I see we’re dealing with someone of extremely well refined taste
Shitty lighting but groovy mood.
We just bought a lavalamp. An oldschool-looking one, like at the op’s picture.It’s a great investment.
As one of the main points, you have a measurable answer on a question “is this movie interesting?”: the lamp stands near the tv, so if you fing yourself watching the lamp, not the movie, tou know the answer.
The ultimate “better than Twilight” indicator!The best lairs are full of lava. This one has that and a much lower risk of eruption.
A chande-lava-lier! Maybe a cande-lava lamp?
Both are fun to say :D
(But the first one makes more sense imo)
If those are regular old school incandescent bulbs connected to six lava lamps, and that light fixture is connected to a dimmer switch you may want to rethink that. You may want to check what the wattage for your dimmer is and if you don’t know I would recommend staying at or below 300 Watts total (more as a personal rule of thumb).
I want one of these in my bud-hole.
You shouldn’t put lava lamps in your hole, probably.
Groovy!
Isn’t that like running 6 screens? Quite the energy bill.
Old style ones where just a standard light bulb, not sure how the modern ones work. So no more than a regular light fixture, just less light output for the wattage.
Lava lamps function by heating the wax/goop in the glass bottle to the point where it becomes liquid. So you can either use an old style light source that generates that heat (thats how they still work afaik) or you use an LED + a separate heat source.
So total energy usage could only be reduced in the LED version by more efficiently transferring heat directly to the glass. The light bulb doesnt have direct contact so there is a layer of insulating air in between which means lots of heat goes to the room instead of the glass.
A third idea would be a different wax/goop that is just always liquid, but that doesnt work well because the movement of the bubbles comes from the wax getting heated at the bottom, which makes it rise to the top where it cools down and then drops down again.
Yeah, I still have an old one around. Was just guessing that maybe with the old incandescent bulbs becoming a rare thing maybe they switched to LED and a dedicated IR bulb like they have for reptile tanks. Could make for some interesting effects since you could change the light color that way too.
According to Technology Connections the “modern” lava lamps still use an appliance bulb that is incandescent.
Have a newer one from 2019.They use the least energy efficient bulbs that are still for sale in the EU. Energy class G.
Welp they still need to heat the oil and the lightbulbs output was like 90% heat anyway
They’re 25W each, so at 150W and ~20¢/kWh in my area, you’re talking maybe 35¢ per day if it’s on 12hrs a day. Not insane, and probably not running it nearly that often/long.
Imagine how embarrassed people would be at your funeral for getting crushed by a Lavalampelier
The floor is lava. The ceiling as well.
These were such a big deal in the 60’s
This is real? How does one make it?
A bottle, paraffin wax, water and a lightbulb. Technically Connections has a good guide. https://youtu.be/16gB2BDXwTo
Edit: Unless what you’re asking is how to create the chandelier.
Also should probably used distilled water instead of tap water.
I made an energy efficient one by replacing the light bulb with an LED bulb and some cooling fins since the design looked like it would trap heat from escaping, but that guide is garbage because it doesn’t work like it’s supposed to!
Not sure if you’re trolling or if you genuinely don’t know that heating up is what makes it work.
Oooh ok, I’ll try putting it in the microwave for a bit, thanks!
Rad
Rad[iating heat]
Got a beaded curtain in the doorway, too?
I love this!
me too but it looks like a never ending horror. will the bottles fall when you have a party and that one drunk fuck thinks its cool to shake it a little or will it just ruin the oil/wax mix? will i sell my first born to pay for the power bill? does this pollock-esk mix of colors do the idea of a lava lamp justice? and so on…
Lava lamps aren’t significantly more expensive to operate than a standard bulb. Depending on the size of the lamp; 25w to 100w bulbs are used. Normally halogen or some other hot running bulb.
From experience, shaking the bottle when hot will make the wax bits smaller (can burn hands), but they will reconstitute over time. Shaking while cold is the same but you don’t get as many pieces and you don’t burn your hands.
Everything else is a taste issue.
mine did not reconstitute over time ever. also those dont look like real mathmos. also running so many lava lights is still pretty energy consuming. just because you can do it doesnt mean you should. i’d still like to experience what this mix of lights really looks.
