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KANDLE HEETER™ Candle Holder $29.95 SPACE HEAT from a Jar CANDLE! OR the NEW GlowWarmtm Electric Candle!
The Kandle Heeter™ Candle Holder Collects, Retains, Concentrates, and Radiates Dry Space HEAT from a Candle! (Must use Jar Candle or NEW GlowWarmtm Electric Candle) CAUTION -- Do Not Place Near Curtains, Bedding, or Other Flammable Materials! Heat (Thermal Energy) is Collected and Concentrated in
the Steel and Ceramic This is a very Wonderful and Marvelous Device and I am very happy to present it to you! The Multi-Core Radiator (photo right) is suspended above a jar candle on a Solid Steel Frame so that the Inner Steel Core is directly above the flame. The Inner Steel Core is driven to Very High Temperatures (500-550 deg. Fahrenheit) by the burning candle flame and becomes a Central Radiating Body. The intense heat of the inner core is transferred into the Three Ceramic Modulators, one into the other. The High Inner Temperatures are gradually reduced by the Increasingly Thicker Walls and Larger Surface Area of the modulators. The outer surface of the radiator becomes a Constant Radiating Body with a surface area of Over 88 Square Inches transferring the heat from a candle into your home or office! (160-180 deg. Fahrenheit). . Amazing! . . If you burn candles, now you can effectively Add Their Heat To Your Room. (If you don't, now you have a good reason to.) HOW HOT DOES IT GET?
The Steel and Ceramic Quad-Core™ Radiator captures, concentrates, modulates, distributes, and radiates the thermal energy of the candle into your room. It is the "heart" of the Kandle Heeter™ Candle Holder. It is comprised of a steel inner core and three ceramic modulators surrounding it. The solid steel core separates and unites the ceramic modulators into one integral unit. The thermal mass of the inner core is increased by a series of flat washers, thrust washers, and hex nuts. The arrangement and varying sizes of the washers aids in the effective and efficient distribution of radiant and convection heat into the surrounding ceramics and then into your room. The head of the bolt is visible in the photo and would be a serious burn issue! It is covered by a ceramic cap in the finished unit. The cap is cemented with high temperature cast-iron stove gasket cement. Adhering unglazed ceramics is an ideal use for this cement and we were very impressed when a unit was accidentally dropped and the cap remained well secured. Please be safe with this device! Place it on a table or other solid surface. Keep it away from drapes, bedding, and other flammable objects! It is not a toy. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY WITH THIS DEVICE! THE KANDLE HEETER™ Candle Holder (Buy One Now) $29.95
The Kandle Heeter™ Candle Holder is pictured (above and at left) with a jar candle from a dollar store. The jar candle is about 3" high and 3" in diameter and contains 4.25 oz of wax, almost 1,000 Btu's. These candles will typically burn 20-24 hours, or at about 50 Btu's an hour. This is not a lot of heat so don't be thinking you are going to heat the house with one! A Kandle Heeter™ Candle Holder will not heat "up" a room! It's just a candle. The Kandle Heeter™ Candle Holder will add the heat of the candle to your room and the ambience of a miniature "fireplace". (Always use a candle in a suitable container. Do not use a pillar candle -- it will melt!) Think of it this way, ". . . it keeps the cold out . . ." The unglazed ceramics absorb moisture. The Kandle Heeter™Candle Holder will burn "cool" the first time you use it. It is boiling the moisture out of the ceramics and this takes energy. It may take 8-10 hours to dry the ceramics. Dry ceramics make excellent heat retention and radiating bodies. Burning the Kandle Heeter™ Candle Holder every 2-3 days should keep the ceramics nominally dry. Let me know. This is a very new invention, and we are all learning together how to tease the most heat possible from a candle flame. But even better than a candle is our latest invention, the GlowWarmtm Electric Candle where 10% of the energy is "wasted" as light! NEW for 2008! the GlowWarmtm Electric Candle! Use in the place of a jar candle. (Click for Detailed Information on Heat Output)
