My final parting words the flowerpot does not increase the amount of heat just its usefulness.
Tea light tent heater.
Place the trivit so it is sitting on the edges of the roasting tray above the tea lights not sitting on its legs in the tray as it would normally be used.
I ll get actual temp readouts soon.
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This also comes with a little kink which is worked in for safety but it depends on how you view it.
The tea lights run for over 3 5hrs and cost as little as 0 99 cents for a 20 count pack.
Light your tea lights and place them close together in the middle of the roasting tray.
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This was definitely a worthwhile project and will be very useful in our tent during winter camping.
Use an end table that stands well under the height of your tent.
While the flower pot does increase the effectiveness of the candles as heaters a few calculations can show how little heat it actually produces.
So let s suppose a space heater would take one hour to heat the room up.
Heater 4k 9k btu portable radiant tent heater comes with a hose that attaches to propane tanks so you can run this all night long in a 225 square foot space with no problem.
If you re going to be burning a candle for light anyways you may as well have a heater core above it to trap the heat too.
Tea lights are made of paraffin wax and are commonly about 38 mm in diameter and 16 mm high and burn for 3 to 5 hours per wikipedia.
A small space heater capable of heating a small room is 5000 btu hr.
According to wikipedia a single tealight has an energy output of about 100 btu hr.
However this method will have the most success when used in a smaller tent.
Also when using tea lights and coffee cans for at home emergency heat a long handled barbecue lighter is much better than short matches to light the tea lights in the bottom of the coffee can.
And make you feel a bit warmer as well.
Overall it beats occasionally having to start the car to run the heater.
However a candle heater is more than enough to warm up some icy fingers.