More Small Boat Heating

[yachtorion]

Saw the smaller the version of http://www.industrialrev.com/candlelier-lantern.html at a local camping shop today. A quick google search shows they can be easily found in the UK.

Reminiscent of an old miner's lantern. Should keep the flame safe. You can use 1, 2 or 3 candles. Apparently it puts out up to 5000 BTU/Hour if using all three candles at once - which is pretty substantial (~ 1.5kwh or the same as a low end fan heater).

A little expensive to buy at first (£33) - but then the candles don't seem totally OTT for refill - 3 pack of 9 hour candles for £4.70 approx (so between 18p and 52p per hour of heat/light).

Admittedly not as cheap as Dylan's Tealights - but perhaps safer (edit: if sensible CO precautions taken, as saltylegs mentions below)?

Haven't tried it though. Has anyone out there?

 

[saltylegs]

Using Candle Lanterns


The image of a glowing tent in the wilderness night, stars and moon overhead, is an appealing one. With a little common sense a UCO Candle Lantern is as safe in a tent as other light sources, and much more appealing and economical. A Candle Lantern produces warmth in a tent while reducing condensation—try that with a headlamp! Always ventilate the tent adequately, keep the heat shield away from tent walls, and keep the burning candle within sight. The result is a warm tent, plenty of light to read by, and your headlamp's batteries are preserved for those times when you really need them.

Fine for tents but as in the instructions above ensure good ventilation, I find that even 1 Yankee candle in a house can set of a CO alarm.

 

[mbay]

I got one of these, just the job if you can find one. Very cheap to run and has a steel mantle apposed to a one made out of ash, very little smell if you burn good quality paraffin