Lava Lamp doesn't flow: Common Problems and Ways to fix them
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ค. 2024
- This video is meant as a starting point for people who are having trouble with their lava lamps, but aren't sure where to begin. First we look at how a lava lamp should work, and then we look at a couple reasons why it might not and possible ways to fix them.
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0:00 Intro
0:22 6 Phases of lava flow
1:47 Room temperature
2:18 Heat adjustment
3:26 Second hand lamps
4:52 Further questions
5:15 Outro - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
I got a lava lamp for the first time as a present, but I decided to check it at home before giving and was scared to see that the bubbles weren't forming, the chunks were acute and looked like cloth. But your video calmed me down. Thank you!
I still have my lava lamp from 1985. Never thought about a dimmer, got one ordered today.
Mine is a 1995 Lava Lite brand...
Sometimes it only runs 2 or 3 hours and the wax settles into a blob at the bottom.... And stops flowing. Ideas?
My issue with my new lava lamp is it doesn't form bubbles. It just becomes like one big long slow flow, looks like the falls. It doesn't break into bubbles.
Same
Same I believe it’s because the bottoms supposed to be hot while the tops supposed to be cold but my lamp both ends are hot which is leading to the issue might be the case for u 2
It’s annoying tho cuz I just bought this meaning they sold me a defect
@@pinstripecool34 After I posted it, mine started working well.
@@Gullbone After I posted it, mine started working well.
My lamp might be cooked and overheated. I’m getting very tiny bubbles and it gets stuck to the side and just leaks down. Some of it will stay at the top too.
Thanks for the video
The announciation is awesome here man I love your narration if you've other hobbies take us there!
Thanks! My main hobby not represented on this channel already is probably juggling, but there are waaay too many great guides already, don't think I'll ever do a video here.
I have a lot of lava lamps. the bulb that generates the heat is paired in a way that it gets it just hot enough to make it float up, but not so hot that its unable to cool and sink back down. I had one lamp that just didn't want to float. I moved it just a little and magically it worked fine. Turns out where I had it positioned there was draft from my window keeping it just cooler than needed to work.
I love your cadence and diction. Natural narrator.
Great video! I have a suspicion that my lamp does not get warm enough. It's a Mathmos and usually I get one big blob rising only halfway, then it breaks apart and before a new bubble has formed, it sinks back down and merges with the rest of the wax. It also sometimes just shoots up and looks like a giant candle, that takes long to break apart. I have a spare bottle as I wanted two colors to chose from. Both act like this. The bulb is original Mathmos bulb.
Exactly the same problem here. Bought the lamp with two bottles. And just as you described. Room temperature at 20, no heater or window near the lamp. Still the same. Original lamps seem to fail to generate sufficient heat. I had an off-brand lava lamp for years that never had this problem at all. Pretty disappointing to spend triple the money on a lamp that is lacking heat and therefore any interesting movement of the wax. You would think that 60 years after it's invention Mathmos would have had enough time to improve and develop a proper working lavalamp.
I have a lava lamp I just bought it and left it to run but now it’s like a blob on top and like a line rope going down is that normal ? Or is it okay idk what to do
Hi! When I turn on or off my lava lamp, all of it just stays at the bottom. No video is showing me how to fix it.. the bulb is 25 watts so it should be ok.
My bulb is 40 watt.. 120 Volt. Wondering if your bulb is original.. mine was my mom's & I've replaced the bulb once with the same type that came in it.
hi can you help me? the wax inside on it only stick on the side now it doesnt flow on a circle anymore
Is there any way to improve lava flow if its a little old and doesnt work as well? Like a stronger bulb or something?
Yes. a stronger bulb or Hotter bulb will usually fix it if it has a poor flow. so if yours doesnt flow or get hot enough then id suggest getting a hotter bulb. i have a big lava lamp and after its bulb died i got another but it wasnt hot enough. then i went to a bulb and battery store and they had a small bulb that is actually for track lights in a kitchen but it fit and was hot enough. but after about 12 hours it gets a little warm so i just turn it off. ive had that bulb for over 2 years and it still works great but i maybe turn it on a total of 20 hours a month. IF even that much. but after watching this video im going to turn mine on lol
Good video thanks
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I have a mathmos astro vinyl with blue, blue, and it seems for this type of wax the 35w bulb isnt enough. It dont flow right even after 4+ hours. Any ideas ?
