EMERGENCY HEAT and Light for 72 DAYS | Crisco candles | SHTF
The EASIEST way I have found to make EMERGENCY heat! for EVERYONE. How to make light that last 72 days. I show you how easy it is to make Crisco candles if you have No Electricity or the power goes out! STAY WARM with this very simple low cost way of making clay pot heater and crisco style emergency candles. Emergency candles that burn incredibly long has never been so easy. Anyone can do it. Making Emergency Heat and emergency candles should be a tool and Prepping skill that everyone should be prepared for. Whether it is a winter power outage, major cold front, if you lose electricity or a pandemic has made chaos. What ever the emergency is, when SHTF you need to have this skill Prepper Ready.
#emergency #poweroutage #SHTF
Some say we are approaching more dark winters, Dark winter ? not sure exactly what that means but dark winter sounds cold and no electricity maybe due to power outage or loose electricity, which would mean more need for emergency heat and emergency light, that is were this emergency heat and light for 72 days comes into play crisco candles will give you that emergency light and emergency heat for a very long period of time! So that is more reason to consider buying the supplies for emergency heat and light for 72 day with these crisco candles before shtf
-------------------
NEW TIPS 9/20/22 CRISCO CANDLES
• EMERGENCY CRISCO CANDL...
PART 2 COOKING FOOD TEST VIDEO - MUST SEE
• 72 DAY CRISCO candle &...
How we add essential oils in this video
72 DAY CRISCO candle & Arizona Penny can stove TESTED | No power cooking | SHTF
• 72 DAY CRISCO candle &...
AMAZON LINK TO ... THE.... MICROWAVE :P
30 In. microwave:
www.amazon.com/SHARP-SMD3070A...
AMAZON LINK TO THE MICROWAVE
24 In. Microwave:
www.amazon.com/Sharp-SMD2470A...
CRISCO TERACOTTA POT HEATER AND LIGHT LINKS:
Amazon Links:
Crisco
amzn.to/31gKzwO
Metel cage
amzn.to/2XXXFO2
Tera-Cotta pots
amzn.to/3BoShkQ
Dripless 8 hour tapered candles
amzn.to/2ZLSYIb
Smaller 1/2 pint jars
amzn.to/31aKNW1
1/2 gal canning jar
amzn.to/3bszNVS
emergency lighting
NEW TIPS 9/20/22 CRISCO CANDLES kzhead.info/sun/Y6-YfZl_a56uZ2g/bejne.html If you LIKED this video! Check Out The VEHICAL VERSION, cars, trucks, truck drivers....🤩 kzhead.info/sun/lLpyhM1_gX1jf3k/bejne.html Do you want another DIY that will put out MORE HEAT & LIGHT?? Indoor safe! Check this video out also!!🔥 kzhead.info/sun/a5WBiMWsgnqblok/bejne.html
Does the utensils container have to have holes in the cylinder?
Also trickling water from faucets, very effective.
Okay I have a really dumb question 🙃 Using the utensil holder, putting the Crisco in it and the pot over the top, but how do you light the Crisco ? Do you put the candle inside the Crisco ?
Someone tested those heaters .they don't do anything sadly .at least with 4 candles .no idea how it's with those you showed .but I guess its pretty similar. AND its extremely expensive to heat with candles .
@@timohess3909 were you inside a cold tent, or a empty small cold closet? It isn't for large spaces. But if your surrounded by 3-4 ft drifts. Your family has combined sleeping bags in a 3-4 man tent in the kitchen, with a south facing window, and everything else is closed off, this, food, a pooty can tripple bagged, and water access may be what keeps all you alive.
This is why we all need each other, no one knows everything but together we know a lot. Thank you for this.
and a lot of half knowledge like these life fake hacks
Great idea!
@@DarkownerMinimalist says the halfwit
Great comment
This is the best thing I've ever read on the internet
I was once stuck in a freezing cold traffic jam. Cars were not moving for over 11 hours. It was 23 degrees outside. A lit candle kept the car at a steady 55 degrees probably saving my life. Never underestimate the heat that comes from a small flame.
Wow, as long as you remember to let fresh oxygen in frequently and carbon monoxide out!!! Even with the car off, between you and the flame the oxygen gets used up!
It's amazing what that little bit of heat does in a small space. My place is small to begin with. But I made it smaller by making a blanket igloo of sorts. The candle knocking off that deadly chill, and the body heat and companionship of my dog kept me going. I'm glad you had the candle in your car. Keeping an emergency kit in your car is so smart.
I’ve heard about this a lot keep a candle in a can in the car with a way to light it to keep you alive.
Yes in a car a life saver!!! It’s good to have a winter bag with emergency essentials!!!
Last 2 weeks have been -25 to -44 Celsius. 23 fahrenheit is shorts weather.
I really like this! My electric was shut off due to not being able to pay it. I'm a older lady by myself. This is right up my alley! The little heater will be great for my little bathroom for heat! I use Mr. Buddy propane heater to heat my whole little mobile home. I use a camping stove to heat water or etc... I always looking for tips to be able to get me through life as cheap as possible! 😊
I had a Little Buddy heater for an 8x10 camper. The problem was that I could burn through a disposable propane container in about 5 hours, meaning That if I went to bed when the sun went down, between 1800 and 1900, I was up at midnight in the freezing cold swapping out propane containers. This Crisco stove burns for far longer! Good on you for making one of these.
You have my heartfelt admiration, take care with your propane heater stay safe
Since it is burning propane, please have a carbon monoxide alarm installed in area. Otherwise it can keep you from ever waking up on this earth. Breathing too much can cost you, your life
My grandpa, who was raised dirt poor in Minnesota at the turn of the 20th century, showed me to take 3 spaghetti noodles and stick them down in a tub of crisco then put the lid back on. Keep several stored in your emergency cabinet. When the power goes out, light the noodles that serve as a wick and you'll have days of light and heat. I have done this my entire adult life, rarely having to use them, but glad for the peace of mind knowing that I have them on the ready. I also keep a flashlight in the top drawer of every drawer in my house and have done that for years. When the power suddenly goes out and the world is pitch black, I just need to find my way to the closest drawer to find immediate light.
Can you please email me at Riversidehomesteadlife@gmail.com would love to ask you a couple questions
@@RiversideHomesteadLife and then share the answers!
I want to light a spaghetti noodle now!
Love the 3 pieces of spaghetti in the crisco tip. 👏🙌🤔💪🤷😁👍
We used to light spaghetti noodles to ignite the gas stove and oven.. cuz they were pretty long
I survived last year for 5 days and nights in freezing temps without any heat source...by using the terra pot and candles. Yes, it was still cold, but kept my pets and myself, along with piles of blankets, alive.
How does that work?
Good 4 you! Wish everyone could had been as lucky as you
Where were you?
That's still a heat source though?
Us in Texas too
If it's cold inside your home due to power outage, set up a Tent in the living room fill it with pillows, blankets and sleeping bags. Move your family into tent which will warm up with body heat keeping everyone warmer.
Thank you for the tip to the community Linda, it is a good one we have many more tips to come
After watching what happened to Texas last year, I have a closet that has no walls to the outside and figured that’s where I’d spend most of my time with candles, but this is even better.
@@lisas44 Hi.... great idea.... You will still need to be mindful of having a source of ventilation in that confined space.... Also make sure you keep the wicks of the candles trimmed as RHL advised... Hopefully you never need to use the candles... Be well :)
I’ve seen the homeless use newspaper and pine straw as well to pack in to anyplace that blocks the wind. I’ve been told it can get toasty even in low temps. Amazing what you’ll do when you have to
A small tent inside of one a little larger will help
People should also keep in mind other options. For years my family had an ornate oil lamp in the closet that was meant for display and a mantle piece. When our furnace died and it was 26 degrees outside, I lit that lamp in a 180 sq foot room and maintained 68 degrees for more than 8 hours. The good thing about oil lamps is that you can adjust the flame and they do burn hotter as well.
I have always collected up oil lamps, extra wicks, and candles when on sale. Seems like someone is always needing them, though, so I have always been able to help in their emergency. Oil lamps are great for adjustable light and heat. Just remember to purchase and have on hand an extra chimney or two in the right sizes, and store plenty of oil, too. Wicks seem to last a long time, but they can also be used in a pinch in a homemade bucket of an oil lamp! Any oil can be used, just practice and see which oils smoke the least and work best for you. Lard smells good to me!
@@hotartesian4163 I am very glad you like the smell of Lard.
