Lava not rising - Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate2024-03-29T23:36:03Zhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/lava-not-rising?commentId=1566398%3AComment%3A714289&feed=yes&xn_auth=noIt’s perhaps very geeky, but…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2020-08-07:1566398:Comment:7142892020-08-07T21:25:52.800ZMatthewhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Matthew248
<p>It’s perhaps very geeky, but I follow a lot of YouTube stuff about electronics. <br/><br/></p>
<p>I found out about the ‘weird’ way you do split phase in ‘technology connections’. <br/><br/></p>
<p>:-)</p>
<p>It’s perhaps very geeky, but I follow a lot of YouTube stuff about electronics. <br/><br/></p>
<p>I found out about the ‘weird’ way you do split phase in ‘technology connections’. <br/><br/></p>
<p>:-)</p> Yes, for our clothes dryer an…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2020-08-07:1566398:Comment:7142882020-08-07T19:27:40.173ZMr MaGoohttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/MrMaGoo
<p>Yes, for our clothes dryer and air compressors! Pretty much everything else is 110- 120, whatever it takes! You know us Yankees!</p>
<p>Yes, for our clothes dryer and air compressors! Pretty much everything else is 110- 120, whatever it takes! You know us Yankees!</p> Good tip... was very sure to…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2020-08-07:1566398:Comment:7144022020-08-07T17:02:27.353ZMatthewhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Matthew248
<p>Good tip... was very sure to do that when I made it..... the screw part of the bulb is completely covered by the plastic shroud. Foil is well below the bulb holder too. <br/><br/></p>
<p>ha, USA has 220 (or whatever double your measured is) volts you just tap your neutral from the middle of the transformer coil ;-) You use two fuses and two phases to give you the power to run washing machines etc. </p>
<p>Good tip... was very sure to do that when I made it..... the screw part of the bulb is completely covered by the plastic shroud. Foil is well below the bulb holder too. <br/><br/></p>
<p>ha, USA has 220 (or whatever double your measured is) volts you just tap your neutral from the middle of the transformer coil ;-) You use two fuses and two phases to give you the power to run washing machines etc. </p> And with the way our beloved…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2020-08-07:1566398:Comment:7144012020-08-07T14:14:53.340ZMr MaGoohttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/MrMaGoo
<p>And with the way our beloved counterparts across the pond love to run everything at twice the voltage needed would not be a pretty shituation to have a altercation with a high voltage fun toy! Good luck bro, keep us up to date!</p>
<p>And with the way our beloved counterparts across the pond love to run everything at twice the voltage needed would not be a pretty shituation to have a altercation with a high voltage fun toy! Good luck bro, keep us up to date!</p> Be absolutely certain that th…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2020-08-07:1566398:Comment:7143982020-08-07T13:23:04.892Zstevemohttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/stevemo
<p>Be absolutely certain that there is no way that homemade foil reflector can make contact with the threaded part of the bulb, as that is connected to one side of the electrical supply. If the foil does touch the bulb's screw thread and the metalwork of the Jet base at the same time then this metalwork could become live, and lead to electric shock.</p>
<p>Be absolutely certain that there is no way that homemade foil reflector can make contact with the threaded part of the bulb, as that is connected to one side of the electrical supply. If the foil does touch the bulb's screw thread and the metalwork of the Jet base at the same time then this metalwork could become live, and lead to electric shock.</p> Have to agree with Mark, you…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2020-08-06:1566398:Comment:7143742020-08-06T20:31:13.811ZMr MaGoohttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/MrMaGoo
<p>Have to agree with Mark, you have just created a Poor Man's Reflector Bulb! The proper bulb in there will have the same effect. The reflector not only directs light/ heat up towards the globe but also reduces the heat from around the base of the bulb to said base. This of course is applicable only if you have eliminated the possibility of any tweaks with master fluid, ie, specific gravity issues with master fluid and wax. Keep us posted and good luck!<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Mark…</cite></p>