I agree I bought and Astro baby lamp and the flow was so shit. But glass was scratched and dirty so I returned it for a full refund
Waste of money for me as it didn’t work nicely. I bought a cheap lava lamp and works better…
My lava lamp bulb broke I bought a new one and the next day the new one didn’t turn on do u know how to fix it or what the problem is
i have a mathmos astro vinyl but it doenst flow like the example in this video at all. Even with a higher wattage bulb. Im thinking of adding aluminium foil to the base a little bit?
Sure, why not, certainly worth a try.
I have an extra large lamp. I returned one of them and get a replacement and it's doing the same thing. I'm about to throw out out. It doesn't bubble. I runs down the side and back up the sides. Can I fix it!??
Great video. My Lava lamp keeps burning out the bulb after a few hours. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I've hab a set of crappy bulbs myself that also zapped after a few hours each. Not the lamps fault and I dont think theres anything you can do.
Thank you!
my little brother bought himself a lava lamp and he's had it for few days and the wax just not all of it but some of it stays at the top and a tiny bit at the bottom and we or i want to know how or if its fixable. theres maybe about 6,7 bubbles that float up
My lamp could have underheat problems, so i was considering to swap my 28W bulb for a 35W buib.Though im a little worried, since im not sure if the circuit can handle the additional power.
Normal lamps are basically just a socket and an on-off switch, no complicated circuitry in there that could be sensitive to a small power increase like this. If your lamp is really underheated (try the aluminium foil trick if you are unsure) there's a good chance the 35W bulb will fix it instantly.
@@Makstuff
@@Makstuff my lava lamp I left it unused for more than 3 months, I don't know why but in that time without using it I kept turning it upside down and then upside down, then I bought a new lamp but then the goo sticks to the top of the bottle what do I do?
Hello, do you think it is doable to just order the bottle with the special mixture and DIY the rest of the lava lamp? I am looking into saving some money this way or make 2 lamps for the price of one. How hot does the base get? Can I 3D print a base and house the bulb inside?
No way a 3D printed base can work, even the aluminum one gets so hot it's almost impossible to touch when fully heated up. And without the thermal conductivity of metal, the heat would accumulate even more, pretty sure it would be enough to straight up melt 3D printer plastic.
@@Makstuff so it is needed to device some kind of metallic contraption that holds the bottle and transfers the heat to the bottle. I actually thought heat is transferred via air molecules, never thought of the base touching the bottle and transfers the heat. But even in the ones with the candles heat is transferred via the air, no?
I'd guess the primary way of heat transfer is radiation. (If you hold your hand under a downward-facing reflector bulb, you will still feel the heat even though the hot air can only go up.) Surely theres some amount of convection involved in bulbs too, which in case of candles is probably the dominant mechanism. Dunno how much any of this matters though, base is gonna get freakin hot either way.
In case that sounded misleading, what I meant by conduction in the first comment wasnt related to the heat transfer into the bottle, but the increased cooling effect reducing temperature inside the base. (As compared to plastic which is a much better isolator, thus traps the hot air inside)
In sweden ceramic holders and tops with glazed patterns made by potterry was alternativ to the normal metal ones. Dont know if they worked as good, but they didnt turn as hot when the lamp was on (thick layer of material) and definititly did not melt. They also had heat foam on the top as to not scrath the bottle.
Mine generates heat but the G4 bulb does not work, I have replaced the bulb but still does not work. Any help please?
Hi I got a new lava lamp a last Tuesday and the wax is still getting stuck at the top but it’s melting a little bit each time is there anyway to get it all melt and flow ?
You can try to dip the top part in hot water or blast it with a hair dryer, maybe that will help it come down.
@@Makstuff gotcha Thanks
I’m wondering if you can help me? My lava lamp has been off but suddenly a bunch of wax has gotten to the side and the top wax bit that forms at the top just completely fell off. Idk what to do is this okay? 😭😭
So if I wanted to adapt a mathmos Astro in the US, I would use a 120v bulb instead of the supplied 240v bulb?
Yes, if you are going to run it at 120V. It's important that BOTH the bulb wattage matches the lamps specification AND the lamp is run on the voltage that matches the bulb.
Or I can use a step up transformer and use the supplied bulb?
Hi, if some1 can help pls: just got a new one from the box. working for hours, and no flow! just a big lava tree that goes up...and stuck there. new from the box.
The lava stays in a huge clump at the top. Nothing bubbles up or down:(
That's what is happening here also! My hubby got his about 45yrs ago & it always worked fine. He put it away about 30yrs ago & is now plugged in again but the wax just floated to the top. Was on for 5 hours.
Could you Please let me know if you get an answer?