@@elmerwaltermeyer8340mice will love it also 🐭🐀🐁
Back about 12 yrs ago we had a ice storm for couple days , freezing rain, sleet, and air temps dropped into near 20s. Trees were so covered in ice the limbs were collapsing and entire trees were breaking and in the city , transformers safety brakers were blowing off due to the overloads, so we lost power for several days and we do have a fireplace but we also had an antique Aladin mantle burner lamp, i think a No. 7. We dont use it very often but i got all the new wicks and mantle for it and kept oil in it. It was my grammas , which was probably her mom n dads lamp, so it goes back a ways. Anyway, that lamp made so much heat , it was like a space heater as well as a light source. It heated the other end of our long room in the kitchen section. Although it wouldve been better in a bedroom, where it could've heated that easily. I wish it had bought another one when id seen them at antique consignments or flea markets. So our oil lamp collection made a huge difference when we couldn't use our furnace even though its nat gas, we dont have a backup electric blower motor powered by battery to move the hot air even if it ran ok. But I'm trying to work on getting it fixed up so i can even run the furnace with no power. We have gas water heater and gas stove, so we can do pretty well with no power if its cold.
@@d.aardent9382true story! Aladdin’s put out an amazing amount of heat. My wife has collected them for years.
i’ve been through 2 CAT 5 hurricanes in the Bahamas and this light source kept my whole condo lit well for days and weeks! At the end of recovery, i still had plenty left for the next disaster
Awsome
During the Texas freeze, i set up a tent in our living room on a rug, surrounded by blankets and lined the inside with pillows. The wife, 4 month old and I had a warm, fun camping trip and I did the same for my folks in their home. Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.
Well said! Thank you so much for sharing!
@@RiversideHomesteadLife mate u save Ur American guys but us Brits are fked. We don't have Crisco or ANYTHING like it....please please do Brit versions.
@@RiversideHomesteadLife we don't have root cellers or even cellers as a general...our houses are small , nothing like Ur USA houses...we have a understair. Cupboard which is prob the easiest room to heat in a UK house...but it's small , can't stand in there and no doubt spider homed...ahem
@@Sol-Cutta Brits absolutely have products almost EXACTLY like Crisco. Stork is the biggest brand, but you've got dozens of brands of shortening to choose from.
@@Sol-Cutta What about lard?
For fourteen days myself and twelve other families lived without electricity. We all live in a forest forest in RVs. This was last February in the foothills of the mountains. We got it before Texas did and we were pretty much stranded here. Some neighbors had generators and plugged into the closest trailers to them and shared what they could. Myself and my neighbor were left without help because the outlets were exhausted. So myself and my 100 lb pit bull were here in my trailer for those 14 days. Neighbors shared water and some warm food but we were on our own as far as heat. I had seen a video about the crisis candle and had what I needed here. I closed off my bedroom and used that candle, and the body heat from my dog for fourteen days and nights to keep from freezing. I'm going to be moving on a few weeks to an apartment. But I'll not be without what I need to keep myself alive if another ice storm comes along. Jyst an aside: I'm 64 years old and have been through some tough times. But I've never felt so afraid that I wasn't gojng to make it through as I was last year. I really think that small amountvof heat made the difference.
Going thru this somewhat now in van 66 yrs old and SSA small income. Using this heart Terra Cotta pot example to heat van nites , save van gas . Hallelujah 🖐️🖐️🔥🔥🙏♥️
Oh my God ,how horrible a experience,I am in Australia in an area that 140 years ago got its first snow ever recorded,people forget this we are in an area that get bad storms and ice falls in winter now and then, heavy frosts in winter also that looks like snow, being only 150 miles from snow country ...and it is bitter to suffer cold ,for people whose bodies get used to heat suffering in summer .But to be cold and freezing is horrible, yes your actions and your dog kept you alive.. 74 now I have always prepared for intense cold and heat ,opperset ends of the stick as they say,Never take the weather predictions for granted ,and the old addege to be prepared for anything under Gods sky...or you are in for a world of misery This rule saved me many a time ........old saying " God helps those that try to help themselves" And he helped you a lot I think.So yes you are doing the right thing ....never stop learning and preparing for any contingencies lets you live longer....Good luck God bless you ...from a tough old bird who never stoped learning .PS....My youngest just turned 45 she has had a hard time and has come home to mum in the rural area because she feels the world is going to ruin ( me to) and feels mum is safer to be with as she has stronger suvival skills.........nice to know ( besids the knowledge is there but my old bod is not as strong as years ago and I have to admit to needing help at times🙄. Hate to admit that ! .)......👵🏻🤷♀️
@@betty6819 Good on you ,sorry to hear of your demise though,we older birds sometimes get smarter as we get older I am 74 now and my daughter 45 came home to be with mum as the world has got to crazy for her.My family is scatterd they are all feeling the stress and I am constantly on the phone talking them into a better calm state.Told them to learn how to suvive any desaster and have preperation for such and the confedence they gain will make them feel better andthey did and now they are facing the world much better.But they still want advice at times and it is good to be able to give it.I have a young grand daughter 15 living with me ,she has a slight touch of autism and has her funny querks ,that I can cope with but her mum down the road can not understand and refuses to do so.Good kid smart and very quiet,we get on very well ,she is learning all I can teach her ,she loves to learn things .Well you take care learn all about what you can,Be deturmined to be the best suvivalest ever,and your knolidge will be a boon not just to you but to others to make you a valuable person to have around.God bless good luck.
@@crystalroseblue6760 🤗👍♥️ thank you. Blessings to you as well. Amen 🖐️🖐️🙏🔥
I’m so glad you and your dog made it. God bless you. Stay warm
In days of old, people made hurricane lamps which had brass bases with a glass tube that went over it to stop any wind from blowing it out. They also mounted a mirror behind it to reflect more light. To increase your heat, make a copper coil with a straight piece going through the middle to support a cotton wick or a forever wick. Put the small wicks in a muffin pan, pour Crisco for fuel, and increase your btu output. Make sure to trim the wicks to a level that they don't smoke. Open your stove and place the muffin pan on the bottom of the stove, slide a metal grate above it and either cook with it or place a large pot of water to create humidity in the air. The water can be used for hot beverages or soup to warm you up, and also to fill hot water bottles. Put unopened cans of soup or vegetables to be warmed up in the water as well. Crisco has no smell. This will keep you alive, make several for backup for cooking or heat as needed. Have some books to read or card games or learn to sing sea shanty songs (What do you do with a drunken sailor is my personal favorite) for entertainment. Have everyone tell their favorite ghost story. Knife or dart throwing is optional. Pong is always fun. Roast marshmallows, make smores, make memories, have fun. Make the best of what you have!
I want to watch a video of you showing all this 😄😁 🎥👌🏽😎
definitely need a video for these tips!
Tip. Terracotta pot has to be one thats been kiln fired. Or it can explode. Some pots arent fired, they're raw. Make sure you get one thats kiln fired. Super important.
This IS NOT a sob story. This is an "I can survive story". Im not looking for help and wouldn't accept it if it were offered. So here it goes. I got into a situation. Lost my job and my place to live. I'm currently living with no running water and no electricity. I have a couple of these candles made but did it in shorter glass containers. I had a couple of the dollar tree rectangle shaped cookie tins. I took the top off then poked holes (lots of holes. Took experimenting with air flow to get it right) in the sides of 1 tin and in the bottom. 4 larger holes in the bottom halfway from center to corners to let more heat out. Crimp the sides so it will fit into the other tin. The reason you do this is so that there will be a little room between the flame and the bottom of the tin with holes in it. Stick the candles in the tin with no holes, light the candles (I use 2 but 3 would be better) and put the tin with the holes in it on top. You can warm food on top of this or use it for heat. I have been using this and a jet stove I made out of cinder blocks to cook and re-heat food for me and my dog. When all you have is a couple of rifles, some fishing gear, and knowledge, you can get by. I solar charge 2 phones during the day and borrow my neighbors wifi at night to have a little entertainment. During the day, I hunt, run fish traps, and cut fire wood for cooking. I have a neighbor nice enough to let me keep my deep freeze in his shop and plugged in so I can stock up on meat for a few days at a time. Now the reason this isn't a sob story, I talked to God. When he talked back....I listened and then went inthe direction he sent me. I start job number 1 in 4 days and job number 2 the following Monday. I got hired on to both jobs in the same day and the way the shifts are scheduled, I can work both jobs. One pays decent and the other pays exceptional. I will be back on my feet in 2 weeks time. So not saying that your method isn't great. I'm just throwing what I have out there in case other people don't have the same stuff you do
I liked reading your story, I have done everything you mentioned but for fun not for survival, so I understand what you’re saying, continue to pray to God, he will take care of you and only give you what you can handle… Sometimes it’s just a learning curve things that he wants you to learn to become a better man amazing story stick with us we have many more tips to come thank you for leaving a lengthy, God bless
@@monicabaker1124 what?
