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Heating a Room for 8p per day
11 November 2013, 18:48,
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RE: Heating a Room for 8p per day
A candle flame produces about 15W of heat
I can't follow the link to confirm what sort of candle they showing (As the link is down at the minute) but a typical tea-light candle lasts for about 3 hours
So four of them would produce 3 * 4 * 15 = 180Wh
Which is the same amount of heat you'd get from a fan heater running for 5 minutes.

So certainly they produce heat but they won't make much of a dent in a big space.
You'd need it to be a very small room if you wanted to feel much difference.

By contrast an inactive person produces about 100W of heat just sitting still (Reading a book or using a computer) and potentially much more if they’re actively doing something.
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Heating a Room for 8p per day - by River Song - 11 November 2013, 10:41
RE: Heating a Room for 8p per day - by I-K-E - 11 November 2013, 12:50
RE: Heating a Room for 8p per day - by Highlander - 11 November 2013, 12:56
RE: Heating a Room for 8p per day - by Tibbs735 - 11 November 2013, 13:42
RE: Heating a Room for 8p per day - by Grumpy Grandpa - 11 November 2013, 17:33
RE: Heating a Room for 8p per day - by Skvez - 11 November 2013, 18:48
RE: Heating a Room for 8p per day - by Lightspeed - 12 November 2013, 07:40
RE: Heating a Room for 8p per day - by Highlander - 12 November 2013, 08:56
RE: Heating a Room for 8p per day - by Nix - 12 November 2013, 09:37
RE: Heating a Room for 8p per day - by Lightspeed - 12 November 2013, 11:14

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