My wax is catching air bubbles inside it we already let it turned on the whole night and it seems they are going nowhere. Do you have any tips what could be wrong? Thank you for your time 👍
What you call air bubbles are very likely liquid bubbles. Doesn't really change the problem, I know, just wanted to mention it. Anyway, you are doing the right thing in just leaving it running, maybe do that a couple more times before thinking of anything else. If they still don't go away by themselves, you can consider opening the bottle and melting the way seperate from the liquid, maybe poking around with a toothpick a bit to pop some bubbles. Experimental advice ofc and might not help, but if it was me I'd probably give it a try.
Ooo you were right! It works I let it turned on and now it's perfectly fine again thank you!🧡
Hey! I don't know if you still read the comment section of this video, but my coil that is supposed to help heat up the wax is stuck inside the wax. Is there a way I can get it out? Thanks!
my fix was to let the lamp cool down lying sideways. the next day i used it like normal to see if the coil separated from the wax. if it was still stuck after an hour i let it cool off again lying sideways. at some point the coil returned to the bottom of the bottle where it is supposed to sit.
@@georgeh8937 Thanks!
I have a new lava lamp - today it has been running for 6 hours and I still have just a blob at the top and a blob at the bottom. The blobs are moving but nothing crazy like in your video - thoughts?
Overheated
@@sebastianarevalo7130 are you sure?
Hi please respond but like ive had this pink/organe lava lamp and a dsy ago i just took the top off bc i had to move it then the bulb made a like big 2 sparks and now when i cant turn it on i thibk it could be the bulb but please help
Very likely the bulb indeed. You could try the bulb in another device to be absolutely sure, or you can take a close look at it to see if the filament is broken.
@@Makstuffthank you i just figured out the metal bits inside were like noodles and flopped so a need a new blub:E
So because my lamp is on it just stays at the bottom becuase when the wax melts to flot but the rest stays at the bottom
Bought a bulb just still not working. Where or what can I use as a substitute base? Thx
Bases are basically just a bulb socket, if you're sure the bulb works I'd have a look at the socket and where it connects to the cable, or maybe the switch. Premium manufacturers like Mathmos sell replacement bases for a hefty price, but if you have a no name lamp I'm afraid you're out of luck with replacement.
Hi i have a classic lava lite giant about 5 hours in the run the wax balls up into one big glob of wax how do i fix that?..
If it runs normally before that happens, it's very likely overheating. Plug-in dimmer should fix it. If you don't have one already, switch the lamp off for like 15-30 minutes when it globs up, and then switch it back on. If it flows normally again for a while it's 100% overheated.
@@Makstuff Do you have a recommendation for a dimmer for such a huge lamp and what temp should i set it at?..
@@nick.c6969 So it's this lamp I assume? th-cam.com/video/24CIORsEFSM/w-d-xo.html It only runs at 100W which is nothing special, so pretty much every plug-in dimmer you can find should do.
I'd just have a look around your local hardware store, should cost somewhere around 10$. In this video I made, you can see what these things look like and how they influence the flow: th-cam.com/video/lSfyNdnRRE0/w-d-xo.html The dimmer I have goes up to 200W. Good starting value is probably 50% power and then adjust from there as needed.
@@Makstuff its kinda like that but a lava lite
@@nick.c6969 I can't find something called "lava lite giant" online, I'd guess it's the exact same model as the LAVA Grande and just the name changed, but it probably doesn't matter, very unlikely that it needs more power than what a standard dimmer can deal with. If you wanna be 100% sure, check the bulb or the sticker on the inside for a wattage mark, and make sure it's lower than the wattage of the dimmer.
I use a hotter bulb and a dimmer with my vintage lamp i also added a we bit a salt and dish soap to the water, now when i dial in the optimum brightness the thing rocks !
Mines won't flow even after 12 hours will changing the bulb help?
@@rizzz007 Could do, so yeah if the bulb u are using is 30 watt then stepping up to 40 is gonna make a big diff and get things going.
One of my lamps has a tin (soup) can base and a mini 50 watt halogen bulb (Ceramic GU10 Socket), so yeah it kicks on full power the wax becomes big droplets, that one i have on a dimmer switch so i can turn it down and play with the blob size.
I changed to bulb, but the wax is staying in place, I put it on overnight but it still didn't work
Thanks
I recently got a beautiful Orange Wax in Orange Water Bottle but theres always a tiny bit of the Wax being stuck at the top after it heated up and i just dont know how to fix this issue.
