I see we’re dealing with someone of extremely well refined taste
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!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).
Could certainly be different here because chandelier, but my full size lava lamp uses a little 25w appliance bulb, so six of them shouldn’t be more than 150w total.
The real question is are they series or parallel.
They are probably serial so the resistance would be distributed between the 6 loads and thus the heat produced would be similarly dispersed. Hence even 150 W of power would be split between 6 25 W power draws.
Actually they should be connected in parallel. Because tungsten resistance increases with temperature, if one bulb starts out with a slightly higher resistance, it will get hotter faster and you will end up with inconsistent lighting or damaging that one bulbs (if not designed for operating at 120V nominal. 6 ideal bulbs in series would operate at 20V which would necessitate lower resistance and would explode at 120v). The higher temp and resistance would cause it to generate a higher than normal voltage drop/current/power, likely much more than the designed power, and the other bulbs may be much dimmer in comparison.
Also if one bulb drops out / blows it will take out all 6. Either way the power (150W) would be the same.
Wait, seriously? I figured they used a much more power hungry bulb! I’ve wanted to get one for a while but I’m always so concerned about energy efficiency I’ve held off buying one because I figured it was like 150W
The floor is lava. The ceiling as well.
I want one of these in my bud-hole.
Got a beaded curtain in the doorway, too?
Don’t forget the shag carpet.
I want a video of this masterpiece while lavaing!
Who needs radiators anyway
Imagine how embarrassed people would be at your funeral for getting crushed by a Lavalampelier
I love this!
These were such a big deal in the 60’s
omg the power bill tho
Yes it looks awful but I love the whole concept
