(Indoor) SURVIVAL cooking and heating

ceridwen

LizEstelle wrote: »

Frankly I can only see the need for using water filters and the like if you have no room for storing the bottled variety which is very cheap.

But then Kittie and I have a starting point of wondering whether bottled water will always be available/not wanting to add to the "plastic mountain" (knowing that it takes centuries to biodegrade - if it ever really will...). Also cars are necessary to transport much bottled water at all - as its so heavy.

sb44

Charlton_King wrote: »

Regarding the 'candle cooking' solution, I have found that this does work.

I use 8hr tea lights, which you can get from places like Robert Dyas. Arrange 6 of these in a group and light; position a lidded saucepan above and you can heat up two mugs of water for tea/coffee in about 12 minutes, starting from ambient. Still almost nothing gone of the candles!

Note that the saucepan should not be of thick, high calibre stainless as this takes a long while to conduct the heat. Something like a thin, camping mess can would do.

Heating: I agree that, for an all electric place where no grate exists, paraffin is the best solution, although you will still need to arrange for decent ventilation.

Do you raise the pan above the tea lights somehow?

I would have thought they would go out if you placed something directly on top of them as the oxygen wouldn't be able to get to the flame.

Honeythief

Add another vote for the thermal underwear! It's amazing how much difference a full set (with no gaps between neck and ankles) makes to how warm you are. I am always colder than my husband and he complains if I put the heating on too high, but with my merino underlayers I can happily sit in a much cooler room. Getting up and doing a few jumping jacks every now and again helps a lot too if I'm sitting at my computer getting colder and colder

I find it worrying that people are talking about taking gas-fuelled camping equipment indoors. With the best will in the world, mistakes happen and that's how people end up dead in their living rooms...

amyloofoo

Honeythief wrote: »

I find it worrying that people are talking about taking gas-fuelled camping equipment indoors. With the best will in the world, mistakes happen and that's how people end up dead in their living rooms...

Seconded... if you're even thinking of doing this then please ensure you have both adequate ventilation AND a carbon monoxide alarm. Tragedies do occur, and I would hate to see that happen to anyone following OS tips

Butterfly_Brain

This is from a Californian inventor who generously has shown how to make your own.
We are off to the garden centre at the weekend to pick up some pots as DH plans to make one and see how good they are. I will keep you posted.

http://www.heatstick.com/_KanHeet01.htm