to see the follow up. Think I’m gonna go make me a cup of Joe; hello Keurig!!! Wishing you, Nick and family all God’s blessings!!! Y’all take care and be safe!!! Chuck Knight from Buffalo, Texas. 🤠👨🌾✝️🙏🐩
Thanks Chuck! I'm glad you liked it. No telling how many variations of experiments can stem off this one. Enjoy the coffee, thanks for watching and may God bless you too
@@Reallybigmonkey1 Dave … You are most welcome!!! Keep on keeping on!!! Chuck. 👨🌾
Cool experiment, I wonder if you could increase the efficiency or power by adding sawdust or charcoal to the wax. Kind of like a campfire in a can, I made my own with left over campfire coals. Multiple wicks in one candle may help too.
you can't increase efficiency. there is nothing. for more power, u need bigger flames and more flames
u have to be careful putting more than 1 wick, the wax can start to boil, and the metal can start fires
Thanks Vince, I'm glad you liked it. Never thought about adding sawdust. Good idea and it's definitely worth testing!
Interesting, I never knew wax had a max temperature.
@@Reallybigmonkey1 yes bro, it's sort of terrifying. making home made candles, glass can crack, and metal can ignite whats under it with no smoke. (whatever wood or platic table etc.) but the main thing, wax is basically petroleum being burned up, it can boil, if you have too big of a flame or make custom stuff and dont heat sink it properly. when it gets too hot, it happens SO unexpectedly, it starts crackling, then actually boils. and could be too late in 4 seconds or less, maybe to the count of five.. there's no time to react and you can't put it out conventionally. ESPECIALLY DO NOT TRY AND CAP IT or put something over it. you will get the denatured alcohol effect where it builds a pressure then pops flames out when you thought it was goin out by cappin it up which is instinct. and the metals or other stuff gets too hot to touch which makes you panic if you get caught in this happening and then go to touch anything. which again, instinct. especially as guys we do play with fire, and handle it, like Ow ow ow.. lol.. it's too hot. i had a small fire got BIG and the table went up. because the candle boiled. i was outside. if indoors it could have been fatal, easily. telling you, 3 or 4 seconds it exponentially ramps up and goes crazy spitting liquid fire all over. nothing is worse than boiling wax burns. I imagine this happens statistically a lot and causes some house fires. when candles were the cause, its usually improper/unsupervised usage, NOT just like, something happened to catch on fire because the flame touched it.. the flames were 3 feet high and unstoppable. Also do NOT EVER throw water on it. MAKES IT EXPLODE everywhere. water does not put out oil or some chemical fires if insolubal. it simply pushes the oil into smaller pieces creating ten times the surface area to burn, instantly. and is the same effect as throwing high octane gasoline on a flame. BIG POOF. i mean B I G. POOOOF huge pop in my face. like say a half cup of diesel, 12 inches from your face goes up. like i said- just terrifying. almost blew my face off man. i wish i was exaggerating even slightly. candles/fuels etc are no joke when diy. i'm by no means a paranoid or dramatic person, quite the opposite. but i respect them, (candles) and fuels, lighters, li-ion batteries etc. VERY highly, literally as you would treat a loaded sidearm. as simply dangerous things that can take life in a second flat if mishandled. and all this comes from me being like hmm. wonder what this little candle could do. crazy stuff Man! i know you will be, but i say it anyways- be careful : )
This is a really interesting experiment. Thanks Dave
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it
I see some people use Crisco as a fuel source. I wonder if you filled an empty tea candle aluminum cup with Crisco and add a wick if it makes more BTUs than the wax in a tea candle? BTW I have started hearing the cicadas starting up around here in NY. So maybe they are coming around after all. It just doesn’t seem to be as intense as previous years.
Really? Ive never hear that but it's interesting enough to test the idea! Thanks for the comments and thanks for watching brother
In this case you are better off buying ESBIT tablets. One of those will boil a small pot in minutes.
Try looking up the home made alcohol burners too. Isopropanol is not that expensive and you don't need a huge amount to boil 0.5L of water or heat up a bean can.
Brother, good to see ya still helpin folks out, its been ages. Hope your well my friend. Have a great day!!
Always great to hear from you Brother and thanks for watching!
Not fast you can't but since cold brew coffee is a thing obviously a tea candle can brew coffee yes.
Yep, it works but man it's slow!
@@Reallybigmonkey1 ya, i make the cold brew pot the night before, for next day. The taste is worth it and less acid is good for your teeth&guts, I think. So even if you cant heat it, coffee is still possible, thankfully.
Cool video.....for a minute I thought I was watching Bill Nye the science guy :)...with a southern draw:).....on a side note I crawled my way up to the 1000 sub summit!...view up here is awesome! To celebrate I bought myself my first Mora Garberg with survival kit.....very nice knife.....thanks for the info David!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. Lol, nothing scientific about me brother. Enjoy that Mora and kit and thanks for watching!
Two sugars mate 👍👍👍
Sounds good to me Dean!
One of your best! You have the patience of Jobe..I'm a serious coffee drinker and I would have lost my mind waiting that long for a cup☕️. I love the '50s perk & Moka Pot for immediate results
Thanks Robert! I'm glad you liked it that much! Nothing beats percolated coffee in my opinion! Thanks for the comments and thanks for watching
I love this video.
