My early 70s Century lamp takes about three hours to heat up and get flowing and then it is very sluggish. I believe it is missing theheat ring that goes between the globe and the bulb.
Anybody have a spare heat ring? Alternatively, anybody know how to make one?
Thanks.
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First things first, what bulb do you have in there and what is your base calling for? Thanks! MaGoo!
40watt A15 appliance bulb as originally called for.
Hi , I am having what I think is the same issue, I have a new lamp am pretty sure it’s a century model , it takes like 2 hours to get going , sometimes the top of the glass isn’t even hot after 1 hour .
I did some digging on this web page and found this post , now I don’t even know what a heat ring looks like maybe someone can explain it , my lamp just has the base and globe and the screw cap .
I have put a brand new a 15 bulb in and the same issue. Thanks for any advice . Here my lamp it’s on so I don’t want to lift the globe but I can later .
you guys are gonna love this idea!
TRake a standard 52oz cap and carve a hole out of the top.
Invert the cap and walla
Interesting idea , I only have this one lamp like this atm but that could work , am wondering wouldn’t it melt cause the cap is plastic ? You definitely know more then me so your advice is great thx .
I was able to find an A 15 60 w bulb also and I have dimmer , I was thinking giving that a shot also .
the weird things is the first few runs it worked great then the last few it just didn’t get hot .
one last thing one is a heat ring look like I been trying goggle but no luck .
thanks the advice
NOT THE SCREW CAP! The bottle-cap globes that have a metal cover over the bottle-cap. That is what he means
bob y said:
Interesting idea , I only have this one lamp like this atm but that could work , am wondering wouldn’t it melt cause the cap is plastic ? You definitely know more then me so your advice is great thx .
I was able to find an A 15 60 w bulb also and I have dimmer , I was thinking giving that a shot also .
the weird things is the first few runs it worked great then the last few it just didn’t get hot .
one last thing one is a heat ring look like I been trying goggle but no luck .thanks the advice
Agree with Keith
I assumed too much
You use the SAME material as the original reflector ring
an aluminum cap from a 52oz modern globe and invert it after cutting the hole in the top
bob y said:
Interesting idea , I only have this one lamp like this atm but that could work , am wondering wouldn’t it melt cause the cap is plastic ? You definitely know more then me so your advice is great thx .
I was able to find an A 15 60 w bulb also and I have dimmer , I was thinking giving that a shot also .
the weird things is the first few runs it worked great then the last few it just didn’t get hot .
one last thing one is a heat ring look like I been trying goggle but no luck .thanks the advice
O wow , thanks and makes sense now , i have 2 of the modern ones here , how many inches wide would you say this thing should be ? , do you know where I could find a picture of this ?
thanks for your advice
i do not recall the hole size
install the bulb
measure and mark the height
drop in the upside-down cap
measure the difference
FYI, you only need a small amount of the lower neck of the blub to be exposed to the bottom for starlight illumination
http://oozinggoo.ning.com/photo/photo/search?q=heat+ring
original heat ring on the right side, home made tinfoil on the left side, not my photo
bob y said:
O wow , thanks and makes sense now , i have 2 of the modern ones here , how many inches wide would you say this thing should be ? , do you know where I could find a picture of this ?
thanks for your advice
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