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Does terracotta somehow magically increase the power output of the candle?

• _Microft 5y ago
  No, I think the effect is just that the pot is being heated up and will radiatively make it feel warmer in the vincinity because otherwise all the heat would be convectionally transported to the ceiling where you would feel little of it.
  • balfirevic 5y ago
    Possibly (although I'd say unlikely, considering the heat output of the candle), but it certainly won't heat up the room.
    • _Microft 5y ago
      OK, so after some googling I can say that my explanation was actually correct. A single ordinary tealight candle has a heat output of 30-40W though which is way too low to keep a room warm but the radiative heat from the pot indeed does heat nearby objects (or people) much like a patio/mushroom heater does. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tealight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tealight (German) https://www.kreativ-bastelstube.de/teelichtofen-heizleistung-kerzenheizung-waemeleistung https://www.kreativ-bastelstube.de/teelichtofen-heizleistung...