Journalist Dylan Winter had a brilliant and effective idea. He created a DIY heater, an alternative way to heat his boat but also his office. In fact, with a few objects, he managed to heat a room for 8 hours using the scientific principles of heat transfer.
The expense covers:
1) lights of about 4 cents each (link lumini)
2) a metal pan (pan or metal box)
3) 2 terracotta vases of different sizes (one bigger than the other)
The system is very simple.
1) The candles are placed inside the metal tray, lit and covered with a small clay pot.
2) The small vase must be turned upside down with the hole in the upper part, the hole must be covered with a light to use it as a cap.
3) The other larger terracotta pot is placed on top of the smaller vase. The hole this time must be discovered allowing the passage of air and then oxygen. The process is clear thanks to a video on YouTube, which has had a great success, is about to reach 3 million views.
Winter said: “They told me that the precise positioning of clay pots help to make heating more efficient. I did not believe it, but it actually seems to work. You get a nice flow around the vases and heat the room. Try it you will be surprised. “
Spending on the purchase of materials is far more contained than an electricity or gas bill. The system works because the candles produce a gas filled with heated particles that are captured and channeled through the vessels. These hot gas particles are lighter than the gases in the air, meaning they rise in the colder area. This causes cold air to fall into hot areas and creates a convection current that transfers heat from one plate to another, and out of the upper hole.
Winter testifies that every little candle burns for about four hours. Turns on four lights at four in the morning and four more candles at four in the afternoon, and has heat for 8 hours. A video from YouTube that prove the system:
