candle types

[Stormin Mormon]

A couple weeks ago, I caught a close out sale, and bought a couple "votive" candles. About 1.5 inch diameter, and 2 inch tall. I lit one last night, put it in a glass container, with a wall hanger.

An hour or so later, the flame is so small, as to be nearly non existant. I turned off all the lights, and there is not enough light to be useful. The wall glows a bit, but no light to the room.

Looks like the wick is very narrow. To the point of being useless.

Do different votive candles come with different wicks? Did I get a bad batch? Should I remelt them, and use larger wick?

[norminn]

I don't believe votive candles are intented to give much light or to be lighted for a long time...weren't they originally the candles lit for purposes of prayer in church?

If you want light, an Aladdin lamp with a reflector might give about the most you can get from a flame...been a while, but they sure are handy during hurricane season.

An amazing number of fires I read about are from candles being unattended.

[Cheri]

True, votive candles are for accenting, or for scenting, but not for light, kind of like the little white lights on bushes and things used in landscaping.

Cheri

Cheri

[norminn]

[Frank]

You probably got the dollar donation candles. Churches sell bigger ones for more money ;)

[Charlie Darwin]

Sacrilege using votive candles for illumination I say...absolute sacrilege...

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[Toomor]

Thank you for supporting China's child labor, & thank you for shopping Walmart.

[Charlie Darwin]

Yet another bed-wetting liberal heard from....

[Ulysses]

Even any 'ol cheap oil lamp would be better than a candle. For about $12 you can get one that looks pretty good and comes with a wall bracket. Even better might be to get a solar-powered LED lantern. For that matter I use some white LED solar malibu lights indoors and they put out more light than a small candle.

[Tony Hwang]

Hi, If the candle is origin unknown, I won't bother with it. Could be lead ridden Chinese. My candles sit on an inch thich metal tray, can't knock off, won't cause burn(fire).

[Bryce]

Did you take a nap before lighting the candle? "There's no wick for the rested."

[Stormin Mormon]

On another list, someone else said just exactly that. Looks like for light, I'll have to get some different wicks, and remelt these.

And you're right, they are dangerous. I do have a couple oil lamps for backup light. Figure they are safer, wall brackets and hang from the ceiling and such.

[Stormin Mormon]

Thanks, Cheri Cheri. I hadn't known that.

[Stormin Mormon]

Dear Father Darwin, Bless me Father, it has been far too long since my last confessional. I'm so sorry, I had no idea they were religious.

[Stormin Mormon]

Oh, gosh, stop scaring me. These were four fer a buck at close outs, at Walgreens. Buck a candle .

[Stormin Mormon]

Actually, Walgreens, not Walmart. Perhaps not much difference?

[Stormin Mormon]

In the camping section of Walmart, they have metal frame oil lamps. I've heard they are noted for leaking, but I don't know for sure.

And in the candle section, they do have oil lamps with glass base. Not as likely to leak.

Thank you for supporting China's child labor, & thank you for shopping Walmart.

Agreed, much better light than votives. I'll admit to being disapointed. Votives were so inexpensvie. I guess the answer is to remelt them, and use bigger wick diameters.

[Stormin Mormon]

In my back hall, I've got a metal 9 x 9 cake pan, screwed to the wall. Same idea, won't knock over, and very unlikely to cause a fire.

However, with votive candles, they don't put out enough light to be useful. Likely to get remelted one of these days.

[Jim Yanik]

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in news:goneqh$ofc$ [e-mail]:

where does one get an "inch thick metal tray",and how much does it weigh?

(or would that be an "inch DEEP metal tray"?)

[Ulysses]

Most metal reservoir oil lamps leak. Most glass ones don't. The metal ones made by Lamplight (aka Lamplight Farms) usually do not leak and they are fairly cheap.

Chinese kids gotta eat too.

I have a couple of Coleman candle lanterns that use "Tea Lights" which are small, flat candles in a metal dish. At least with the Coleman design the flame is enclosed and it could be hung up if some common sense is applied.