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

[Ken Hansen]

Make that geeks at sunhelp.org...

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Hansen 
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 2:54 PM
To: 'greeks at sunhelp.org'
Subject: RE: [geeks] OT: Q. about Lava Lamps...


The replacement bulb was an *exact* replacement, I think the A/C answer was on the money... My office tends to be warm...

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Reagen Ward [mailto:ward at zilla.nu]
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 2:02 PM
To: Ken Hansen
Subject: Re: [geeks] OT: Q. about Lava Lamps...


On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 01:11:07PM -0400, Ken Hansen wrote:
> I've got a Lava Lamp on my desk at work (one of the older ones, from the mid-eighties), and it is all original (oil/wax/etc.), and I haven't had it on for years. Well, I plugged it in (after getting a new 40 watt appliance bulb for it), and now if I leave it on for 24+ hours, the wax tends to form a large ball, sitting on th ebottom of the "bottle". Up until that point, the wax flows as you would expect, but some where close to 24 hour out, it forms this ball. If I leave it on, I think the ball will break up, but I amnot sure...

Actually, lava lamps are two different alcohols with different
densities.  Fun stuff.  The appliance bulb may or may not be producing
the correct amount of heat for it to function.

Reagen