<p>Have to agree with Mark, you have just created a Poor Man's Reflector Bulb! The proper bulb in there will have the same effect. The reflector not only directs light/ heat up towards the globe but also reduces the heat from around the base of the bulb to said base. This of course is applicable only if you have eliminated the possibility of any tweaks with master fluid, ie, specific gravity issues with master fluid and wax. Keep us posted and good luck!<br/> <br/> <cite>Mark said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/lava-not-rising#1566398Comment714160"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Heat shield? Is that something you've added?</p>
<p>There shouldn't be any shield in there.</p>
<p>Have you tried it with a 30w R39 spot/reflector bulb?</p>
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</blockquote> If you've got any tips for th…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2020-08-06:1566398:Comment:7142762020-08-06T08:05:58.665ZMarkhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/MarkAddison
<p>If you've got any tips for the glycol it would be good to hear them.</p>
<p>I've never had much luck.</p>
<p>Did get a Crestworth lantern flowing beautifully after a filter and some glycol, but after not using it for a couple of weeks it was flat again, and wouldn't recover properly.</p>
<p>I know other people have better luck, so probably just my technique, but now sure how I'm going wrong! </p>
<p>If you've got any tips for the glycol it would be good to hear them.</p>
<p>I've never had much luck.</p>
<p>Did get a Crestworth lantern flowing beautifully after a filter and some glycol, but after not using it for a couple of weeks it was flat again, and wouldn't recover properly.</p>
<p>I know other people have better luck, so probably just my technique, but now sure how I'm going wrong! </p> all you need are proplene gyc…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2020-08-05:1566398:Comment:7143632020-08-05T22:09:11.727Zjohnhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/john17
<p>all you need are proplene gycol add abit with masterfluid and it with flow use 30w bulb which be better but i had this alot with the old mathmos jets easy to fix.</p>
<p>all you need are proplene gycol add abit with masterfluid and it with flow use 30w bulb which be better but i had this alot with the old mathmos jets easy to fix.</p> heat shield - yup I made it,…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2020-08-01:1566398:Comment:7141612020-08-01T22:54:38.054ZMatthewhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Matthew248
<p>heat shield - yup I made it, its thick aluminium foil (aka a cut up takeaway tray). My theory went like this, with the normal bulb in, the wax rose up and stuck about 5cm up just like in the first pic, occasionally moving down then back to there, but never rising more than half way. Dropping the wattage and it did the same, but lower. 40 watt bulb (measured @ 35 watts) was the maximum I had, so I wondered about if I could shift some of the heat that otherwise conducts through the sides…</p>
<p>heat shield - yup I made it, its thick aluminium foil (aka a cut up takeaway tray). My theory went like this, with the normal bulb in, the wax rose up and stuck about 5cm up just like in the first pic, occasionally moving down then back to there, but never rising more than half way. Dropping the wattage and it did the same, but lower. 40 watt bulb (measured @ 35 watts) was the maximum I had, so I wondered about if I could shift some of the heat that otherwise conducts through the sides up, and sure enough this now seems to work. Yesterday I had it running with the old broken lid as that seemed to work better (not sure enough to say now for certain though), today I ran it up then swapped with the lid you see above "Pringles mark 1". If only my non contact thermometer hadn't broken I could have done a little bit of proper thermal modelling rather than just guessing my way along!</p>
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<p>Bulb - yep, before I aded the heat shield/reflector I tried 2 different 30W R39 reflectors, one swapped over from another lamp, one new (both read 25watts on my power meter), and it was pretty much the same as the golf ball lamp tuning at 25 watts.</p>
<p></p> Heat shield? Is that somethin…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2020-08-01:1566398:Comment:7141602020-08-01T22:39:32.243ZMarkhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/MarkAddison
<p>Heat shield? Is that something you've added?</p>
<p>There shouldn't be any shield in there.</p>
<p>Have you tried it with a 30w R39 spot/reflector bulb?</p>
<p>Heat shield? Is that something you've added?</p>
<p>There shouldn't be any shield in there.</p>
<p>Have you tried it with a 30w R39 spot/reflector bulb?</p>