2013 grande coil flip ?

[jeanette]

Hi I am new to the groupe but I do have a question about a new 2013 grande i just purchased . I have tried to run the lamp 3 times and each time the coil shoots out on to the top of the lava and it takes about 5 1 /2 hrs. for lava to melt so coil can sink into place . Anyone else have this happen ?  What could be the cause  ?  Is there a fix ?   also once the lamp is flowing it shoots rapid 1 inch bubbles not multi sized and shaped blobs like my older lamps do . the color is great though !  Will the lamp fix itself with more runnings  ? Any suggestions ?

[VOXul]

Hi Jeanette, welcome to OG!

An OG member, Ian, had posted about running his for 4 days straight, dimming slightly between 8 hour shifts and then back up to full bright. He may have had an exact schedule that he followed, not sure though. His issue was a separated coil when it was hot, but it had fixed that and got it to flow perfect.

I tried it out on my grape shooter Heritage for a couple days. Full bright during the day and dimmed so the marking on the nob was pointing at the pinhole to the lower left of the dimmer switch at night. It seems to have cooked the wax a little bit causing larger blobs to start forming. That lamp runs great now and has not started back up with grape sized blobs again.

Now I need to fix the other Heritage as it doesn't want to touch its coil anymore at all.

EDIT:Here is the image the recounts his experience.

[Brad]

hey - the coil flip is common.  it takes much longer to warm up when it does this.  if i'm impatient, i'll swirl the globe around until the coil is on the bottom, but usually i just let it fix itself.  i am not aware of a fix.

to reduce the small 1" globes, you can simmer the globe as voxul mentioned.  warm the globe up until it's in full flow, then turn the dimmer down very low.  i turned mine down so that only a spike shot up the middle, but there was no flow.  i left the lamp to simmer for 12 hours, then turned the dimmer to full power and let it flow for 6 hours or so.  this fixed 90% of the problem, but it still shoots small globes from time-to-time.  it's not nearly as bad though, so as you mentioned, it may just get better with time.

[jeanette]

Thanks VOXul & Brad , I was able to post a photo and Jeff recomended a dimmer , this is what worked for him. Im gonna give it a try and let you know what happens .

[VOXul]

You are welcome!  I hope it all gets sorted out for you!

[Mmm...]

The wax & coil flipped over on my 52 oz lamp just this week. On top of that, a large chunk of wax solidified at the top of the globe. I just turned the lamp on and let it do its thing for a normal 8 hour cycle. Everything eventually melted and the coil fell back into its proper place without any additional prodding.