Fantastic to hear that my friend!
I haved played with candles too. Thanks this was fun.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
What's up Dave? All I got to say is, AMAZING, just AMAZING. LOL Great job my brother. Take care
Thanks Phillip! I'm glad you liked it. All is well here brother
Scientific Shop Time With Dave OMG this was so much fun to watch and very interesting! Thank you for taking the time to show us this experiment.
You are very welcome Bev and I gotta say this was the most fun to film video I've done! I'm glad you liked it and thanks for watching!
This reminds me of my Chemistry class in school where I actually blew up the science classroom. Good effort mate. Atleast we know it works. It will work better & faster if you can funnel the heat directly on to the underneath the vessel. Lots of heat is lost, escaping through all openings. You're an inventor & designer so I am sure you can figure it out on how to make the alterations. Love your show matey. Big hello from The Land Down Under. Cheers mate.
I just wanted to see how they would preform. I doubt I'll do much more to improve them
Very cool experimenting Dave... at least ya got a cup of coffee out of the deal. Good to know how them tealights preform. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Im glad you liked it! Yep, I got coffee and we all learned! Thanks for watching Brother
Hi Dave & Nick! I really enjoy these "what if" videos.
Hello Terry and we are glad you liked it. It was defenitly fun for us! Thanks for watching
You gotta love it, "coffee flavored steam" :) Interesting experiment, thank you.
Lol, Im glad you liked it. Thanks for watching
I was wondering about them tea candles too thank you I love the how excited you got
Now we know! I'm glad you liked it and thanks for watching Alan!
Pretty neat experiment Dr. Dave. I've toyed with this idea after I read Chef Glenn Mcallister's "Recipes for Adventure". I believe he liked using the candles to vary the heat. He would let his dehydrated food soak for 10 minutes and then heat 10-15 with 3 candles (or so). He wrote he could boil 1/2 cup of water in 10 minutes with 3 candles and 1 cup in 15 minutes with 3 candles. You're the first person I've watched running tests like this so I really enjoyed this video. Thanks brother!
Thanks Jonny, I'm glad you liked it. Now that's very interesting what Chef McAllister has done! Thanks for sharing that and thanks for watching
@@Reallybigmonkey1 anytime brother. 😊 hanging out with friends (old & new) and watching what they are up to is a lot of fun
That pressurized Italian espresso pot makes great coffee. A little more fiddling than a regular pot but it is really good. Shakespeare quote! Awesome!
I did get it to work well on my home stove. Thanks for the comments and thanks for watching James!
Great experiment.
Valuable info.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it and I'm always happy to share
Awesome experiment, I was surprised myself.
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Thanks Brother! That percolator shocked me!
Great video Dave! Just watched your reflector/ tarp sewing video you sir are a craftsman! Keep up the great work
Thanks! Im glad you liked this one and that other one! Thanks for watching
You are becoming the new Hiram Cook. Making boiling water fascinating again!
Oh not me, Hiram was the master water boiler!
Very interesting research. I looked at some Moka pots of that style on Amazon and many of them received several 1-star ratings due to them simply not making coffee on any heat source. Your water in the large cooking pot reached pasteurization temperature at around 161° and killed all bacteria and viruses within 15 seconds. Here are some pasteurization figures for you to consider: The old adage of needing a rolling boil to purify our drinking water is not accurate. A rolling boil is simply easier to recognize without a thermometer than is pasteurization.
Temperature Time Pasteurization Type
72ºC (161ºF)* 15 seconds High temperature short time Pasteurization (HTST)
89ºC (191ºF) 1.0 second Higher-Heat Shorter Time (HHST)
90ºC (194ºF) 0.5 seconds Higher-Heat Shorter Time (HHST)
Thanks for the info Barry
This made me think of Beakman's World right away. I use to run master control at an ABC affillate in Topeka and I aired every episode of Beakman (more than once). Hi Nick, you have been promoted to Lester The Rat. Explain Beakman to Dave if he asks. You guys are the greatest of the greatest.
Ive never heard of that, I'll have to look that one up. Thanks for the comments and thanks for watching Steve!
I loved it, not boring at all. You seem like such a fun person.Thank you for such fun stuff..😊
Fantastic to hear that Kay!
Totally Cool Dave great experiments 👍 enjoyed it a great deal.. Awesome 👌
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it my friend!
Hi Dave and Nick, your humor and easy going personalities always keep me coming back for more. That was an informative experiment and sparked a few ideas for me. Be safe and THANKS!!
Thanks! I'm glad you like the way we do things! It's always about fun and learning around here. Thanks for the comments and thanks for watching
Great informational video, Dave, thanks for posting.
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it
The percolating coffee ia the most impressive to me! Great video. Todsy i tried heat a cup of soup ont fndue pot with 6 tea light. After 10 minutes it wsx lukewarm, but after 15 minutes, it was piping hot. I was impressed with that time also
Very cool to hear that Mary! It's amazing what tea candles can do if you use enough of them. Thanks for the comments and thanks for watching Mary
This is awesome, Dave... I can have coffee and heat my tent all at once! Sweet, vid!
Two jobs covered at once! I'm glad you liked it and thanks for watching