Double the wax, what would happen?

[Rich C]

I have a nice 32oz clear/red lamp.  It is my second one as the first was so cloudy I couldn't stand it.  I turned that one into a glitter.  But, saved the fluid and the wax for some reason.  What happen if I added some or all of that wax to my other clear/red lamp?  Can you have too much lava in a lamp?

[Rich C]

I was also wondering if there is any way to power a lava lamp without a light.  When I shut down a lamp with clear fluid and the lamp continues to run for a while it looks pretty cool running without light.  But how could heat be applied without using a light bulb (or a source of light)?

[Verax]

Not sure on the lava amount, but I've seen threads on people making "lamps" with hot plates, as opposed to lights.

[LampHead]

 If you add too much lava it will not run. I ran some experiments when making goo kits lamps and adding too much wax would result in the wax just doming up and not flowing.

  You can make a lamp without bulbs, I made this one a few years back..

http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/smart-century

 You can also look into ceramic reptiles heaters, I believe there is one that simply screws into a Giant/Grande base without modification and is dimmable for heat control.

[Verax]

Great post, and good info

[Rich C]

I wonder why more wax doesn't work?  I can see it getting crowded, but just doming seems odd.

Anyway, running with just a heating element is kind of cool.  Neat that you can control it so well.

LampHead said:

 If you add too much lava it will not run. I ran some experiments when making goo kits lamps and adding too much wax would result in the wax just doming up and not flowing.

  You can make a lamp without bulbs, I made this one a few years back..

http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/smart-century

 You can also look into ceramic reptiles heaters, I believe there is one that simply screws into a Giant/Grande base without modification and is dimmable for heat control.