Lava Grande Doesn't Flow Much - Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate2024-03-28T16:35:45Zhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/lava-grande-doesn-t-flow-much?commentId=1566398%3AComment%3A487383&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noA few of the orange/purple fr…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2013-10-07:1566398:Comment:4873832013-10-07T02:44:02.795ZJeffhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Jeff703
<p>A few of the orange/purple from back then. This was when these 2 lamps used to run on reduced heat, about 85% brightness. The orange one flows like this again now...but I had to put the socket extender in to get it to do so. Even on full bright without it the flow was sluggish and only formed a column now and then, and mostly just domed. </p>
<p>A few of the orange/purple from back then. This was when these 2 lamps used to run on reduced heat, about 85% brightness. The orange one flows like this again now...but I had to put the socket extender in to get it to do so. Even on full bright without it the flow was sluggish and only formed a column now and then, and mostly just domed. </p> I found a few pics of these l…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2013-10-07:1566398:Comment:4875512013-10-07T02:41:37.152ZJeffhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Jeff703
<p>I found a few pics of these lamps from 2004 while I was going through some old SD cards tonight....this was how this blue/green one used to flow! Then for some reason sitting idle for about 6 yrs caused it to become junk. Very frustrating.</p>
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<p>I found a few pics of these lamps from 2004 while I was going through some old SD cards tonight....this was how this blue/green one used to flow! Then for some reason sitting idle for about 6 yrs caused it to become junk. Very frustrating.</p>
<p></p> Hi Jeff, welcome to the Goo H…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2013-09-26:1566398:Comment:4859552013-09-26T18:26:10.552Z☆VixenGypsy☆https://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/VixenGypsy
<p>Hi Jeff, welcome to the Goo House! The Grandes do have a tendency to be too thin on the bottom for some owners & a bulb extender can potentially crack the glass. I'm just chucking my fluid & wax & I'm gonna do a refill Goo kit. I've been fighting with my Grandes for nearly 10 years.</p>
<p>I'm hoping you can find someway of returning your lamps to their former glory.</p>
<p>Hi Jeff, welcome to the Goo House! The Grandes do have a tendency to be too thin on the bottom for some owners & a bulb extender can potentially crack the glass. I'm just chucking my fluid & wax & I'm gonna do a refill Goo kit. I've been fighting with my Grandes for nearly 10 years.</p>
<p>I'm hoping you can find someway of returning your lamps to their former glory.</p> Lastly, just a few pics of wh…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2013-09-26:1566398:Comment:4859312013-09-26T01:51:30.010ZJeffhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Jeff703
<p>Lastly, just a few pics of what the orange/purple one is doing now...that one is working great.</p>
<p>Lastly, just a few pics of what the orange/purple one is doing now...that one is working great.</p> All the lava goes to the top…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2013-09-26:1566398:Comment:4856512013-09-26T01:48:02.623ZJeffhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Jeff703
<p>All the lava goes to the top like this a few times...then it ends up "rolling" in a dome shape lifted off the coil. I tried to capture that in the last pic...but its hard to see unless you are looking up close at the lamp. Does anyone have any further thoughts...or is it time for a gookit?</p>
<p>All the lava goes to the top like this a few times...then it ends up "rolling" in a dome shape lifted off the coil. I tried to capture that in the last pic...but its hard to see unless you are looking up close at the lamp. Does anyone have any further thoughts...or is it time for a gookit?</p> When it flows....it does flow…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2013-09-26:1566398:Comment:4857642013-09-26T01:45:54.160ZJeffhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Jeff703
<p>When it flows....it does flow good...but it only does this for 15-20 min tops. The next set of pics will show what happens after this stage. Prior to it...its doing what I originally uploaded, small grape sized bubbles.</p>
<p>When it flows....it does flow good...but it only does this for 15-20 min tops. The next set of pics will show what happens after this stage. Prior to it...its doing what I originally uploaded, small grape sized bubbles.</p> Just wondering if there were…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2013-09-25:1566398:Comment:4857042013-09-25T01:46:40.946ZJeffhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Jeff703
<p>Just wondering if there were any other thoughts....and/or if anyone thinks/knows if my globe is going to crack if the bulb IS in fact touching it. I did in fact end up with 5 socket extenders (4 good ones, 1 cracked one), and the 3 candelabra to e27 adapters...they stated they didn't want any of the mistakes or the broken one back.</p>
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<p>I decided to try an extender on the orange/purple one this past weekend and boy does that thing flow great now....I thought it was OK…</p>
<p>Just wondering if there were any other thoughts....and/or if anyone thinks/knows if my globe is going to crack if the bulb IS in fact touching it. I did in fact end up with 5 socket extenders (4 good ones, 1 cracked one), and the 3 candelabra to e27 adapters...they stated they didn't want any of the mistakes or the broken one back.</p>