@@joemattox7525 sorry my phone has been doing crazy things. I didn't realize it sent that
@@monicabaker1124 ok. No biggie 👍👍
If you have a river maybe rig up a waterwheel to drive a generator, charge up a car battery and you can use 12v for charging up, lighting etc, stay strong there, this too shall pass 👍
There is a wick called a Forever Wick, its made from Carbon felt and doesnt actually burn but allows the combustion of fats and oils, Robert Murray Smith shows it off on his channel, this Crisco method combined with that could make for a great long term heat and light source! Nice work
Very cool
I had never heard of RMS, so thanks! I'm now subscribed to his channel.
Stovetop fan on the top of the planter might help might help
Typical fiber wicks self trim. They burn down with the fuel. Usually staying 5mm tall above the top of the wax or oil pool. This provides best flame. The forever carbon felt wicks are useful for a lamp that you refill but for Crisco or wax...it is not needed.
I'm a prepper and this is perfect in case the grid goes down. THANK YOU!!!
Make sure you test it first. I’ve seen other videos and will be trying it myself this week. But from what I have seen in other videos, it is a lot less burn time. Other than that though, this is great!!
I'm totally doing this. I hate spending so much money on candles that don't last. And I love the simplicity and survival aspect of it. You're awesome thank you!!
You can also put a CLEAR water bottle in front of the candle and direct the light. Victorian and Edwardian seamstresses used this method to sew at night. My parents were Diplomatic. I grew up in 3rd world Countries. Our electricity was iffy. My parents used the water and candle method when our lights went out. You can also use a catering tea candle stand to cook. Great for heating water for hot water bottles! Amazon has one from Japan that I just purchased. Stayed hot for 24hrs. My cats loved it and so did I! I live 26k from the Chek boarder in Bavaria. Trust me, invest in hot water bottles! FYI: they also work during the summer. AC gone out? Fill hot water bottle with cold water. Stick it in the freezer. Before you go to bed, stick the cold water bottle in the bed.
Thanks for the light hint. It all matters.
Do you mean an old fashioned rubber hot water bottle???
Or maybe a mirror?
@@victoriaalbastra6325 Yes, a mirror works good, and if no mirror of the size you want, you can always use alumininum foil, and if you like you can paste or tape the foil to a sheet of cardboard made in a half circle and place in around the jar to direct the light to whatever direction you want.
Brilliant!
During an ice storm in Ga. years ago; I was fortunate to have a small iron franklin fireplace in the living room. I also had a few month old child. I closed the doors on every room, and hung a blanket over the living room door opening. We moved into this one room, and I did use crisco candles for light. Keeping a pot of water on the stovetop, kept the room warmer with humidity in the air. The water is good for coffee, tea, dry soup mixes, or instant meals. A small sauce pot can heat canned soup, or meals. You can cook hot dogs or hamburgers over a heater like this terracotta pot.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I rarely see posts from folks who have used these hacks in an emergency situation. I don't use Crisco in cooking, but I will absolutely keep it on hand for emergencies. Blessings, health, prosperity and peace to you and yours and to all who read this! 😘👍😇💖
Wow, you’re awesome. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for your first hand experience. Good job! ❤
Great idea! 💡
Very nice, you look like someone i knew once.....maybe .....
If you want heat, then use two pots with a small jar that will Blow out heat. so use a smaller pot over the candle where air can get around it and seal the top. Add a second pot over it and leave the top open. It will "blow" heat in to the room. You can heat up a 10x10 room with two of these to where you won't freeze.
Would you kindly be more specific about the build instructions and the types of pot materials?
Thank you so much for this info I'm currently living in a tent in Iowa and this kept me warm all night last night I couldn't believe it! Thank you so much seriously! I'm gonna make a few of these for some other people I know who need them as well!
Sarah, the perfect comment I love to read. I hope many people read this... Please share the video! to groups or other social media to spread the tip, thank you so much for taking the time to comment, More tips to come!
One suggestion I would make is to put the set up inside a large (cheap - thrift store) stockpot - just in case it should get bumped/knocked over in that small space.
@@CondescendingOaf yes or a Dutch oven would work too😊
@Sara Leach I hope you are OK. Right now it is 45 degrees with a cold rain in Iowa.
Hang in there Sarah. I pray housing comes your way so soon.
Safer option than using the whole crisco can, would be to fill an empty large coffee can with the melted crisco and wicks. If you noticed over the years some manufacturers no longer use metal to store crisco/ shortening. Let's not burn plastic to stay warm. Common sense rules. I love how people are contributing all their ideas and experiences! ❤
Thank you Aura ! 💛 yes in the crisco can is strictly emergency no time - When I film them it’s hard to get everything perfect but yes metal cans is the smartest glass is second and thank you for contributing to the group means a lot
I was looking to see if anyone would remind people to melt the Crisco first, so that it does work better. Thank You.
It would be easiest to do on a hot summer day in the sun so there's no stove or oven to waste energy or risk a fire.
I haven't seen coffee in a metal can in a while. Just saying, hopefully people have enough sense not to burn plastic, but nothing surprises me anymore
@@kevlarskeeper4927 I wouldn't know, I've never could stand it.
I’ve made these candles a couple years ago although I’ve never needed to use them. Now I live in a 200 square-foot tiny house with a 12 foot ceilings. I love your channel especially this particular video because you seem so sincere about helping people. Thanks dude.
❤
They also have high temp place mats you can set pans on straight off the stove. It works great for this as well. I grew up off the grid, and this does work. If you make many, close off a smaller room with blankets over the doors or opening to another room, with people all in that room with the candles worked! You could drastically feel the difference when you left that room. Also, a small portable greenhouse tent can fit into our basement or living room. We have used it like a tent, and it keeps the space warmer in, especially with the candles. We took and drilled holes through the lid and ran the wire through it to make it a lantern and hung them on the top frame of the small greenhouse. Anyway, there are so many cool things you can make in emergency situations.
❤
It's a modern version of the oil lamp, found many years BC. They used animal fat or olive oil. A pinch of salt will also prevent smoke. It can be made out of anything that's fireproof: a metal jar lid will do fine . I use butchers twine for a wick. Cheaper than candles, just tied a knot in one end and used a wire hanger to push it into the fat. Warm it briefly to fill in around the wick. Thanks for your great tips!
Peter you sound like you are experienced! Thanks for sharing with group - people need to hear from people like you - very informative! Thanks I will keep the tips coming 🙌🏽
But don’t oil lamps hold the wick up and out of the oil itself? I have a few old fashioned oil lamps and can’t imagine the safety issues if the wick were to burn down into the oil well…?
@@PYN111 Oil lamps are liquid at all times and the oil is much more flammable which is why they soak in the oil and the wick is held in place so the flame can't travel down it into the reservoir. Stuff like this don't stay liquid nor become a giant puddle and acts just like a wax candle since the combustion point is much higher than the oil lamp fuel.
@@PYN111 No ma'am, it's no different than sticking a whole candle down into the jar of Crisco. Just cheaper. The main thing to remember is to get the wick oiled all the way to the tip, or the cottonwood burn instead of the fat. Use the same protocol as you would for any open flame. Simple as that. Good luck.
@@RiversideHomesteadLife Jj
Living in equator area I just never know how deadly winter are. But I just try this method today, just add few drop of Lavender and Vanilla essential oil into the Crisco candle and boom; a room heater with very calming aroma. Just wow, this idea works better than buying expensive aromatherapy candles. Greetings from Indonesia 🇮🇩
yep. i always have some type of essential oil on hand. i thought the same thing - add lavender, or rose, etc. glad you tried it to let me know it works well.
@@katrinab7657 but, believe me, don not use essential oils which is expensive. Now I found 'essence' for baking bread or cake just way way way more better! I use Mocca Coffee mix with Vanilla essence, it very great! The essence just perfect for producing aromatic then it burned. My home just full of BAKERY SCENTS now, even my neighbors just wondering the delicious soft scents 🤣🤣🤣
You answered my aroma question, this is awesome.
Yea tried the smelling oil before I can't smell it.
I have made a radiant heater using a large 3 wick candles in a a clay saucer under a plant stand with a large clay pot over the candle upside down on the top of the plant stand. It heated my entire bathroom 😊
This comment is not a survival tip but a comfort tip. On a cool/cold evening when we want to enjoy the twilight in our back yard, we cook up some large baking potatoes in the microwave (one per person), wrap each in a dishtowel, and give them to our guests. Having a hot potato in your lap gives quite a lot of heat for up to a couple hours, makes everyone toasty. (Plus at the end you have a cooked potato to eat!)