Photo on left shows Kandle Heeter™ Candle Holder with GlowWarm™ Electric Candle in place. Second photo is a close-up of the GlowWarm™ Electric Candle, a 60 watt Quartz Halogen Lamp, ceramic lamp holder, ceramic base, 8 ft cord with in-line switch -- when you order a GlowWarm™ Electric Candle, this is what you get. It is offered separately because there are a lot of folks who already have Kandle Heeter™ Candle Holders and only need the Electric Candle. If you want both, order the Combo Pack in the shopping cart. Our goal with the Kandle Heetertm Candle Holder was to create a small scale heating appliance using an overlooked source. Normally the heat from a candle creates an invisible "chimney" and rises very quickly straight to the ceiling, gone and unusable. The steel and ceramic radiator "short stops" this heat rise and collects and concentrates the thermal energy in its inner parts turning the assembly into an effective "ground level" radiator. But can we do more with this radiator concept? What other common heat sources are there that we may be able to take advantage of? Lo and Behold . . . there is the much maligned Incandescent Light Bulb! 90% of the energy going into a light bulb is "lost" as heat -- only 10% of the electricity is actually "converted" to light. (WOW! -- another "overlooked" heat source!) Of course we all know this by now, what with the big push to small fluorescents. But how many Btu's in a light bulb? I was surprised, and maybe you will be too, but there are 341 Btu's in a 100 watt light bulb, at 90% efficiency, that would be 307 Btu's an hour! This is way more than in any typical single wick candle. So a 60 watt light bulb puts out 184 Btu's an hour! still much more than a candle -- and as we all know, Halogen lamps burn even "hotter" than standard bulbs . . . so this is what we have done . . . we have created a new "fuel source" for the Kandle Heeter™ Candle Holder -- a 60 watt Narrow Flood Quartz Halogen Lamp mounted on a ceramic lamp-holder base that is cemented to a small saucer with its own in-line switch and cord. Voila, and "Ta Ta Ta Ta a a a " (a little drum roll, if you please) . . . DOSS Products is very happy to introduce the GlowWarmtm Electric Candle. (More info on quartz halogen lamps here -- Wiki link.) INEXPENSIVE TO USE! Since the GlowWarmtm Electric Candle uses only a 60 watt bulb, it can be "burned" for 10 hours with a net electrical use of 600 watts (.6 Kwh). If you are paying $.10/Kwh then your cost for 10 hours of use is six cents. Your cost for using the GlowWarmtm Electric Candle 10 hours a night for a week is less that fifty cents (.6 x 7 = .42). Burn the GlowWarmtm Electric Candle 10 hours a day for a month for less than two dollars! (The Electric Candle is On Sale for $22.95. A "Combo Pack" -- candle heater and electric candle is available for $49.95) Shopping Cart . . . . BUT HOW DOES IT WORK?
1) Heat rising from a burning candle is first trapped in the Steel Inner Core and surrounding Ceramic Inner Module. 2) The Inner Cores get very hot and radiates heat to the Ceramic Middle Core. 3) This Entire Inner Region gets VERY VERY HOT!! Heat synergistically builds up and “boils out” of the Ceramic Inner Core into the Ceramic Middle Core. The Middle Core heats up and begins to Radiate Heat. Heated air “boils out” into the Ceramic Outer Core. 4) The Large Surface Area of the Outer Core begins receiving Heat. The inner wall surfaces become very HOT! Heat travels through the wall to the Outer Surface. 5) The Outer Surface gets VERY WARM to HOT and gently begins to Radiate Heat into your environment. $29.95 (Buy One Now!) Collects Soot! --
The photo is of a Radiator that had been burning many evenings over several weeks. It shows a "light dusting" of soot and does not need to be cleaned. But this soot would have been deposited on the ceiling if it had not been trapped within the Radiator. Better candles produce less soot. Check your radiator weekly to get an idea of how quickly soot is building up. Do Not Allow Soot to Build Up Inside the Radiator Assembly! (The artist in you will be glad to know Soot is "lampblack," a pigment used in painting. You can collect the soot and make a superb black.) See the YouTube Movie -- 2 minutes of Thrills and Delights
(Click on Photo)
Making It Work! (or how to get the most heat possible) Heat production is totally dependent on fuel. The Kandle Heetertm Candle Holder does not "make" heat -- but it is amazingly efficient in capturing the thermal energy of the fuel (jar candle or GlowWarmtm Electric Candle) placed under it. You can maximize the heat production by carefully selecting the fuel. The "Dollar Store" candles work well enough for the money, but R. R. in California discovered a fuel source that is much better. The restaurant industry has wicked liquid paraffin "candles" available that are odorless and burn very cleanly. They are designed to be used as ambience lighting in restaurants. The fuel source is 99% pure liquid paraffin. These cartridges consistently produce high temperatures (180 deg) on the external surface of the radiator. I was able to purchase 6 "50 hour" cartridges for less than $10 at a local restaurant supply store (Cash and Carry). J. O. in New York State has been experimenting with corn oil in a small oil lamp, but I have not heard back from him yet. If you "discover" an excellent safe fuel source, please let us know, especially if it is sustainable/renewable. Environmental Notes on the Solid Steel Stand.