Happens with all my lamps too, I believe it is caused by surface tension and there's nothing you can do about it. Might be why lamps typically hide their waterline behind some kind of cap, so you cannot see that spot.
@@Makstuff I thought the same about the cap, meaning it conveniently hides that upper part so you basically never get to see it, but good to know that it seems to be a common occurrence that happens.
How do you fix giant lava lamp with flow stuck?
hey man I just bought lamp and now its wax has melted up. is this normal? it has been 1 hr since i turned it on
I don't think I understand the question. The wax is supposed to "melt up", isn't it?
Mine flows perfectly, but there are lots of very tiny specks in it. Not like an ungodly amount, but quite a lot. It is an old one and has been around for awhile. Do you know anything about this?
Check out my first video 😌
@@Makstuff i feel like it's a little risky, can it permanently damage the lamp?
I'll think about it but i might end up getting a new one.
@@dogsareawesome9197 Well it's your money, but if you gonna toss the old one anyway, might as well give it a try first?
@@Makstuff well i do want to give it away to someone, and i also found out the debris on mine is the tint on the glass coming off, god that thing is old.
I need help as Im tring to restore an old lava lamp that I found. Replaced the water with new distilled water with just one tbs of Empson salt diluted. Wax stays on top after two or three hours (completely melted, but on top, not coming down) Bulb is working fine same wattage (25w) as the lamp label. What can I do?
I tried adding way too much salt in this video th-cam.com/video/p-Ys2uWpvxc/w-d-xo.html around 15:00 as an experiment, and the wax got stuck at the top. Maybe you also added too much? I used normal table salt and not epsom salt, but I guess the effect is kinda similar 🤔
@@Makstuff thanks for reply! I dont think is too much salt as 1 teaspoon (not more than that) of empson salt for the liquid is enough as many forums said all over internet. I don't understand why the wax is always on top completely melted while on and If I turn off the lamp stays up there and get solidified without falling down!
@@lespaulx I guess I'd pour away the water and refill it with fresh water, and see how it runs without any salt. If it stays on the bottom then, there has to be a sweet spot somewhere in the middle, if not I guess I'm out of ideas.
@@Makstuff thanks! Tried that already. Same issue, Always melted on top even with fresh plain distilled water. No idea
@@Makstuff My question is, what makes the lava go down? the salt or the detergent added to the water?
You could also get a jug, fill it about a quarter of the way full of boiling or hot water and put the lava lamp bottle in it and leave it for a few minutes.
I wanted to make sure the walls of the bottle are hot as well so none of the wax solidifies during pouring. Probably not needed but that was the thought at least.
@@Makstuff the goo from my lamp it was normal going up and down but then it got all together and I'm glued to the top what do I do?
Mine is stuck 1 as solidified chunk in the bottom and some of the liquid is evoparate
So probably over heated
@@matheusteruia8768 my trick for fixing wax stuck at the top was to let the lamp cool lying sideways. the next day i used it like normal but the wax still stuck to the top. after i did the procedure a few more times the problem went away.
The wax is all built up on the top...
My Mathmos Fireflow (heated by a tealight underneath it) overheats after only one hour, which is a real shame... They have send me a new one so hopefully that one works better.
New one won't change anything, I have two of these myself and they are the same as yours. Fact is, they are badly designed and the supplied tealights are far too strong. Best solution I found was to use a different brand of tealights with lower power and cut myself a couple pieces of 5mm plywood which I shove under the tealight as needed to adjust the heat.
(Actually I wanted to make a short video about this but haven't gotten around to it yet.)
@@Makstuff Yeah the tealights they ship are far too strong. But why the plywood? Don't you want the tealight to be lower so it doesn't heat the glass as much?
And I believe I also hear the glass making a ticking sound when warming up, it's probably expanding too quick by the excessive heat
@@markbouma2099 As said I'm using a different brand of tealights that is much weaker, so I need to lift them a bit to get perfect heat.
(On a side note, another thing I tried before was blocking the heat of the original tealights with aluminum foil and wire contraptions, but the effect wasn't strong enough and really hard to adjust.)
@@markbouma2099 Concerning the second line after the edit, yep the glass feels WAY too hot to me too. It still feels too hot with weaker candles, but not nearly as much as before. Certainly MUCH hotter than any normal electric lamp would ever get.
Hello my lava lamp isn't heating up after 3 hours. I have checked the light bulb is the correct one. what is wrong with it?
As said in the video, try wrapping it in aluminim foil, and if it helps, its probably worth getting a stronger bulb and a dimmer.
