[geeks] OT: Q. about Lava Lamps...

[Aaron R. Seelye]

In my experience, it's because the room temperature is too high, and
there isn't enough difference in temperature throughout the lava lamp.
Does it work better in a cooler environment?  Perhaps turn your A/C on,
and see what happens.

-Aaron

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Hansen [mailto:Ken.Hansen at ICTI-USA.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 10:11 AM
> To: 'geeks at sunhelp.org'
> Subject: [geeks] OT: Q. about Lava Lamps...
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> I've got a Lava Lamp on my desk at work (one of the older=20
> ones, from the mid-eighties), and it is all original=20
> (oil/wax/etc.), and I haven't had it on for years. Well, I=20
> plugged it in (after getting a new 40 watt appliance bulb for=20
> it), and now if I leave it on for 24+ hours, the wax tends to=20
> form a large ball, sitting on th ebottom of the "bottle". Up=20
> until that point, the wax flows as you would expect, but some=20
> where close to 24 hour out, it forms this ball. If I leave it=20
> on, I think the ball will break up, but I amnot sure...
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> Is this normal activity for a Lava Lamp? Should I just let it=20
> go and see what happens?
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> Thanks in advance for any assistance/pointers,
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> Ken
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