If Chanukah candles are kept in the fridge they drip less. Why?

bjcarmody

Cold wax burns slower - so keeping them in the fridge means they first must be warmed to burn and therefore drip! Dec 21 11, 8:03 PM

Tizzabelle

From the National Candle Association: Really Cool Candles or an Old Wive's Tale? "Q. I've heard that if you wrap a candle in cellophane or foil and put it in the refrigerator until it's very cold, it will make the candle burn longer. Does this really work? A. Yes and no. It's true that a cold candle will burn more slowly than one that's room temperature. But it only takes a few minutes for the heat from the flame to warm a very cold candle to room temperature. The few extra minutes of burn time that you might get from putting a candle in the refrigerator isn't much, and probably isn't worth the effort or the refrigerator space!" http://www.candles.org/about_care.html Dec 21 11, 8:26 PM

mehaul

When an object is taken from a cold environment and brought into a warmer one, condensation occurs on the outside of the object. This coats the outside of the candle with a film of water. That water acts in two ways to deter dripping: it dissipates the wax's temperature and in doing so, it cools the wax to an unmolten state preventing the drip from forming at all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensation Dec 22 11, 10:59 AM