As a disabled senior who was an outdoor enthusiast my whole life but am now stuck in an apt bldg, am grateful to find your channel. These are simple things I can do to try & survive what I know is almost here. Am looking forward to more tips for those of us with limited options! Thank you and blessings.
thank you Gina, pay no mind to the haters on here that like to shoot down real help.... read some of the comments... of folks on here that have real life experience and saved there lives... it works if done correctly.... Blessing to you, and be prepared... hard winter coming... thank you for supporting our channel... other grateful supporters said :Sarah Leach • 45 minutes ago Thank you so much for this info I'm currently living in a tent in Iowa and this kept me warm all night last night I couldn't believe it! Thank you so much seriously! I'm gonna make a few of these for some other people I know who need them as well! REPLY 1 reply Jaqlyn Mead • 1 day ago Used terracotta pots during 4 month nov-feb power outage. Used 2 thicker 1/4 mexican terracotta pots with bolts washers & nuts 2 attach pots. Metal also heats pots faster. It kept us toasty for 4 months in 12'×12' bedroom. We cooked in our fireplace. But our bedroom was furthest from fireplace & always cold. So we used pots we had which had set of 3 mexican nesting pots one fit inside another lrg med smll. We used lrg & med on bricks with plate 2 slide candles out 2 lite & replace candles. We used $1 walmart candles ×4. It was like a mini fireplace kept us very cozy fir 4 months. We wana try with crisco candles already prepared just waiting 4 power outage 2 use. Walmart candles lasted 24-26 hours. Can't wait 2 use longer burning crisco candles... We may even add 3rd smll pot?
@Delana Taylor Online I see your Arizona flag…nice….heading to Quartzsite in January….yeah🇺🇸❤️🕊
Awsome
I'm one of those survivors. My situation was pretty bad during the ice storm last February. I truly felt afraid of freezing to death. That candle and my big, warm dog saved my life. I don't say that lightly. Only thing I added that did improve things was some heavy duty aluminum foil layered enough times to make it stay shaped into a kind of tent/dome with an open front to keep the heat channeled more toward me.
My heater just died and you'll all just made my day. Thank you so much!!
You are very welcome, feel free to read through other comments of folks that it is worked for during emergency situation you might pick up a few extra tips on how it worked well for them
God be with you. Hopefully you’re back up and running now but I’ll say a prayer for you anyway!
We lost power for 5 days (central Tx) during the January snowstorm of '21. We lit 33 candles around the house, ranging from tea light sized to the 3 wick scented candles. We managed to keep it at 54 degrees indoors. Which was still miserable and cold, but it wasn't a deadly cold.
Thanks for sharing Donna!
Empty paint can w/tealights stored in the trunk can save you in your car too.
Next time close off ONE ROOM, instead of entire house....you'll be a bit more comfortable, and need fewer candles, thereby making them last a little longer before needing more
Preparedness is the key! While I love your idea, we keep a couple oil lanterns and a gallon each of oil. That will last approximately 258 hours, or 32 8 hour days. We like the smell, and they produce more light. Years ago our power was off 5 days and we used them and brought the gas grill in to cook on and even more heat when cooking. Now we have a camper 2 40 lb propane tanks and two small generators, which solves all problems, even if an earthquake, but I realize that many have no place to keep one or want to spend the money for an "emergency cabin". Being in our 70s, we also keep a good sleeping bag in our vehicles in case we got stranded in bad weather. You can't be over prepared, especially when older...
Well said, thanks for sharing Kenneth!
I lost power during the Texas freeze for over 30 hours and a candle in Crisco can UNDER A SMALL TENT kept me warm. Not big enough to heat a small room, but will give you relief in an 8' x 8' area to sleep under (with cat).
I am really sorry that happened to you. I hope the windmills get the winter weather kits that were missing. As a northerner it really hurt to watch you guys get blasted with no insulation or heavy clothes.
That is fabulous information. We see this kind of stuff, but who knows if it would really work when you needed it.
@@terrycalderwood3480 It only works in a small area (tented), but I stuck a candle in a smaller can of Crisco and it lasted the entire 30+ hours; a small can mind you. My only concern was my cat burning himself on it.
I'm pretty sure the cats are what really kept you warm
@@timothyconnecticut1910 One cat and after a few minutes, he always moves away because I think he actually got too warm from the clay pot.
Well done ! I'm in my 21st year 100% off grid. I've gained tremendous knowledge but remain humble. Your video creation will save a few lives. That means a lot ! Stay blessed friend
Amazing to hear! so incredible Jay! Look forward to your replies on other videos! Thank you
The internet is on the grid
@@tc9875 It's available on the grid true. But is not grid based by any means.
@@WindmillJay You can send Internet over amateur radio, satellite, optical LED links, all sorts of wacky homebrew stuff, and if you're not watching Netflix in 4K, even a relatively low bitrate is useful. Back in the day we had 28.8kilobit modems. 2.8K a second, a megabyte in 7 minutes! Now they're doing gigabit to people's homes! That's like 300,000 times faster! But the Internet was good back then. Of course, web pages were smaller and didn't contain a ton of Javascript and auxiliary style sheets, they were just pages with writing and pictures, but more than good enough. There were also text-based systems like Usenet and IRC for talking. You can do all sorts of amazing stuff with home-made Internet! There's even a standard for transmitting Internet over carrier pigeon. Obviously they had to adjust the delays a little bit, pigeons take a while. It's like those olden-days farms who'd run telephone service over steel wire fences. If the phone company wouldn't run a wire all the way out to your homestead, you bargained and got them to wire it to your fence. In the open country, apparently telephone companies must have had a lot of customers like that. You can install solar-powered repeaters halfway between here and there, to bounce the signal over longer distances. It's all thanks to the basic TCP / IP standard. If you can send any sort of signal over something, the air, a wire, whatever, then it will carry Internet. Also this candle thing will burn your house down. Just sayin'. Fire brigades report so many more fires during power cuts, cos people start getting creative with fire. Think of all the stuff in your home that's flammable. Only takes a flame to start.
Hi my brother told me about these cheaters with Crisco and the pots and I didn't believe him until I seen your video. I'm in a situation where I actually going to need this thank you so much for teaching me something I needed it thank you.
I have actually cooked on the crisco shortening when we had no power for 1 week. I had a bucket shaped grill and put the 6 lb can inside and added 5 birthday candles spread in a circle and one in the middle. I covered that with the wire grill and was able to cook hot water for tea or to add to instant oatmeal or grits. And I put a pan on top and was able to cook canned foods or meats. I also used the flame as lighting at night to get around my room and to warm my small bedroom or warm water to hand wash my body. I have never used the terra cotta planter and am hoping to try it next time. Thanks for sharing this.
I was just wondering if I could get the temperature up by adding more wicks. Thank you for sharing your cooking hack!
This would be great to keep in your car so if you get caught in a snow storm or very cold weather and have to wait for help because your car broke down or you are stuck in the snow... This will help to keep you warm.
100%
NASA war DOCUMENTS have told us this sustainable development they have been planning but( Obiden is pushing it through ). Obiden just tried to outlaw burning wood and make everything electric so he can turn our heart off and way of cooking also. We are definitely going to need these . Especially the people who are not going to take the mark of the beast vac . So this is awesome and so are you thanks so much and God bless you 🤗 in a pinch I have taken a piece of paper as big as a rolling paper and roll like a candle dip into the wax ,let dry, light and use as a wick
You gave me a great idea! My daughter leaves for work early in the morning and really hates scraping ice off her windshield. A tiny shortening candle might keep the car interior just warm enough overnight to prevent ice formation in the first place. We have some old shortening that's just a tad over the hill. This would be a great use for it.
@@d.jensen5153 Can throw an old blanket over the windshield at night. Then she can just toss it in & go! They actually sell something like this for vehicles made of nylon. To keep it from blowing off, there are flaps that you close onto the doors.
Very true and a good idea, just make sure you Crack a window for air flow
In an winter emergency, the first thing I think of is conserving heat. Move into the most logical room of your home, seal the rest off (close doors, hang blankets, etc). Any windows in that room should have heavy blankets of drapery on them that can keep in the heat at night, but allow them to be opened to gather light and heat during the day. Collect as much water out of your plumbing system asap. Freezing temps = broken pipes. You may have to shut off the water to your home, and drain the rest of the system to prevent ice from forming in your lines. Don't forget to empty the commodes by plunging the water out of the bowl & traps after draining the reservoir tank on the toilet. You may have to resort to melted snow for fresh water if you didn't stock pile any. Get the clean stuff, put out clean buckets to catch it. Bring in near the heated areas to melt.anything over 32° and it will melt. To make those candles/radiant heaters easier: Heat a large pot half filled with water on the stove. Once the water is simmering, drop the can of "crisco" in it to melt. Then you can dip out with a measuring cup what you want once its melted. Easier than scoop/melt method. Just keep the water half way up the can, and at a bare simmer, it won't take long to melt. Especially if you put the lid on. Remember too in this type of emergency, you still need fresh air periodically into your home/room to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning while burning any combustables (candles, radiant heaters, kerosene heaters, propane heaters, etc). For heaven sake do not try to cook on your grill in your home. Keep it outside where it belongs.