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<p>I decided to try an extender on the orange/purple one this past weekend and boy does that thing flow great now....I thought it was OK before...now its awesome. And it doesn't seem to overheat either...ran it 10 hrs yesterday and it was flowing just the same when I turned it off as it was at 4 hrs in. My only fear again is cracking the globe...b/c I think the bulb might be touching...really hard to determine. I know if I loosen it just a bit then I KNOW it touches b/c when I go to set the globe back on I can feel it wanting to balance on the bulb. </p>
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<p>Unfortunately the blue/green one didn't respond the same w/ the extender...and just tends to do the same thing until about 6 hrs on...then it'll all go to the top in 1 stream and kind of "rain" back down in small blobs. It'll repeat this about 3 times then overheat (wax just lifts off the bottom and kind of rolls there, never going up or down). If I dim it down it goes back to the little bubbles. It also seems kind of "runny" when it does eventually flow to the top...almost like its too thin or something. I'm pretty much at the point of having it goo-kitted or junking it and looking for another Grande or Giant if there's no other thoughts on what may be wrong and/or how to fix it.</p> Well I came home tonight and…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2013-09-13:1566398:Comment:4832242013-09-13T01:15:20.793ZJeffhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Jeff703
<p>Well I came home tonight and found another package from the amazon seller...and this one had the right items in it!! So i'm not quite sure what happened...I think they accidently printed my address label twice and sent me someone else's order too, since the invoice in that one did not have my name or address on it. And also there's no way the return request I submitted last night at almost midnight would have that kind of turnaround time. Besides, they did respond to the return request…</p>
<p>Well I came home tonight and found another package from the amazon seller...and this one had the right items in it!! So i'm not quite sure what happened...I think they accidently printed my address label twice and sent me someone else's order too, since the invoice in that one did not have my name or address on it. And also there's no way the return request I submitted last night at almost midnight would have that kind of turnaround time. Besides, they did respond to the return request and stated they would send another set out, and that response was about noontime today. They also stated I don't have to return the incorrect items either. oddly enough. However, I still have to pursue a 2nd return request now because one of the 2 extenders was damaged in shipping. It's cracked and I'm not sure if I can trust it or not due to the amount of heat involved here. So I wrote to the seller again w/ this update and asked how they wish to proceed. I may end up with 4 socket extenders, and 3 candelabra to medium base adapters for the price of 2 extenders when all is said and done...can't complain there I guess :) </p>
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<p>@Marley's Ghost...you used these extenders in a lava grande correct? I installed the one good one into the green/blue grande and it seems its just a tad too tall and the globe is touching the bulb. I'm not sure if this will cause a problem but my gut instinct it telling me it will either cause the bulb to shatter and fail when it gets hot, or possibly the bottom of the globe. Thoughts on this? Did you still use the reflector bulb or did you switch to a standard 100 watt when you used the extender? Unfortunately I don't have enough time to fire it up tonight to see what its going to do because I have to be up for work early tomorrow.</p>
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<p>@lavalava Thank-you for the welcome! I love this forum...I used to peruse it a lot back in late 90s/early 2000s then I kind of got out of lava lamps for awhile and forgot about it...but now I'm back into them again for some reason :)</p> I hate when that happens!!! …tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2013-09-12:1566398:Comment:4829362013-09-12T01:02:23.409ZMetallica Man Trevorhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Metallicaman
<p>I hate when that happens!!!<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Jeff said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/lava-grande-doesn-t-flow-much?xg_source=activity#1566398Comment482935"><div><p>Well thought I was going to get to try this out tonight, as I saw my order was delivered today but when I got home I found they screwed up and sent me someone else's order of candelabra to medium base adapters. Now I have to deal with a return and wait longer for my socket extenders. This…</p>
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<p>I hate when that happens!!!<br/> <br/> <cite>Jeff said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/lava-grande-doesn-t-flow-much?xg_source=activity#1566398Comment482935"><div><p>Well thought I was going to get to try this out tonight, as I saw my order was delivered today but when I got home I found they screwed up and sent me someone else's order of candelabra to medium base adapters. Now I have to deal with a return and wait longer for my socket extenders. This sux :(</p>
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</blockquote> Well thought I was going to g…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2013-09-12:1566398:Comment:4829352013-09-12T00:52:30.854ZJeffhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Jeff703
<p>Well thought I was going to get to try this out tonight, as I saw my order was delivered today but when I got home I found they screwed up and sent me someone else's order of candelabra to medium base adapters. Now I have to deal with a return and wait longer for my socket extenders. This sux :(</p>
<p>Well thought I was going to get to try this out tonight, as I saw my order was delivered today but when I got home I found they screwed up and sent me someone else's order of candelabra to medium base adapters. Now I have to deal with a return and wait longer for my socket extenders. This sux :(</p>