"nestork" wrote in message
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If you want to stock up on candles, then buy candles made with bees wax
instead of paraffin. When bees wax burns, it produces much less soot,
and that makes for a healthier indoor environment.

Candles made from bees wax are more expensive, but you don't need them
very often.




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nestork

You can almost double the useful light from a candle by putting an aluminum
pie pan behind it so the light is directed toward your book or whatever.
( 1 candlepower becomes 2 candlepower in technical terms).
Any highly reflective surface will do, of course, but be careful about
setting something on fire.

But the total light from a candle is only about 3 lumens. Compare that to a
40 watt
standard incandescent light bulb which puts out about 400 lumens.

Tomsic