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If you do decide to burn a candle on occasion, in case the following wasn’t obvious: Keeping the wicked properly trimmed to ~1/4 inch makes a huge difference i
by oliveshell 4y ago
If you do decide to burn a candle on occasion, in case the following wasn’t obvious:
Keeping the wicked properly trimmed to ~1/4 inch makes a huge difference in keeping soot emissions down. There’s a reason store-bought candles always tell you to trim before burning!
If the flame starts to jump and flicker (in calm air), the wick is too long. You can see big sooty plumes be thrown off when this happens if you look.
- LinuxBender 4y agoAll good advice. I learned this from growing up with an antique oil lamp which I still have. That is another one of my emergency heat sources.
- msla 4y ago> Keeping the wicked properly trimmed to ~1/4 inch makes a huge difference in keeping soot emissions down. I bet this was widespread cultural knowledge in the era when candles were the primary method of indoor lighting.