Great Tips Denise!!🙌🏽 thank you sooo much ! And contributing to our community learning 😃 I sure hope you stick around and comment on many videos - love when others throw in valuable tips 💛
@@RiversideHomesteadLife thanks! 😊 I am a truck driver and have survived some hellacious weather out here on the road. One winter in Wyoming, the temp was -40°, wind was pushing the wind chill down around -65°, and my radiator decided to freeze over. I limped the truck into a rest area, but she couldn't stay running. No antifreeze, no water, no run. No bunk heater,🥺. But I had extra blankets, hot hands, and a couple of 1 dollar jarred candles. I used a couple of the blankets to cover the windshield and side windows, put the lit candles in the cup holders, cracked the back vent against the wind, and bundled up in the bunk. When the road service folks could get to me hours and hours later, it was still -40° outside, but it was about 40 in my cab, and I was toasty under the blankets in my insulated bibs and parka, complaining cuz they woke me up, 😆. I try to be prepared for just about anything, on the road, or at home. It never hurts to have a plan, and a course of action. Even if my neighbors and other drivers think I am nuts. Ya never know what life is gonna throw at you while you are busy living your life. I say if the spirit tells you you might need that_________. Heed it. You usually will need it. I am looking forward to getting home and making up some of those emergency crisco lamps to tuck away in my stash of things.😃 Thanks for the great idea!
Time to add some content to your yt channel Driver to go along with all the Wisdom and Light you have. I started you off as your first subscriber
Everything but the snow to drink because that shit is now toxic. Just cause they couldn't get heat doesn't mean the GeoEngineering planes weren't still dropping chemicals like aluminum, barium, strontium and now lithium among other nanoparticles. Barium and strontium are the contributing chems that make those beautiful purpink sunrises abd sunsets but don't let that beauty fool ya, it's toxic as hell to even breathe though we do it every time they spray but don't you eat or drink that yellow or even white snow without boiling thoroughly but I'm not sure how well that will work
@@killyourtelllievision absolutely. Would need a Berkey water filter or some type before drinking. The snow and rain is polluted now. Sad isnt it. Gates is the devil.
Georgia here had a ice storm. Which shut the power off a few days to a week. No one was allowed on the roads. We had an earthquake in the middle of it. Lol thought a tree was falling on the house. We had candles, but this is a better idea. Thank you.
Thank You! We've lived off grid a few times and this is the most affordable option I've seen, yet.
After reading health “nut” info about the link in the American diet to diabetes, heart disease and excessive omega-6 fat consumption ( vegetable oils ) maybe this really is the best use of vegetable shortening! Great idea, thanks.
Yes you are right, thanks for taking the time to come in, hit the bell because we have many great tips coming stay up-to-date, have a wonderful day
This is what it was made for. Why we started eating this is beyond me.
It works great in the bedroom also, better than vasaline or even KY, and uf you like to do it with the lights on, you've got that covered too !
Yep, I just watched that yesterday lol
I used 2 terracotta pots like this in my greenhouse on really cold freezing 🥶 nights. Works wonders and plants still alive!
Great to know! Thanks for your comment Kat
Good idea
I do that but I use olive oil and wire wick holder.
That’s exactly what I was looking for 😍
I am going to try that in my little greenhouse tonight. It’s supposed to freeze.
I live in my van and I used to use my propane tank to heat up the van since I don't have power in the back of the van. But was always worried I would get sick from the fumes of the propane, but now that I have made my first clay pot heater I stay nice and warm and sometimes I get too hot. It's great and it saves my propane for actual cooking. And I don't have to turn the van on to waist gas to heat the van. This is the best way to heat your small space. I love it. 😂❤
This is what I was looking for, PLUS! Thank you for the instructions. I've been collecting "Crisco" and taper candles. Now I know what to do with them! Plus, the radiant heaters are great!
You're welcome, thanks for watching Sheri
Wow!!!! Thank you!!!! I’m from Texas and I and my dogs went thru that terrible crisis!!!! I tried 2 weeks before the crisis to get more propane and didn’t get it till it was almost over. So, I’ve been really trying to get ready for this winter so hopefully I and my dogs don’t have to go thru this again. It was absolutely miserable!!! I’m sad to say that you really can’t depend on other’s to check on you or help you. No one checked on us thru all of this. It sure is different times now I’m 73 years old and I still try to help as we were taught back in the day. Golden rule is to live by, “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Thank you so much for your life saving video and I’m going to pick up a few things today and more as my tight budget allows.
Texans need to Vote for Better Representatives. WTH is going on down there? Why can't people see the correlation??
I'm really sorry that you went through that all alone.Things have changed so much compared to how I was raised. I pray this winter goes a lot better for you (us) this year. God Bless
my dogs and I went through * my dogs and I don't have to go through this again*
In our little town, South of Wichita Falls, (
@@lbsummer7921 you're a sad person. I feel bad for you.
I currently have light but no heating due to lack of funds. It’s a good job I have so many blankets and candles 🙏🏻 I got this! 💪🏻
Good luck to you both!
This is GREAT. Thank you so much for letting us know of this and how we can do it ourselves! Being prepared is KEY when in difficult conditions.
You are so welcome!
Yes I will comment on your video, you have done a good job especially reminding people to keep the wicks trimmed, but as someone who has used clay pot heaters before I will tell you nothing beats a metal cover as metal gets a whole lot hotter!, if you're going to use terracotta top definitely put as many steel washers on top as possible as they will get significantly hotter than the pot alone!, I like the big metal heater in your video the best because it has the possibility of giving off more BTU of heat!, next video try experimenting by setting a 6 inch stovepipe elbow on top of the clay pot and do a temperature reading comparison between the two heater styles, definitely would like to see that video!
As someone that was impacted in TX during that disaster I'm definitely saving this for future reference!
If you place multiple wicks into your shortening reservoir you can also use it as a cook stove. 2-3 wicks under a small pan will actually cook, instead of just warm, your food. Obviously this will reduce the viable burn time for the candle but it increases the versatility. Excellent vid & very glad to have found your channel. Looking forward to more!
I bet that would kick up the warmth in the house if you wanted more heat, too.
Can you have a plastic crisco can or does it have to be medal for a candle to burn in?
@@BrightLightShines glass
What will happen is you burn the oxygen in the room faster... guess what happens after that.
@Kelly Moulton; that's good to know. Thanks for the information.
Preface- In normal circumstances I am not an advocate for theft but if it is a survival situation it is understandable. Now onto what I have to say. This is extremely valuable to the homeless population. A vast majority of homeless have food assistance from the state government, this can cover not only the crisco for a small portion of the food assistance but also the jar by buying any foodstuff that comes in a large jar (Jams and such). The candles are also extremely cheap at dollar stores (if an emergency candles are usually not tagged for the theft detection at store doorways). Many dollar stores have 30 x 30 tarps for around 6 to 7 dollars. Small terra cotta pots are not that expensive. (in an emergency, most DIY stores have them in the outdoor areas where there are only 1 or 2 attendants and the exits don't have theft protection) You may not have access to a microwave or stove so you will just have to pack the jar as well as you can with the solid shortening. Make the candles as seen here. Place the candle on the ground and drape the tarp over yourself leaving air gaps but mostly enclosing yourself or if possible make a tarp lean to. This will be enough of an enclosure to trap enough heat to keep you from freezing. Terra cotta is very fragile for traveling, so I would recommend keeping an eye out for something like a large metal funnel or cone shaped metal bit that will fit over the jar.
Just made & added these candles to my preps this week......2 days later we had a wicked storm here in CA. and lost power. I have the materials for various types of Terra cotta heaters too, but despite the storm it didn't get cold enough to set it up. Love these heaters so much. Terra Cotta is a great to work with and affective. Thx for this vid.
Put some nice smooth sort of flat and oval stones on top of that heater. When they heat up nicely you can use them in your pockets, boots, clothes, or help dry wet socks, and they are great to put in the foot of sleeping bags at night and will keep you comfy with toasty feet. You just always keep rocks on and trade them out when you need some fresh BTUs. If they get too hot, you can wrap them in a towel , t shirt, or bandana as long as they aren't hot enough to char anything. These are great heaters to make all kinds of body warmers, also water for hot water bottles.
Thanks for giving the community a great tip, more tips to come
I love this idea. In the old days they used stuff like that to warm their beds & when riding in their horse carriage to keep hands & feet warm.
