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

[James]

I had one of these too. I had the same problem if I ran it near a hot 
radiator
(large cast iron heating beast for those not born or living in the North
East U.S.).

Perhaps your bulb is throwing more heat that expected? You could place a
Variac in the circuit and reduce the heat. It would make a nice
experiment.


On Thu, 10 May 2001, 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...
> 
> Is this normal activity for a Lava Lamp? Should I just let it go and see what happens?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any assistance/pointers,
> 
> Ken
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