Hello everyone,
I wanted to share a possible fix, it worked for me 2 times , I recently picked up 3 lava lamps from the garbage, a bit dirty and all older models, 2 14.5” and 1 larger cannot remember exactly? Anyhow they all lit up, but only 1 worked ( 14-1/2” one ) other 2 just stayed a blob at bottom ( I noticed the larger one had 40w bulb smaller had 25w! So I upped the bulb ( 30w and 50w ) still nothing?
So I filled a pot ( smaller saucepan ) with water placed glove into it and slowly brought temp up to where I could almost not touch it with bare hands ( DO NOT BOIL-just to where a light steam is coming off water ALMOST TOO HOT TO TOUCH ONLY( it started working in the globe ( looked like water and air was releasing from wax inside the globe ) was kinda weird for a bit but then started bubbling like it should, then I let it cool down ( next day ) I turned the lamp on and 1 hour later it works! Worked on both my 14.5” and the larger one with the correct bulb wattage, the water was a bit murky for a day or 2 but they cleared up nicely! Like the wax absorbed the liquid and air and stopped working? Now all 3 work great 2 weeks now, no problems!
Jd
( possible older lamp revive method! )
GLOBE, not glove
No idea why this works but I guess who cares, as long as it works 😇 Thanks for sharing, this can be very helpful for people.
Hello. Just wanted to thank you for saving me some money. My lamp had started just settling at the top. I originally replaced the bulb because it was old, but that didn't work. I put it on the stove in a pan of hot water like you suggested for about 20-30 minutes. You can see it start forming very small release bubbles. Like moisture had gotten into the wax. Put it back on the base and within 2-3 hours it was back to working like it was before. Thanks so much.
My college form is at 66 degrees Fahrenheit and it’s locked so that actually makes a lot of sense
My bubbles are completely translucent idk what to do
My previous bulb was moving the labs fast but my new bulb isn’t heating up like previous and lava is moving slower with a bulb of lava stuck at the top so I gotta buy a new bulb.
The coil in my lamp got misaligned and it’s stuck in phase 3, any tips on how to fix it?
I assume you already waited for 3+ hours? If you did that, next thing you could try is the aluminum foil trick (also works with blankets etc.). Maybe the bonus heat is enough to melt the wax and let the coil drop back into place.
By the way, coils aren't nearly as essential as one might think, also see my separate video: th-cam.com/video/I4-7ufkVKwU/w-d-xo.html
When this happened to my mathmos lava lamp I used a magnet to move and set the coil to its proper place
Tilt the lamp until the coil is facing the bottom. Heat to molten, rotate in a twisty motion back and forth to settle coil. Cool and repeat process m after about 3 reheat and cools, the lamp should start to settle in and start working. Sometimes a blob will stay at the top. I find once a lamp is shaken or knocked over, you rarely get back 💯. Sometimes you can drain the water, refill with distilled water and leave 3 or so inches out. Disolve Epsom salt in a glass of water and a dollop of dish soap. Put two inches of this water in the lamp and leave an inch of room at the top.
Mines at 56 picture and won’t go any further and used to flow now it doesn’t
Mines just always a big solid piece of wax and it takes hours for it to liquify
Try a hotter bulb ...
Mines like that but stuck at the top
@@darkdeadeye9213 SAME! Have you figured how to fix it yet?
@@darkdeadeye9213 this means that the bottom is too hot or that the top is not enought cold, try to decrease the bulb power somehow or cold down the top
First option should be more easy
That’s called a normal lava lamp
How do you fix a lava lamp when it's cord gets wet?
my lava lamp is over thirty years old and not even faded sadly the new ones seem to be lucky to last five years
Interesting, any estimation how long on average you run it per day?
@@Makstuff 2 hours or so about 3 days a week on average
@@Makstuff The wax keeps building up near the top of my new rainbow lava lamp and it won't come back down even after it cools off. Why is it doing that? It was working fine on Saturday, but now its not...
I would have said overheating, but if all/much if the wax stays up even after cooling down I have no idea. I only get that with tiny specks sometimes which quickly sink back down after shaking the cold lamp a little.
@@Makstuff Could it be the bulb? I can't seem to figure out how to get the wax to go back down....
I love “keep an eye on it” 👁️
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Took me a second, but now I see what you mean 😅
Mine stays in two blobs, at the hottom, one very small compared to the other, about the size of a tonight the small one is - and just nothing.