I do this for the deer blind. Nice smooth. Hard River rocks work great. I get mine from lake Michigan or superior. If you want to get fancy, find some soap stone. You can shape soap stone with metal files and Dremel tools. Soap stone is one of the best stones you can use to hold heat. Don't use field stone. They are too porous, they can explode if you over heat them and they stink.
What great ideas! Super helpful thank you!
I always put hot rocks in my boots, to dry them out. It also keeps the vermin out of your boots. I pull my socks over them to dry out & prevent vermin out. Overseas you have to be alert for scorpions. From the time we stop for the day & set up camp. Take your boots off allow your feet to dry out. Before you turn in, use foot powder, dry socks (clean)& running shoes to sleep in. These are for if you got to get up in middle of the night and face an emergency. You don't need to be fumbling around looking for your foot wear and your tent is on fire. If you have tender feet, use mole skin and you can use stick deodorant on your feet to toughen them up and forgo blisters. Have fun.
I made 7 of them Terra pot candles. It kept my whole room (10×14) comfortable all night long.
Use all 7 in one room?
Keep fire extinguisher handy? I live in earthquake country…..
Small flame might help if you're in an adverse environment, where you don't want to draw attention to your presence. I use terracotta pots on my wood burner to give a radiant surface area. I also pick up candles at garage sales and thrift stores to make emergency candles and fire starters. Even if they are partly used, dirty, or warped, they will work just fine. To extend shelf life and to keep them from going rancid, I'd put them in a freezer.
I learned this from my Grandparents back in the late 50's! We use them occasionally when the power goes out! Awesome Video, Sir!
Living in NE Ohio I occasionally deal with power outages. I made 8-10 of the crisco candles(with essential oils)early last year and when a tree fell on my power line, I was ready to keep my 89 yr old parents and myself comfortable and provide a light source, too. I also made alcohol heater using tin cans, sand, cotton balls and 70% rubbing alcohol as a fuel source to cook on. Being ready in case an emergency arises, diminishes the anxiety. These are affordable and readily available items that everyone should consider putting together.
Nice job Joyce! Always good to be prepared
Great video and very practical!
Did you burn 8 to 10 candles at the same time? Because there's just not enough BTUs there to keep anybody warm
@@tjward2370 yes, I lit all my candles throughout our home. We live in a single floor dwelling and my parents have a connecting 3 room apt. I also put blankets over doorways to unused rooms, reflective sheeting (car sun shields) under mattress pads on beds and under sheeting on sofa. I had a few rubberized rugs I used as extra protection for our feet. However, the crisco candles took the chill out of the air, allowing for a comfortable environment. If you reduce your living space during a crisis, one can easily survive. If needed, one can set-up a tent inside, covered with sheets and blankets, put your mattress inside and small chair/table.... and with GREAT CARE, use your Terra cotta heater. Or, make a tent using your table... anything to help reduce area needing to keep heated. And, thanks for your question. Hope this is helpful.
Благодарю за рассказ о вашем выживании в аварийной жизненной ситуации! Мне 79 лет и никто никогда не учил нас элементам и способам выживания. Этому стоит учиться с самого детства. Я живу в Украине. и у нас льётся кровь а опыта и знаний выжить нет и власть это не заботит. Я благодарен за видео. Оно ценно.
Coen, I make a lot of these using Crisco and you are right, they are excellent light sources and heat source. The only thing is, you should always transfer the Crisco into glass containers, the cans the Crisco comes in are made with a cardboard material and can be dangerous to use. I love your awesome videos, just wanted to give you a heads up on using the cans that the Crisco ones in. ❤️
The can becomes the wick.
@@White000Crow wicked harsh burn
I'd forgotten this hack, thanks for reminding me. I noticed a reply mentioned using a candle to stay warm when trapped in your car. Please, people, make sure you clear any snow from the exhaust pipe. If it's blocked and you run the engine, you can die before you freeze. That said, a metal shortening/coffee can, candle, matches, a coffee cup, and a jar of bullion cubes rode everywhere with us when I lived in Wisconsin.
Thanks Knoweyes ! Yes - the burning in the crisco can is like for no time get it going- works good in cold conditions - no worries/ but the intent of transferring should be the near future goal! , Cohen 🙌🏽
@Riverside Homestead Life I have no heat in one room I bought a terrakata pot and put a crisco can inside and insert one of the longer candles can I use this to heat my room Thank you
I used Gerber baby food glass jars with metal lids to make your vegetable shortening candles. Used birthday cake candles for wicks. They work great! Thanks much for your ideas and instructions
Sounds great!
Yes on the terra cotta lamp shade over a few candle tea lights. Yes 💯 but you need to have the terra cotta pot a few inches above the lit candles. I used a few spice bottles to lift it at even heights. Perfect. Use the provided, flat , little bottom piece of the pot to contain the candles in one spot. Definitely keep it away from children or pets, and at floor level so the heat rises. Works great on an enclosed area. I was in a 20' old camper. Stayed warm enough. 😊 Had a tarp over that camper held down with bungee cords. Definitely helped hold heat in. 👍🫡🗣️💁
We live in western NC, and don't keep our house very warm in winter by choice. I have been looking for a safe way to create a warm corner for our 4 cats. Cats do like to be cozy. Your video is surely useful in my search for a cat warmer, and I love the idea of making candles with shortening and candles. I am gonna make some of those for sure, and I thank you very much for sharing these important ideas!
On a related note, if you're concerned about your pipes freezing during an outage, a plumber who works for our city said this: Keep the sinks and tub faucet on the lowest level of your dwelling open to a slight but steady drip. This will keep the valve open at the city connection area to keep the water from backing up, expanding, then pipe bursting. The city end won't back up, the home side will if you don't.
What a great tip, thank you! Is there any concern with toilets though...?
This was method used (still) in the Minnesota country when temps dipped below -20F. Leave a faucet dribbling, your well pump will come on a couple times an hour circulating water from the well that is warm, prevents pipes from freezing.
As a small child we did this during the winter's up here in the North in the snow belt region we live in because we had no basement to our house only a crawl space so it's a great tip for people that don't have basements in their houses sit on the ground or close to the ground.... Please don't do what some people have by crawling under the house with a blow torture other heating source to try to defreeze the pipes but if all else fails you could take snow and melt it down and even have secure place outside of snow to keep food fresh like on a balcony.... My aunt did that when she had a second floor apartment and there was a power outage so she took her stuff from the refrigerator that was perishable and buried in the snow on the small balcony she had and covered it... Also a small tip I learned from a homeless man is you could stuff the inside of your jacket or shirt with newspapers as well as in your windows between the screen or storm window and your window of your home of older houses to keep the heat source in.... As well as most putting plastic over their windows here up in the north I also remember as a small child we used to take bread bags after we put our socks on put bread bags over our feet before we put our boots on to not only keep our feet warm but dry so we wouldn't catch colds....
Yep! My husband is a master plumber and we do this every winter
We did that in Texas and it froze anyway. We had a frozen drip coming out of our kitchen sink. It works for overnight, but if you are frozen for days without any kind of heat, it doesn't work. We learned that the hard way so you don't have to.
I put mirrors behind a lit candle and it really reflects a lot more light than a candle alone. DT has 12x12s that work well.
The mirror doesn't amplify the light, just redirect it or you could add 1000 mirrors and set up a solar panel and a candle to power the neighborhood
@@robertjones1730 Funny!
put a candle behind a goldlfish bowl or jar full of water if you want more light in the room.
We learned this in Cub Scouts, but was recommended to use with extreme caution when you have children and pets. Foil emergency blankets help you encapsulate body heat, and hand and foot warmers are good to have on hand, too. Old timey is the "warming bricks" trick, wrap in towels, tuck in foot of the bed. We moved our propane camp stove under the open porch roof to cook, too. Balls of wick material are also available at craft stores. Make sure there's no flammable material, curtains, rugs, cloth or upholstery nearby. I keep a few empty cans and strike anywhere matches, candles and other survival needs in my car...kids call me "mom-gyver" lol 9
Good tips
Back in the day during extreme cold people hung quilts and blankets across doorways to seal off a room, burned oil lamps and candles while the family played checkers or cards. You would pretty much pile into and live in that room, only going out to the other rooms for supplies of food and drink, or to take care of a bathroom issue. There was an unlucky winner that let the family pets out or in, and did the cooking and making of coffee for everyone! Good memories of indoor camping.
😂 yep, indoor camping - ohh, the good ol days 🙂
For a good fire-starter, if you have a fireplace or wood stove, fill your muffin pan with cupcake liners, put a pinecone in it, and pour the liquid wax or crisco type oil over it. Allow to harden, store in a jar or can, and use one to light your fire. Catch the paper of the liner on fire first, and it will go from there.
