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The overbubbling is generaslly related to excessive heat... you may try a frosted bulb or a dimmer, to answer partially to that other question you posed. Anyway I believe that the column or the overbubbling depend on the quality and age of the wax.
By the way, I suggest that the column either is undesirable, the best would be a slow production of consisten bubbles mixed with that continuous pillar at times.
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Yeah looks like overheating and possibly bad wax... the broken heat coil wouldn't help things either...
I've just started running all my lamps off dimmers and it's made a huge difference to the flow - heaps better! You can really control the flow plus you can run them longer too. Good luck!