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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Image description: Four images showing a candle burning down with the melting wax being collected inside a transparent candlestick resulting in another candle being formed.


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[-] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I think there might be some savings here, less wax is heated by the candle, so less will evaporate. But I don’t know enough about candles to know whether that’s significant.

At best this gives a marginal increase in duration for the price of twice as much wick.

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