All Discussions Tagged 'temperature' - Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate2024-03-28T15:33:08Zhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=temperature&feed=yes&xn_auth=noGlitter-How hot is too hot?tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2016-04-20:1566398:Topic:6176492016-04-20T19:20:08.245ZWanda Womanhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/WandaBlue
<p>Hi all of you glitter gurus! </p>
<p>I realize this may be a difficult question to answer since I can't provide actual temperatures. I have 12 glitter globes in one display and in close proximity. They are all 32 ounces in this particular group. 9 are in Wizard bases none of which are the new ones. Whether they were goo or glitter originally is impossible to say since I'm not the original owner of any of them. They all have tall caps with the exception of one short. The other 3 are…</p>
<p>Hi all of you glitter gurus! </p>
<p>I realize this may be a difficult question to answer since I can't provide actual temperatures. I have 12 glitter globes in one display and in close proximity. They are all 32 ounces in this particular group. 9 are in Wizard bases none of which are the new ones. Whether they were goo or glitter originally is impossible to say since I'm not the original owner of any of them. They all have tall caps with the exception of one short. The other 3 are Starships. 5 of these globes are Kirk's glitter and the remainder are USA originals. 40 watt bulbs are in all of them. The lids are hot enough after an hour that I wouldn't hold them for more than a second or two. The bases and globes are quite hot as well. I switched out to 25 watts to see if they still flowed nicely and they all did. But, they aren't bright enough to be 'pretty' with the lower wattage. I got these bulbs from Amazon and a friend commented that you never know the true wattage of a China bulb. I'm not a bulb expert but it is interesting to note the bases of the bulbs don't have the wattage stamped on them. The boxes say 40 watt. I'm not sure if that little bit of info matters here. Can anybody tell me.....Is this sort of heat normal?? Are they too close together? Am I going to have something explode? Still PTSD over Critter's Colossus exploding ......</p> [Solved] How do you make a lamp work properly in a colder-than-ideal room?tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2011-12-27:1566398:Topic:3650392011-12-27T13:22:49.346ZLuke Fhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/LukeF
<p>Last October I received a lava lamp for my birthday. It's a european model - the globe is 20cm tall and it's powered by a 30W 240V reflective light bulb in E14 R39 size.</p>
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<p>The instructions on the box say that it works best in room temperatures of 20-25 deg. C. And last October it was working great (I can put a video on Youtube if you want). On average, about 6 blobs of wax were moving around different parts of the globe at any given time.</p>
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<p>Last October I received a lava lamp for my birthday. It's a european model - the globe is 20cm tall and it's powered by a 30W 240V reflective light bulb in E14 R39 size.</p>
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<p>The instructions on the box say that it works best in room temperatures of 20-25 deg. C. And last October it was working great (I can put a video on Youtube if you want). On average, about 6 blobs of wax were moving around different parts of the globe at any given time.</p>
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<p>The thermometer on my wall was indicating a room temp. of <strong>21 deg. C</strong>. I also managed to measure the outside temperature of the glass globe with an infrared thermometer and it was abot 54 deg. C when operating.</p>
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<p>Now that it's December and the room temperature has fallen to <strong>17 deg. C</strong>, the lamp seems to have trouble warming up fully. After 6 hours of running, the best it can do is produce two big blobs that make it halfway up the globe and start to fall back down, separating into smaller blobs in the process. Using the same infrared thermometer, the globe's outside temperature is now only 51 deg. C.</p>
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<p>Is there anything I can do to make it work like it should? I've checked the bulb and the glass is still as clear as when it was new. Also, the lamp is right next to my wooden cupboard and far away from any windows or draughts. Today I tried slightly unscrewing the bulb in its holder to bring it upwards a few mm closer to the globe. Still waiting to see if it has any effect.</p> How to regulate the temperature of lava lampstag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2008-06-15:1566398:Topic:394432008-06-15T11:18:13.975Zdsavvhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/dsavv
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