Doyle Doss, a Northern California Inventor, has created a candle powered space heater. It sounds like science fiction, but it really is a simple and green energy device, that could save you a lot of money by only lighting a candle, in the long run. The CO2 output of a candle is too small to mention, and the materials that this device is made of are all here since the Earth exists.
This heater is a multi-core steel and ceramic radiator assembly, suspended above the candle on a solid steel stand. The radiator absorbs and concentrates the thermal energy of the candle and converts it into dry radiant space heat. If you burn candles, now you can add their heat to your home or office. There is also an “electric candle” option that uses a 60 watt quartz halogen lamp; that works out to about 6 cents for 10 hours of “burn” time.
“Steel has the ability to approach the temperature of its heat source,” says the inventor, “so the solid steel inner core will go as high 550° Fahrenheit. That high inner temperature is mitigated to a very warm 160° to 180° on the outer surface. As long as the candle remains under the steel the surface is constantly emitting dry radiant heat.”
The simple elegant design has no moving parts. The unglazed terra cotta is nicely complemented by the natural finish on the solid steel stand. The overall appearance is at once very striking, unusual and definitely organic.
What’s new for 2008 is an “electric candle” option that takes advantage of the fact that 90% of the energy that goes into an incandescent lamp is “wasted” as heat. “We take the waste heat of an incandescent lamp and pump it into the radiator assembly. If the electric energy is coming from a renewable source then the use is green and sustainable,” says Mr. Doss. This is very efficient and inexpensive way to add a bit of heat to an otherwise cold room.
The electric candle is pictured below:
The Kandle Heeter™ Candle Holder is available on their website, , for $29.95. It is definitely an excellent gift for a candle loving, green optimistic friend.
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#1 by david on November 19, 2009 - 8:45 am
i think it would work. looks like it would keep water lines in a small room or basement from freezing in the winter. but i think it would be better if it had like 4-5 candles lit under the flower pots.
#2 by Sky on December 10, 2009 - 9:29 pm
Guys, your words don’t mean anything really. When it comes down to it, you are ALL RIGHT, but for different purposes. The reason we’re \disagreeing\ is due to different a mindset. Be careful and there’s no such thing as right or wrong. Get out of your head and pay attention to what each other is communicating. We can learn a lot from each other so drop the ego now.
#3 by Dave W on December 11, 2009 - 5:20 am
Sheesh! If you like the idea, try it… why not. Buy one or build your own, the freedom is yours. If you don’t… move on. The fact that some people waste so much time arguing something that they disagree with blows my mind. If you think its garbage, move on.
I know for a fact that in a needed fix, enough candles will generate some heat. I had this problem last night when we lost power… and found that if I keep a couple of candles in a small room and closed the room it raised the room temperature.
I may try this candle concept as it makes sense of the concentration of the heat given off by the candle rather than letting it freely saturate throughout the room. And if anyone argues with me, so what. I’ll build it anyways and enjoy my candle loving, blissful ignorance. I mean, a person could argue with me all day long that chocolate is more pleasing of a flavor because it stimulates this, that, and that and causes some reaction on the tongue that is not caused by plain ol’ vanilla but if I want plain ol’ vanilla, that’s what I’m going to get.
#4 by Greg Williams on December 21, 2009 - 4:09 am
Well, I for one have gotten 4 of these units. I did take physics, I did take chemistry, and I am a Electronics Engineer and have 30 years of computer hardware and software management experience. So, if you want to call me stupid as well as all of your other ignorant remarks on here about this nice little device, then go ahead. I could care less what you think. I have used these and they work.
Thermal dynamics…..energy is never created or lost, it is just converted into another form of energy. So be it.
These heat up very nicely and if you use soybean candles, the burn even hotter and longer. So nice. And yes, it does make a difference in a 15 X 15 room as long as it is not below freezing outside. It is especially nice for Southern California winter mornings on the patio or even in the bathroom….as those in San Diego etc…..really use no heat…much of the time. So, for those who want to enjoy a neat device….get one. For those who like to just trash ideas because they are such rocket scientists…keep bad mouthing everything that wasn’t your idea.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!! Greg
#5 by Westy on January 4, 2010 - 6:08 pm
Deedle
Is not a prick or annything he is stating the facts very clearly he has not said one thing that is wrong. It is a simple fact that a candle that produces say 40Wats of heat energy will produce 40W of heat energy regardless what you put around it.
What this device dose do is keep the heat closer to the person in a localized space for a longer period of time.
Without the device the heat will go straight to the sealing in a column of say 3cm width with a tiny amount of heat radiation in the form of infra red heat.
with the device the heat will move towards the sealing but in a more dispersed colom of say 30-40cm the coloum of heat will contain the same 40w of heat energy but will be distrabuted over that 40cm2 of space rather than confined to the 3cm of space
Ultimatly over time the room will only get 40w of heat with or without the device , but with the device a person sitting close (within 30cm) to it will get to exsperance more of the candles warmth than they would if it was just a naked candle.
A working example of this is In my house the rooms are quite large and so i am no where near a radiator that the gass system uses as a result cannot feal the heat untill all the air in the room is warm and it takes a good 50min of gass burn before the whole room is warm and i can then enjoy the heat.
I have a working example of this in my house
I have large rooms with radiators that are supplied by a gass heater , in the case of my house it costs say £1 and takes 35min of gass to get the room to a point that it is warm and comfortable.
what i have found is cheaper and provides the same comfort is using a small electric heater Evan though electric is far more expensive than gass what i can do is place the heater directly under my seat , this way the heat through convection moves up and around me keeping me warm and costs far less than using the gass , Now the important thing to note is the electric heater dose not heat up the room (much far far less than the gass) only me in that small space. but as i sit still and work at the pc this works out just fine.
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Deedle alluded to this with his comment on using a hot water bottle and personally , I ohnislty think a hot water bottle and electric blanket would work far better and produce less waste and during usage be cleaner and better for the environment than this candle device.
All in all Deedle has been very clear in what he/she put and was not arrogant at all he/she just stated the facts and evan clarfied pionts a cuple of times.
And there is a very real problem of people selling junk devices and stuff to people that dont know some of the scence or havent had the time to look things up.
In this case the device Could have a function in some cases and i would ohnistly like to see temperature readings at different distances to see how well it functoins. I belive the device was made with good intentions and at least it functoins to some exstent compared to manny things that do absaluty nothing.
Ultimately the guy that made it should have done some testing so he could provide Data that showed the device actually works and to what exstent , until he published the data then its perfectly right for Deedle and others to be critical.
#6 by Westy on January 4, 2010 - 6:12 pm
Lol ignore me repeating stuff , I’m quite retarded and so have to write things down multiple times to try and make it half readable. Unfortunatly this website dose not have an edit functoin so i cannot change it.
#7 by Boris on January 16, 2010 - 6:44 am
The Kandle Heeter is not worth purchasing. Cheaper, more effective, more environmentally-friendly alternatives are available.
Don’t waste your money on pseudo-science.
#8 by turtle boy on January 25, 2010 - 7:54 pm
I like turtles…