We are very excited about our new one piece Solid Steel Stand. It is the product of State-of-the-Art Engineering and our deep concern for the Environment. The Stand is “cut” from 14 ga mild steel with a Computer Controlled Abrasive Water Jet by H2O WaterJet in Spokane, Washington. The legs are then “folded up” and twisted a bit to create an esthetically pleasing and structurally sound one piece stand (see the "movie" for how it is done). We wanted a finish that would be organic in appearance and complement the unglazed terra cotta of the Radiator. We use a very mild acid solution to generate a natural rust coating on the steel, and then retard the rusting process by applying Linseed Oil. The oil coats the rust and deepens and darkens the rust finish but is not overly “glossy”. (Kandle Heeter™ Candle Holder owners are advised to apply a very light coat of Olive Oil to the Stand every 3-4 months.) The bottom of the stand legs are then "double dipped" in Plasti-Kote to prevent scratching table surfaces. So, no spray paint, no lacquers, no waste products, virtually no chemicals whatsoever used in the finish except water, the very mild acid solution used to generate the rust coating, and natural Linseed Oil. The new design also incorporates a “hook” into each stand leg which allows for the Radiator and Stand to be “joined” into One Integral Unit. Number 6 Ball Chain encircles the outer lower lip of the Radiator, and three smaller chains loop up from the “hook” and around the large chain. The chains tie the Radiator and Stand together into one unit.
Aroma Therapy! -- Place a few drops of your favorite essential oil on the top plate after it warms up! NEVER LEAVE AN OPEN FLAME UNATTENDED!
BE ADVISED AND HEED THIS WARNING!!! Do Not Place a Pillar Candle Under the Radiator! IT WILL MELT! GUARANTEED! There is a tremendous amount of heat radiating downward from the inner cores. You must always have the candle in a suitable glass or ceramic container. The wax in a jar candle will liquefy -- avoid bumping, jostling, or moving the Kandle Heeter™ Candle Holder while it is burning and while the wax is still liquid. Let it cool down first. Thank you, Steve, (www.green-trust.org) for the photo . . . ^-^
Always remember, IT
IS A CANDLE – AN OPEN FLAME – NEVER LEAVE AN OPEN FLAME UNATTENDED! All
candles are extreme fire hazards. That is a fact you must never forget! Every
year hundreds of homes are burnt to the ground by fires started by candles.
Lives are lost. Children Die. Do Not Misuse This Device! Only Jar Candles
2-3 inches in height and diameter, or Votive Candles in similarly sized glass or
ceramic containers, are advised for use. The high temperature heat radiating
outward from the steel inner core is also radiating downward! IT WILL MELT A
PILLAR CANDLE INTO A PUDDLE OF WAX! DO NOT USE PILLAR CANDLES!
There are no moving parts in a Kandle Heeter™ Candle Holder. None. There is nothing to wear out or replace. Ever. Take Good Care of Your Kandle Heeter™ Candle Holder and it will give your Great Grandchildren years of use.
Thanks for dropping by, we would appreciate your comments and suggestions for improvements. HI-RES PHOTOS/PRESS RELEASE LINKS BROCHURE/POSTER CUSTOMER COMMENTS PROCESS BREAKING NEWS How is it Made? How Hot does it get? How is it shipped?
Kandle Heetertm Candle Holder -- News and Information -- Welcome, we have a lot of new information to share on effective use of the Kandle Heetertm Candle Holder. There are three specific topics -- liquid paraffin candle cartridges, "refillable" liquid candles, and our new 60 watt Halogen "electric" candle. Special "Thank You's" to all our many customers this past winter, especially for your encouraging words and suggestions, and for passing on your "discoveries" of getting a little bit "more" out of this simple low tech device. (This information is on a separate page, click here to go there. This page is the "Home Page" for the Kandle Heetertm Candle Holder.) |
Radiator.
Soot associated with burning a candle is
trapped in the interstices of the radiator. It can easily be rinsed out, but
then the radiator will need a 6-8 hour burn to be dried out. The soot is easily brushed out with a 1" pastry brush, or it can be vacuumed
out. DO NOT BLOW IT OUT WITH YOUR BREATH -- YOUR FACE WILL BE INSTANTLY
BLACKENED AND YOU COULD EASILY GET SOOT INTO YOUR EYES.
