classiccandle Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 (edited) I was wondering how others test for burn times?I ask because a while back (probably a year or more) a candle company asked their Facebook fans how long they burned their candles, on average. If memory serves me correctly most responded 1-2 hours with a few saying 3 and 4 hours. Also there's a pretty popular candle company from Texas that advertises on their labels that the burn time for their 11 oz candle is 50-65 hours. I burned one at four hour intervals and it burned for about 30-35 hours (I've since thrown my notes away on it so I can't remember exactly how long it lasted but it wasn't anywhere near 50 hours). I wondered why they would state that it lasts 50-65 hours and so I started doing some digging. Come to find out they say it will last that long when burned in 1-2 hour intervals. So my question is, when testing for optimal burn times should we test at 4 hour intervals or 1-2 hour intervals? I currently use 4 hours but I may switch to the 1-2 hours since most respondents to the poll on FB was 1-2 hours and the candle company in Texas advertises on the 1-2 hour standard.Please share your thoughts. Edited June 21, 2013 by classiccandle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksranch Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 I do mine according to the size - an hour for each inch in diameter - so, for a 3" diameter 3 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithfulScenter Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Classic candles, I was wondering the same just earlier today. I was doing a test burn on a couple 1/2 pints, and I was wondering, why 3 hours? I have always heard, burn in 3 hour intervals, why not 4, or 2? I guess everyone is different, and ks ranch explained it well! As far as getting the length of time that the entire candle will burn, I still haven't been able to do that one. Sometimes I'll get 12- 3 hour burns, sometimes its 15. Who knows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I use a couple of different methods. I burn my candle an hour per inch of diameter of the jar. Then continue a similar burn on a different day, usually the next day. I continue each burn until I burn the candle to its end point or bottom of the jar when the wick system extinguishes the candle. I log each burn until I have my total burn hours.I also test burn and log the way I typically burn candle. This gives the candle burn a variance of the burn times as sometimes its one hour, sometimes its 2, 3, 4 hours or even longer. Again I log the burn times burning until I reach the end of the candle and get a total number of burn hours.I also do power burn tests and log the total burn hours.Testing different and varying burn methods gives me a burn range for the candle more accurate I find than simply calculating the amount of wax and average hourly burn consumption. I found the actual burn time was always dead on while the calculations were always off. HTMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithfulScenter Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Ok, so are you supposed to only do 1 burn per day? I usually do 2, or sometimes 3, but like today when I relit, it didn't take no time to reach an almost FMP, so I'm thinking I need to wait more time between burns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksranch Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 I do two in one day sometimes... but it depends on when I did the first one. Important thing (to me) is to wait long enough to be sure the candle is completely cooled off.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilyspoppy Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 I use a couple of different methods. I burn my candle an hour per inch of diameter of the jar. Then continue a similar burn on a different day, usually the next day. I continue each burn until I burn the candle to its end point or bottom of the jar when the wick system extinguishes the candle. I log each burn until I have my total burn hours.I also test burn and log the way I typically burn candle. This gives the candle burn a variance of the burn times as sometimes its one hour, sometimes its 2, 3, 4 hours or even longer. Again I log the burn times burning until I reach the end of the candle and get a total number of burn hours.I also do power burn tests and log the total burn hours.Testing different and varying burn methods gives me a burn range for the candle more accurate I find than simply calculating the amount of wax and average hourly burn consumption. I found the actual burn time was always dead on while the calculations were always off. HTMSRuss;As usual, Candy, IMO is correct.Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickboy Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I do the hour perinch thing in real world testing environment, I also burn more than one time aday when time permits. I burn until candle extinguishes it’s self then add upthe hours. I also read that the average burn time is five hours per ounce. So I asked myself how these companies arestating ninety to one hundred hours on a nine ounce candle. I also read about athing called a burn box, it’s where you can control the environment where youtest the candle. You can control the air intake and heat exhaust so that you maximizeburn times. Hence ninety to a hundred hours out of nine ounces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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