You could use an egg carton too.
Wax paper nested with a sheet of newspaper twisted together works great too.
@@andiincali.4663 I learned that trick in the BSA back in the 1960s when studying for my wilderness merit badge.
Duration, Cotton ball w/ Vaseline
I use an egg create, the lint from my dryer and candle wax. Then you just tear off an egg hole for you fire place light. A dozen eggs. A dozen lights.
He teaches everything very calmly and passively. That all can understand
Kind of stuff that should be taught in schools. Real life situations.
@@cory8837 🤣
Safety tip: Keep a window flap on your tent slightly open for ventilation or keep a window slightly cracked open in your room space if you are burning candles. Burning candles or anything else uses up oxygen and can cause carbon monoxide poisoning, so make sure to ventilate to let air into the space!
Good tip
Good tip, I wonder if the dryer door was kept open and let the dryer's vent come in the basement and carbon monoxide went to another where furnace pipe vent goes to attic from the basement water heater?
In the middle of a power outage right now in 30-ish temps This is genius !!! Thank you !!
As the prepper saying goes: KNOWLEDGE WEIGHS NOTHING. It was wonderful reading Dorothy's story (below) of how she & her 100lb pit bull survived for 14 days without electricity in the ice storm last year. After hearing about all the heartbreaking stories of those who perished, it warmed my heart to hear a story of survival, using only her knowledge & extremely limited available resources. However, Dorothy had enough knowledge to make it through her horrendous ordeal & I thank her for sharing.
Sunnytrailr bless your heart, that made me feel so good to read your comment. My line is from the south. My mother used to tell stories about living in a tent during some of the depression. She was the oldest of ten kids. As the babies kept coming mom had to stop going to school after the fifth grade to help grandma at home. My grandparents were very poor and lived on a mountain in Tennessee. There wasn't much work and grandpa figured he'd best make himself noticeable. So he painted his name on 2 pieces of wood, advertised himself as a handyman/carpenter, and mounted both signs on the doors of his old truck upside down. It made people do a double take and got him some business. He also wove small baskets from the reeds and grasses up on the mountain, and grandma made roses out of paper. My mom loved the memory of running to whoever was in sight and selling them. My reason for telling this is to demonstrate how resourceful we can get when the tires hit the road.. My mother was amazing when it came to making something work for our needs out of just about nothing. You would not believe some of the things that woman came up with to keep her own brood of nine fed and housed. We never were homeless, bit lord some of the homes we moved in to. And each one was I'm better repair when we moved out. Mom passed this down to her seven girls. Use what you have to use. And then make it better. We moved into a place in Washington state during the winter. We all piled into the house cold and tired. To our horror we saw a hole right I'm the middle of the dining room floor. My dad was dead broke. Our car got hit on the trip from California, and he started a new job the following Monday. No extra money for Christmas presents let alone floor repair. A couple off days later us kids came in from our new schools, feeling sad and out of place. But we were greeted by the site of a huge fresh Christmas tree with the beginning of decorations.. we found out mom and daddy went walking on tge property and found the tree, cut it down, and after stuffing I don't know what into that hole, had him plop that tree right inside of it. And then it stayed till after Christmas and daddys payday . My grandma used to say, "Can't never did nothing, can did It all". And I learned and passed on to my two daughters "Where theirs a will, there's a woman".
I can feel that something very big is about to happen. I don't think most are prepared for a long-term situation. Backups upon backups are crucial. 🙌
A E, I can certainly say there is a great divide in belief out there.... and a lot hidden truths... not being told - big unknown to me but I can see things are currently not getting any better! Thanks for watching - more to come🙌🏽
The most likely situation to occur is Yellowstone erupting. But the powers-that-be say it will never happen. Right!
Yes friend., we are in prophetic times! Jesus Christ invites us to come to Him, and God has promised, “to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God” John 1:12 please call upon Jesus before it is too late, we are not promised tomorrow. God bless everyone that is reading this message. 🙏🏻❤️
God = Love 1John4:8
@@alankie thank you so much. It is so true and we need to be prepared. Jesus is Lord.🙏
Thank you for this video, great answers to so many questions. I learned to make the Crisco candles last year and thankfully have not had the need to use them. Your idea of the small terra cotta pots is perfect.
We used to make candles similar to this back when we were kids, but we used the cooking oil that was already used for cooking, since it was to be thrown out anyway, but it did not burn as clean, but it uses the same principle. Great video!
Texan here. I was without power for almost 5 days during "snowmageddon". I did use clay pot radiant heat during that time. It works if you consider the room size and number of pots. I used empty food cans with holes drilled in them to set a candle in, then the pot over that. Thanks for the shortening tip, I had no idea about that!!! Next weekend I'm going to prep up some homemade shortening "candles".
Thinking about the same thing myself, Texan here as well. I grew up in a house built before central heat and air, we only had one tiny gas heater in the living room, and we would turn on the stove to help heat up the kitchen. We would but bread bags over our socks to play outside and keep our toes from freezing.
It seems quite a few people in Dallas have fireplaces they never use and have no wood for. Even after that storm last year, my nextdoor neighbor cut a fairly large tree down in his yard, yet kept none of the wood to use in his fireplace - in case of emergencies. Its nuts.
Some things to pass on from my time making candles as a hobby: 1) DO NOT SHOVE THE CANDLE INTO THE CRISCO CAN! The sides of these cans are NOT METAL, they CAN CATCH FIRE! Do what someone else suggested and use metal cans. I still buy ground coffee in metal cans and those would work wonderfully. 2) DO NOT USE THE CHEAP MEXICAN CANDLES. PERIOD. For a time, commercial candle wicks had a small piece of lead woven in the cotton of the wick in order to strengthen the wick and make it stand up straight, no matter how long the candle burned. Problem is, the candle at point of combustion can be hot enough to vaporize the lead. The more candles you burned with these lead-infused wicks, the more lead you inhaled, to the point where it posed a health hazard to children. The use of lead in wicks was banned in the US, but not in Mexico, where they are still used. 3) If you don't have one of those metal utensil holders BUT you have a large metal (i.e., coffee) can, you can make your own similar holder/light source. Just use a nail or a drill. Look at the video to get an idea of how many holes you need going up the side and about how far apart the holes need to be. Experiment to find the right number of holes to provide the right amount of light. 4) Your terra cotta will get dirty. The candle will leave soot on it. DO NOT WASH OR SCRAPE THIS OFF. The black of the soot helps with the heat absorption from the candle and increases the efficiency of the system. 5) if you don't have a piece of slate or ceramic laying around to put your candle on, use a large frying pan with a pot holder underneath. The frying pan should be large enough to hold the candle if it does get knocked over, and the pot holder will keep the resulting heat from affecting the surface under the frying pan. 6) Again, if you have the metal coffee cans, a roll of toilet paper, and some 90% rubbing alcohol (available from a drug store), denatured alcohol (from a hardware or paint store), or Everclear (if you can afford it) then you can also make a heat source/stove. Most toilet paper in the US is 4 inches wide. Mark at least 6 spots around the can 4 1/4 to 4 1/2 inches from the bottom of the can. Make large holes (1/4 inch or larger) at these marks. These holes will provide the air for the fire to burn. Put a roll of toilet paper in the can and fill almost to the top of the toilet paper with the alcohol, then light the toilet paper. It will act as a wick to burn the alcohol. 7) You can make your own wicks by taking some cotton kitchen twine (the stuff you use to tie up your turkey before putting in the oven) and table salt. You'll need to make a supersaturated salt solution - heat water just below boiling and slowly add salt until the salt starts sitting on the bottom of the pan. While waiting for the water to heat cut three equal lengths of string, 12 inches long and braid the pieces. When the salt is supersaturated, put the twine into the solution and wait for about 5 minutes for the twine to absorb the salt solution. Take out the twine and place it straight out on a plate, then sprinkle with more salt. Let it dry for several hours. This will give you a stiff length of cotton supersaturated with salt. The salt will cut down on the amount of soot generated. (Honestly, though, for this purpose, using the candle as the wick is SO much easier! Make sure you have enough on hand to use.)
Thank you. Great tips.
seems like you need to make a video with these awesome tips...great advice thanks!
Thank you for these great tips
Thank you. ❤️
Awesome hints thank you!
Thank you for this simple, affordable, accessible and practical solution!
Cohen, you have the best ideas online, and you are very nice to listen to. Thank you for information on what's going on. You are a natural. Lily
tHANK you LiLy !
You can add rosemary oil or sage oil into them as well. The scent will help calm you down so you can be clear headed while in a survival situation. I'm not an aromatherapy type of a guy, but if I'm relying on that for survival in the middle of winter then I'm going to need all the help I can get. We hit -30 with 45 mob winds every winter.
