That would be 320W, lets be generous and assume the heater is 80% efficient this means 250W The human body produces around 120W when resting so I guess this would be feasible to heat a small space like this. Probably way more cost (and space) effective to use small propane bottles and a small burner....
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backdraft (Site Moderator)
Those small propane tanks don't last very long. Good for cooking but not so much for heating a space all night long. Candles are pretty cheap.
Then again if your hauling everything with a snowmobile, you could take a big propane tank with you.
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daftcunt (Old Spike)
Butane contains 13.7 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per Kilogram that means 1 kg of butane will last almost 43hrs at 320W of power output. So a 190g cartridge campingaz lasts about 8hrs in that szenario, costs about 2,50€ and won't lose that much efficiency during use.
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backdraft (Site Moderator)
Thats cheap gas, I can find candels for that price but the small camping gas goes for around 10€ here
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Dude (Old Spike)
I once turned off the heat when it was freezing cold and burned an entire bag of 50 tea light candles wich is about 5 bucks and it got so warm i had take off my sweater off, lasted almost 8 hours
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(Old Spike)
A candle produces around 80W of heat.
That would be 320W, lets be generous and assume the heater is 80% efficient this means 250W The human body produces around 120W when resting so I guess this would be feasible to heat a small space like this. Probably way more cost (and space) effective to use small propane bottles and a small burner....
(Site Moderator)
Those small propane tanks don't last very long. Good for cooking but not so much for heating a space all night long. Candles are pretty cheap.
Then again if your hauling everything with a snowmobile, you could take a big propane tank with you.
(Old Spike)
Butane contains 13.7 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per Kilogram that means 1 kg of butane will last almost 43hrs at 320W of power output. So a 190g cartridge campingaz lasts about 8hrs in that szenario, costs about 2,50€ and won't lose that much efficiency during use.
(Site Moderator)
Thats cheap gas, I can find candels for that price but the small camping gas goes for around 10€ here
(Old Spike)
I once turned off the heat when it was freezing cold and burned an entire bag of 50 tea light candles wich is about 5 bucks and it got so warm i had take off my sweater off, lasted almost 8 hours