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You can just go to walmart you can go to any store pick this stuff up it’s one of the most simple ways to make this heater slash light source out there whether you’re worried about another emergency situation where the power will go out maybe you’re left stranded in the middle of winter
Or you just want to store this in your little prepper closet and have a backup in case anything happens be sure to watch this entire video and have this tool in your back pocket If this is your first time on our channel my name is cohen and here at riverside homestead life we always give you great videos whether it has to do with gardening how to build something health hacks or how to save your life if electricity goes out how to build a root cellar prepper
Center if you like those kind of tips be sure to take a moment hit the like button subscribe if you haven’t already let’s get going Okay so what we’re doing today is making radiant heaters and a great light source out of crisco good old-fashioned crisco and this is one of the most simple ways that i have found that i think anybody and everybody could handle there’s not a lot of crazy tools involved there’s not a lot of
Stuff you need to go get you can pretty much get this done on your next grocery shopping trip you guys see that little flame right there on the eye you know what that means that’s what this was intended for okay so let’s get to the goods of this
The big can of this this right here is a three pound can you can also buy a six pound can the six pound can will burn for 72 days eight hours a day that’s incredible and as for this three pound can it’ll burn for 36 days at eight hours a day
You can’t buy any other candles at the store that will outperform that let alone candles are way expensive compared to buying crisco so one of the great things about this is you can create candles in a power outage it gets dark you don’t want to use up all your batteries
You can make a candle that lasts a very long time the other cool aspect of this is you can make terracotta pot heaters these type of heaters can warm small rooms and now you have a radiant heater you guys saw what happened in texas and in missouri this february
You don’t want to get caught up in that so let’s take you through how to make these guys it’s a super simple process that each and every one of you guys can do you can pick this stuff up at local stores have it stored away be prepared let’s get started
Okay so as far as these terra cotta pot apparatuses we can do a numerous assortment of things for example a lot of you have a utensil holder much like this grab it and maybe you have a fruit metal basket okay so all you got to do is take that
Utensil holder and slide one of your small cans of crisco in it you can throw the terracotta pot right over the top put the bottom on top to cap the hole or you can take any coin and cover the top of the hole the sweet thing about this
Utensil holder is it all it’s made out of all metal so you’re not going to worry about it burning up on you super safe and then you have the terracotta pot on top radiating the heat as for these small jars you can simply put a small terracotta pot over the top
And have a light source and a little radiant heater and since it’ll be sealed at the bottom just leave the top hole open so the other cool thing about these fruit baskets is you could just place something in there throw one of these terracotta pots over the top it’ll let
Air in the bottom cap it another little radiant heater okay so that kind of covers a little bit about how you can make the radiant heaters let’s show you how to do the candles now the other great reason for using jars with lids is this crisco or this happens to be a
Knockoff great value brand from walmart you can save some money by buying it it’s the same stuff but when you move that stuff into the jars and temperatures reach over 80 degrees it’s going to liquefy so it’s really nice to be able to throw a lid on seal that up
And store it so now the easiest way that i’ve found to get this crisco into the jars is you scoop it out of the tubs throw it in a little glass measuring cup and what you do is you throw it into the microwave for 30 seconds Okay so alyssa threw it in the microwave for about 60 seconds we have our our setting on our microwave a little bit lower and we had quite a bit you’ll just want to fill up your jar to the bottom of the screw-on rim just like that
Once you’ve got it filled go ahead and throw it in the fridge or freezer to get it hardened up so on these bigger jars these guys right here are the ones that are gonna last like 72 days at eight hours a day super amazing fill it up just below the thread rim When you’re at the store pick up a pack of these really long candles take the candle put it upside down mark just below the rim cut off that mark that way the candle will fit in there perfectly then take the candle slide it all the way down right through the middle
And then take a pair of scissors or a knife trim the wick down this will lessen the amount of smoke coming off the wick and it’s as simple as that we trimmed the wick then all you do is light the candle this one right here took an entire
Three pounder plus maybe a quarter of another one so this guy right here is going to last you between 50 and probably 70 days at 8 hours a day that is one easy way to have a light source for a very long period of time if your electricity goes out right frank
You guys can also simply take this off shove a candle right down in the middle i’ve already scooped this one out but imagine a full one and you can burn these right out of the tubs so on that small candle it only took about maybe 10 minutes in the freezer
For it to harden up that didn’t take very long at all so on these smaller jars and even smaller ones than this like a small jam jar all it takes is a birthday candle just take that birthday candle slide it right down in the middle
And that’s all you got to do you have a candle right there that will burn for probably about a week if your candle happens to be not long enough you can take a longer candle and again just trim it to size and that’ll work just fine too
So if you’ve got the time to transplant these things to a jar it’s really nice because you can just throw a lid on put your source of light out [Applause] I have just shown you guys how to make a simple source of heat and light that each and every one of you can do you don’t need to be next to a forest and have an endless supply of wood and have a wood fire you might be in an
Apartment a condo in the middle of a city this is something that you can do if you happen to have the misfortune of being in texas or missouri be prepared have this in your back pocket have this downstairs have it in a closet ready to go so you’ve got something to combat
That emergency situation a little bit let’s get into a few facts about this scenario a few things that you guys need to know about what to expect and safety precautionary measures you might wonder does it smell like you’re at mcdonald’s does it smell like you’re at fast food
Does it smell like a bunch of grease cooking no it is completely odorless now if you don’t trim the wick it’s recommended that you trim the wick that way you don’t get the smoke it will not smoke if you keep the wick trimmed and it will burn slower and longer if you
Continue to trim the wick okay another couple really important facts that i want you guys to know about this if you get into a super emergency situation it is freezing cold outside you’re gonna use this for a source of heat to keep you alive you need to minimize your space To like a very small room for it to radiate enough heat to bring up the temperature of that small space we’re talking about like a bathroom a closet putting a tent up in a small room and placing this little radiant terracotta heater in a tent that’s how it’s gonna make a difference
With warmth in a very cold situation otherwise you’re going to look at this as a hand warmer this has been running for about 10 minutes and i can’t hold my hand on it so you’re going to be able to keep your hands warm you’re going to feel a little bit of
Heat as long as you’re close to it and you’re going to have a great source of light that’s going to last a very long time you’re not going to be burning through batteries maybe you guys are in a situation where you got a lot of carpet you’re uh in a
Room that’s got carpet that’s where you’re gonna post up through the emergency uh grab a piece of tile or a piece of slate like this something that will protect it from the ground maybe throw some tiles on the ground or some bricks to get it off to allow airflow through
Put it on top put your little unit on top maybe you’re worried about the metal getting hot should be good to go there another thing to keep in mind is if you’re in a small space you definitely want to have a very very small source of fresh air coming in
Always smart to have some fresh air coming in when you’re burning a fire in another video i show you guys how to make this terra cotta pot heater with tea light candles i’ll add a link to it right up here in that video i had many people comment
That they’ve used a system like this to actually heat up the pipes underneath their sinks to keep them from freezing and it worked wonders i also had the group of folks that were critics that said it didn’t help but didn’t do anything well having this system is better than having nothing
Of course a wood fire propane heaters are going to put off much more heat but in the end you might run out of propane you might not be able to burn a fire this is a process that almost anybody can do in any situation whether out in the middle of nowhere or you’re
In the middle of a city in a small condo or apartment i hope you guys like tips like this please leave a comment down below let me know if you’ve tried this system if you’ve been in a situation an emergency situation where the power went out an extreme situation where something
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