Her that’s cold, cents added is a great idea
Great idea!!!
@@RiversideHomesteadLife what’s the name of the intro
@@RiversideHomesteadLife what is cisco oil ,is that lard ,I’m in uk never heard off it ,is it cooking oil ,lol hope someone helps me out ,I’m gonna be delivering food to old and disabled this winter would love to be able to give them two off these for heating as long as they are aware enough to the fire hazard and I’m trying to get monetary help through the church for gas heating wich would only be one per house .but I’d also like to pass this on to a lot off people in the community our electric n gas is sky rocketing .Thnks .
@@Crosshatch1212 I just checked and Trex is the UK equivalent
I've been testing these and have found that lard burns brighter and hotter than shortening. It doesn't smoke and is a little cheaper.
where do you get lard?
@@MatthewSmith-cp3hu any store, the mexican grocery stores have tubs of them, very popular for cooking in hispanic culture.
I rendered a bunch of lard this fall and put it in jars. I was wondering if the lard would work. Thank you!
Haha! Good old manteca. You can get that stuff by the tub in a Mexican mart.
Does burning lard last as long as Crisco?
Love and appreciate these how to videos and tips. It is important to be prepared and these very simple, low cost tools make it easy to be ready.
This would be REALLY helpful in an apartment. Especially the tip with adding tile for carpet. Thanks👍🏼
For those who would prefer metal cans to glass jars-- I just wanted to let y'all know that there are metal coffee cans out there if you know which grocery store has them. At Wal-Mart, there is a brand of coffee called Cafe Bustelo that comes in a metal can. It has a bright yellow wrapper that can easily be peeled off. Also, Homeland sells French Market coffee that comes in a red metal can. I started saving several of these. Hope this helps
NIDO brand 56 oz powdered whole milk is in a sturdy metal can 7 3/4" tall with a 5 1/4" opening. I love the taste, use it for baking/drinking. It is great to corral a ball of yarn.
Plus the bonus is that Bustelo is the best coffee ever. :)
Why not just use the cans from the last food items you ate?
Ask at restaurants for 1 gallon cans. Most will give them to you
@@AllOutBible I was gonna say that!! Delicious...
A friend with military survival skills told me candles will raise the temperature in a small area enough to keep you from freezing to death. In order to stay comfortable you will need warm clothing of course. I really appreciate videos like this.
What is Crisco?
@@kohhyinSolidified vegetable oil
My family and I live in Texas and we experienced many days without electricity and it was horrible, I wish I would have known this! Thank you for sharing we are prepared!
I ‘m ex -military survivalist , living last more than a year in cold, windy, rainy mountain forrest, which I love. Thanks for that tip, very smart.
Just remember the shorter the wick (trimmed) or thinner the wick (birthday candle) the smaller the flame ... which means less light and less heat. The calculation to determine how many candles are required to increase a rooms' temperature is: (Desired Temperature Change) x (Cubic Feet of Space) x 0.133 = (Amount of BTU's Required). A typical tealight candle generates 90 BTU's and a small bathroom is typically sized 5' x 7' x 8' or 280 cubic feet. Lets say the ambient temperature is zero F and you want to increase the temp to 50 F to survive as suggested then the calculation looks like: 50 degrees x 280 cubic feet x 0.133 = 1,862 BTU's or 20 tealight candles. One birthday candle shortening candle might produce 40 to 50 BTU's so you would need 40 or more to achieve the same temperature change.
Thanks Warren, great tip, I wanted to show viewers how to soak a cotton rag cutting and use that as wick but I was intending it to be simple for people... Thank you for your comment.... More tips to come friend.
If we were to use that many candles in a small room, wouldn't there be an issue with carbon monoxide? And if you vent the room to get fresh air, how do you calculate for that? Thank you.
Thank you. you explained the problem with these fake heaters so much better than I could. I just know there not putting out enough btu to heat any room. why do these videos keep spreading angers me. usless for heat.
@@RiversideHomesteadLife I personally have a 5 person tent for emergency use indoors (small cubic ft) and learned the cotton head mop strings from dollar tree work great for these diy candle/heaters which are much thicker
@@aussomgang p
Years ago my family made fun of me - until they didn’t. Hippy heaters from the 60’s. Happy happy they’re still being utilized! Thank you for the thoughtful reminder & post.
😊
This is just the thing I been looking for a little ventilation to keep from dieing and 2 or 3 of these disorder in a bedroom and keep that room liveable no need to fight with the associan concerning a wood stove.this is indoor and realistically safe,hell you could do this in a car if you were stuck in that situation.thankyou for this it solved a bunch of problems for me
My friends and I would skip school here in Michigan back in 02-08 and the winters are pretty cold. We would use a few tea light candles and a tin coffee can with holes in it. It kept a garage so warm!
Growing up in the North of Scotland, we used a similar flowerpot heater to keep our greenhouse frost free in winter. It didn't seem to raise the temperature, but it did stop plants from freezing, and ice never formed on the inside of the glass. Crisco is not sold here but we used lard mixed with beef dripping, and yes it did smell a bit.!
What was the mixture ratio? Asking as a wee southern border friend whos not keen on frosting up over the winter months when the insane 80% home energy prices hitting in October 2022.
The closest thing to Crisco in the UK is Trex, I get mine from my local Tesco. I use all my waste veg oil from cooking and put it into a glass jar n save it up for winter n make a flowerpot heater also so my plants don't freeze 🥶 lol
nothing says you can't have a few of them .
Trex is vegetable shortening it's the UK equivalent of crisco
Lard is so great there's a song about it. kzhead.info/sun/Y8ytipunmnWhYIk/bejne.html
he has the coolest microwave I've ever seen in my life
Lol 🙌🏽
I thought it was something off Star Trek
Yes, thanks for the info. You are an answer to prayer. I was just reading about blackouts and I thought I’m not prepared for this.
I will be making a nice supply of these candles/heat source. We often lose power in winter…we are isolated…and it snows/get cold. Thank you very much. BTW my husband is 82 and I am 66 so this does not require chopping wood etc although my hubby is a rockstar with chopping and splitting wood for our wood stove.
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing NancylynnandGary, glad to hear you have a wood stove too
My great grandmother showed me this trick forty.... let's just say it was a long time ago. they used to render lard to make candles ect. It worked and I have used it camping. Some people say 50 or 60 is still cold but when it is 20 below outside in Alaska 50 or 60 feels like paradise. My great grandmother adapted it to use Crisco and we have used it during power outages. it does not surprise me that tricks like this have been forgotten over the years. it just shows that many of the old ways still work today and can save your life in an emergency. love the video. definitely going to recommend it to some of my friends.
Thank you so much for commenting- we have weekly tips- and I will continue to try to provide great timeless tips of the past to new generations 😊
I'm so thankful for people like you who use there time wisely and teach people things
Thank you Oliver
This does work . I lived in California for over 40 years and yes I'm a prepper. I now live in North Carolina and still prepper. Ready for any emergency that comes my way. Take care and God Bless.
I'm buying what I need to make candles and heater to have on hand. Great idea!! Paula Pietsch
For you even savvier types...you can make a metal sleeve using one of those dollar pasta sauce cans from walmart. Punch a couple of holes in it using a church key type can opener, and you can also recycle glass food jars in place of your more valuable canning jars.
My husband was here in Texas, shopping for land, when that storm came through in February 2021. Fortunately, he was in an Abilene hotel that lost water, but maintained power. We were in the process of moving to Texas from out of state and let me tell you, him experiencing that storm, prepared us for situations we'd NEVER have considered. We're homesteading out here in Texas, and the Lord has shown us everything we need to do to prepare for survival mode. And that includes your amazing advice here in this video. Thank you, sir! And may God richly bless you and your family.
I have to say that February freeze experience might have been a warning to NOT homestead in Texas. Maybe go to another state that doesn't get so cold? Or one that isn't isolated from the nation's power grid, so power could have been shared with another state in case of possible statewide power failure. Remember, Texas ERCOT SHUT OFF the power in time to avoid a worse failure that would have totally wiped out the grid in Texas. Had they SHARED the grid with nearby states in a situation like that, maybe they wouldn't have had to shut down. Lives could have been saved rather than lost. If you want to be isolated, you picked a state that ensures that.
the Lord didn't show you how to prepare for survival mode. Honestly there isn't a man sat on a cloud showing you how to prepare for survival mode. You have to stop believing that shit. It sounds like you've been brainwashed. Trust me here your own initiative prepared for survival mode. Thanks.
Where in Texas did you end up moving to? I'm just south-east of Wichita Falls...
Yes I already went to store and got all this thank you were ready! God bless you all