Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Week 5 - Candle alternatives

I was thinking about how we might be able to ignite and extinguish the candle remotely and amd thinking about alternatives to the candle that still involve a realy flame.

Can we use a double ended citronella or kerosene lamp instead so that as the fuel is burnt from each side it gets slightly lighter?

Need to test:

  • the burn rate of both of these fuels withing a lamp? (Weight reduction?)
  • if fuel will run drip from the unused end? (Very likely)
This may not be feasible but will be interesting to explore.

It would also be interesting to explore how a multi-ended (Circular array of candles) candle/set-up would respond?

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