MUST SEE Man heats room for 8 PENCE a day

Vatic Note:   We are trying to pass on good info for the possible SHTF scenario, since we are so urbanized, that we don't even know how to build a good fire.  That is bad.  So pay attention to this below, since staying warm is central to good health,  producing enough light to read by is important for using plans, maps and charts for anything that needs to be built, navigated, or traversed.

Finally,  This teaches us that simplicity sometimes is way more effective than high tech, equipment that breaks down  and then no one qualified to fix it.  If we are in a SHTF situation, which Homeland Security keeps promising us they will put us into, then we best be as well prepared, and as simply as possible with the least amount of technology and tools that would be needed.  Please enjoy the view and the read and try it out for yourselves and tell us how it went.  Anyone who decides to do this from scratch.  Let us know if it works. 
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Video reveals how to heat your home using just TEALIGHTS and FLOWERPOTS - and it costs just 8p a day YouTube user Dylan Winter created the DIY heater for his boat and office He used tealights that cost £1 for a pack of 100 plus two basic ceramic pots The process uses the theory of convection heat transfer to warm a room Tealights burn for around four hours in the morning and afternoon

MUST SEE: Man heats room for 8 PENCE a day
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By Victoria Woollaston PUBLISHED: 07:46 EST, 8 November 2013 | UPDATED: 12:27 EST, 22 November 2013

Rising energy bills are a political hot topic at the moment but one YouTube user has devised a way of heating a room for just 8p a day. Journalist and boat owner Dylan Winter created his DIY heater using tealights placed inside a bread tin and covered with two ceramic flowerpots. The system uses the scientific principles of convection heat transfer and Winter claims it can heat his home for around eight hours a day.

MUST SEE: How man heats room for 8 PENCE a day HOW DOES THE DIY HEATER WORK? Utube link  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVjbIZRdN8g

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In the video, the tealights are put inside a bread loaf tin and covered with a small upside-down flowerpot. The hole in the top of the upside-down pot is covered with the metal casing leftover from one of the tealights. This pot is covered by a second, larger pot and the hole in the bigger flowerpot is left uncovered.

 The system works because the candles produce gases full of heated particles that are captured and channelled through the pots. These hot gas particles are lighter than the gases in the air, meaning they rise up into the colder area. This causes the cold air to fall into the warm areas and creates a convection current which transfers heat from one pot to another, and out of the hole on top.

Winter, who posts to YouTube under the username KeepTurningLeft, is a journalist and boat owner. He created the DIY heater as an alternative way of heating his boat as well as his office at home. More... Most invisibility cloaks make objects MORE noticeable: Scientists admit they are struggling to create the elusive disguise The science of WEEING: Researchers study streams of urine in a bid to stop the dreaded 'splashback' Winter bought tealights from Ikea that cost £1 for 100, a standard loaf tin, and two different-sized flowerpots.

The smaller flowerpot, when placed upside down, needs to just cover the centre of the loaf tin, while the larger flowerpot needs to sit comfortably over the smaller one. In the video explaining how to build the heater, Winter lights four of the candles and places them inside the tin. He places the smaller flowerpot upside down on top of the tin and covers the hole in the pot with one of the metal cases leftover from the tealights.

The larger flowerpot is then placed on top of the smaller one, and its hole is left uncovered. In the video, the tealights are put inside a bread loaf tin and covered with a small upside-down flowerpot. In the video, the tealights are put inside a bread loaf tin and covered with a small upside-down flowerpot. The hole in the top of the upside-down pot is covered with the metal casing leftover from one of the tealights.

This pot is covered by a second, larger pot and the hole in the bigger flowerpot is left uncovered Journalist and boat owner Dylan Winter, pictured, created his DIY heater using tealights, a loaf tin and two ceramic flowerpots. Journalist and boat owner Dylan Winter, pictured, created his DIY heater using tealights, a loaf tin and two ceramic flowerpots. In the video, pictured, Winter places the tealights inside the small tin before lighting them Winter explains that the heat from the candles warms the inside of the smaller flowerpot, which becomes an ‘inner core’ that gets ‘very hot.’

A ‘convection of air’ is then created between the smaller and larger pots and this heated air comes out the top of the homemade heater. The system works because the candles produce gases full of heated particles that are captured and channelled through the pots. These hot gas particles are lighter than the gases in the air, meaning they rise up into the colder area. Winter covers the tealights and tin with a small upside down flowerpot, pictured.

The hole in the top of the pot is covered with the metal casing leftover from one of the tealights This causes the cold air to fall into the warm areas and creates a convection current which transfers heat from the pots and through the hole in the top.

Winter said: ‘People have told me that judicious positioning of flowerpots help to make the heating more efficient. I did not believe it but it really does seem to work. 'You get a nice flow around the [pots] and it warms the room up. You’d be amazed.’ KeepTurningLeft works for Practical Boat Owner magazine and claims he uses the DIY heater on his boat.

The smaller pot is covered by a second, larger one and the hole in the bigger flowerpot is left uncovered, pictured. The system works because the candles produce gases full of heated particles that are captured and channelled through the pots However, station Manager Charlie Pugsley, from the London Fire Brigade’s investigation team, warned against using the homemade heater.

'This heating system is unsafe. As a fire investigator, I see dozens of fires every year, including fatal fires, that are caused by people using alternative forms of heating and lighting, most of which include a naked flame. 'Candles and tea lights can be extremely dangerous – a small gust of wind can cause an innocent candle flame to set light to objects nearby if left too close. 'We understand that some people may be struggling to pay fuel bills, but we’d urge everyone to think carefully about their safety and the safety of those around them before using candles to heat their homes.'

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