Cheap Convection Heat

4 Responses to Cheap Convection Heat

1. Paul B says:

   November 12, 2013 at 7:13 am

   You can heat your home with lots of time honored, labor intensive methods. personally I use a thermostat tied to a gas stove with an electric fan. Now if the gas stops and the electricity is gone, this might have value. But to do it now, Not so much.

   Still, good reading.
2. Phssthpok says:

   November 12, 2013 at 8:59 am

   Only…not so much.

   A tea light only has ‘X’ amount of potential energy BTU’s in it. If you burn the candle, that potential energy is released into the room. Without the pots, it’s dispersed a lot faster. WITH the pots, some of the heat energy is absorbed by the thermal mass, and released slower. However the pots absorbing the heat =/= the pots *multiplying* the BTU’s released by the candle.

   So, heating a HOUSE, not viable. Heating a ROOM, maybe (depends on the size of the space). If you want to experiment there are designs out the that incorporate long bolts, nuts, washers and multiple sizes of terracotta posts to increase the thermal mass and heat absorption characteristics. http://heatstick.com/_Process.htm
3. Davidwhitewolf says:

   November 15, 2013 at 5:00 pm

   Paul B, I hope you don’t mean the kind of stove you cook your turkey in. That’d be inventive, but I’m picturing a Rube Goldberg-esque setup and my inner caveman is cringing with fear of the unknown powers at work there….
4. Davidwhitewolf says:

   November 16, 2013 at 9:39 am

   I heat my home using the California sun! [opens window]

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