Self-extinguishing candle - GIF

[Altair]

Self-extinguishing candle.




Previously:

144-hour candle - photo
How candles are made - GIF
Stamping hexagonal patterns into wax for candles - GIF
Automatic candle snuffer - GIF
Candle wick trimmer - photo

[desbromilow]

all you need to do is redesign the pivot so it can be moved up and down the mast, and you could almost set intervals, and use a taller candle, and then keep moving down the mast on subsequent uses of the same candle. (sorta like one of those courtship candles with the spiral follower, and the string)

[nova_robotics]

That's awesome. I'm heading down a Google search rabbit hole of different designs. I love ingenuity and simplicity in designs. Could you attach a candle to the bottom of a cup, fill the cup with water, and wait for the candle to burn down to the level of the water?

[desbromilow]

unless attached to the cup = no - the candle keeps rising if untethered and eventually burns completely away - there is a design which capitalises on this to keep the height of the flame at a constant point so the room illumination doesn't change over the course of the evening.