Carlisle making me cry

[kiramarie]

So without being able to post photos.. let me explain

Two of my Carlisles spent yrs in the garage also.. well very cloudy.. i mean watered down milk.. but are kinda clearing up.. but here is the problem... once they should be going they dont.. they are actually doing the china lamp thing.. a small lava blob on top and one that is on bottom will raise like a large ant hill but nothing more.. this is after it will kinda do the exchange of two boring passing blobs..

I went from a 20 watt to a 25 to the 40 and NO difference   I even stuck it on the base of a wizard and the base of a midnight.. same reaction... \

should i pop the top and take a bit of its fluid and melt a bit of salt into it..and try that??

[kiramarie]

yes.. i got the correct external one on the way.... lol

so my carlisle ran for 10 hours on that candle.. ran just as smooth and consistent as designed... so with this candle heat working as i said i am hopeful they will clear up and work the lava back into shape...

[Jim]

My advice - pretend the globe is a cocktail shaker and have some fun.  I know I did when I got pissed at my Mediterranean.

[kiramarie]

trust me after a  month of trying to get it to run I was truly tempted... but now with the candle heat actually working... well i will hold off.. and hope it will work on its own base as well

[Kempton]

jim it is fun i did it to my china lamp and now it is a nice metalic lamp. :D (much better)

[kiramarie]

here is the base close up.. and a top view.. this is the dish it ca...

[kiramarie]

this base may have some potential.. yank out the hardware rig a candle under it..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-retro-hair-pin-leg-table-lamp-base-part...

[Dr. WHAT?!]

That pic of your candle solution got me thinking about your Carlisle issue. And, this goes for wizards as well, but the way the bulb sits in the base is at a angle and can be bent slightly downward or upward. Sometimes when those style of bases get packed up or jarred around or whatever the bulb will get pushed downward which really effects the heat that the globe is getting. I've had this happen to me a few times as well. All you need to do is gently pull up on the bulb and socket so it sits closer to the bottom of the globe. See if that helps the flow. The candle will obviously get it going but a candle runs much hotter then a bulb does.

[kiramarie]

A great idea indeed and sadly one I have tried.. as Bohdan a while back had informed me of this when i was having a problem heating my blue/ green wizard.. I do make it a point to tilt my bulbs up . This is what baffles me. .. that i tried a 20 , 25 and even the small 40watt.   Now I have not tried the carlisle bottle back on its own base since I got it running. I am hopeful to at least get it cleared up first.  I have thought of this.. last resort.. re wiring the base.. but again I tried to run it on a midnight base and a starship base with no success also.. . I did have a century that was very reluctant to run for a while.. seemed to be frozen in the water even after it melted. Today I am running a 52 oz on the antique base just to see if it will work so i may try the carlisle on its base out of curiosity. Thanks so much for the advise..

[Keith]

I just re-read the post and thought you might try a 60watt bulb.  It may just  be what is needed.  I have a century that will not run on a 40w, it just domes.  With a 60w it runs a little hot, but it has been ran nearly every day for most of a year without problem.  If it does run but runs too hot you can put a dimmer on it and dial it down until you find the right setting.

[kiramarie]

this is exactly what mine does.. just domes..

I am gonna have to find a 60 watt that will fit.. I recently bought out from 4 stores every 60 watt I could find on shelf but none of which has small enough thread (bottom of bulb) ..

have you thought of putting a dimmer switch on the lamp to eliminate the overheating? 

I just love these suggestions.. thank you so very much ..

[krissyfromswindon]

swindon makes me cry