What i call the phases:
1: starting stage
2-3: strange stage
4-5: gloop gloop stage
6: oh no
No objections 😏
mine have a piece of wax floating on the top, and it don’t mix with the wax at the bottom
While the lamp is flowing use a blow dryer on it not too close and it’ll fall to the bottom. My lamp is doing this as the bulb isn’t that good not getting that hot I need a new bulb
Mine is stuck at the topp
After about an hour mine gets a big ball that sits at the bottom then a big bubble comes up about half way and comes back down 😞
Same for my lamp
If that's the first movement it does, and it doesn't run normally before, it's very likely underheated
I have one that the wax is translucent and doesn't move, it was less than a year old but was left on too long. Any idea how to fix it?
How long are we talking? A few days in a row normally shouldn't hurt it too much, but a few weeks/months probably would. What model? Where did you get it? Did it ever work normally before?
@@Makstuff a few days, I'd say for sure under a week... I bought it brand new at a Spencer's store and it worked properly when I got it. It is an XL model, I've tried a new bulb that is lava brand from Spencer's that are supposed to be the correct wattage but it's still not working.
@@leanna3458 I assume it's this one? th-cam.com/video/whM_MaC6wPE/w-d-xo.html
You sure you got the correct wattage? Needs 40W, but from what I've seen online Spencer only sells the 25W version.
@@Makstuff actually yes I went before when it wasn't working right and I tried to get bulbs but they didn't have the size, but recently I went again and they finally did. they are 40 watt and supposed to work on 52 oz. And 32 oz lamps
@@leanna3458 Guess I'm kinda running out of ideas then. Maybe it's just worn out, Mathmos says their bottles last around 2000 hours, since the Spencer ones are much cheaper they probably don't last quite as long. If your overall usage time is somewhere around that figure, it's possible you can't do anything except getting a new one (highest quality brand in US is www.lavalamp.com/ ) or trying experimental stuff like th-cam.com/video/-XIrasov2B4/w-d-xo.html .
(In case you kept it in direct sunlight all the time, I could also see the UV rays accelerating the aging process. And this would explain the wax becoming translucent too, as you mentioned at the beginning.)
I have a lava lamp but the wax in it keeps getting stuck at the top and bot flowing back down, it is mostly still melted while up at the top. Is there a fix for this sort of problem?
Mine does that if the bulb is turned up to high so im guessing your bulb is to hot.
@lucky piston thanks for your help dude
I have the same problem right now too. Just got a Room 2 Room lava lamp and I’ve left it on for just under 6 hours now because that’s what it said in the instruction manual that came with it but now the wax is just sitting at the top so I turned it off but I’m not sure if that’ll do anything and tbh I’m scared it won’t 😭 This is my first ever lava lamp so I’m clueless and I don’t wanna mess something up so if anyone has any possible ideas/ways that I can try to fix it please tell me 😭
Mine has a spring floating in it
Mind was turned in a few hours, and was working oerfectly….then I fell asleep and it was on too long I guess. When I woke up in the morning, one long piece of wax from top to bottom, not moving at all…I tuned it off, it cooled down all day, and am now trying it again, the wax is changing but it’s still not looking like it’s supposed to.
My lava lamp stopped working because the bulb,, I haven't used my lava lamp in weeks after it stopped working but today I received 2 bulbs , 25 watts and both of them are R39 (which was in the lava lamp) but the wax isn't moving at all.
Bro I was scared i didn’t know if to wait for 24 hours because I had just moved it from the ground and then to a little desk and then I got worried but this made me patient and it slowly started to move and I think it works still
Mine has been stuck in stage 4 for a while like i'd say 12 hours.
Mine is just a big blob of wax thats stuck at the top of the bottle
If you mean solid wax, you can try to melt it with a hairdryer or tip in in hot water upside-down.
@@Makstuff thank you, i'll give it a shot
My lava just has a big blob at top of cone
Mine looks like sand and all of it floats at the top
I thought you're going to tell us how to get to Lava run soften it up not how it works. Uh-oh me know how they work
My lamp just has long lines of wax that look like snakes that don’t move and solidify instantly after moving
Normal during heat-up, give it an hour.
Oh they have limited lifespan. Now I understand why my 2005 lava lamp doesn’t work
Can you make a homemade lava lamp from regular materials for us??😃😃😃
He put an eye 👁 on it lulz
bruh i lokey shit my sely mine looks like it broke but it looks like 21 minute mark and so i saw oh ok its normal.
Und wieder meine devise niie seine mathmos aus der Verpackung zu holen und anzumachen
Still this video didn't help!!!
If it’s overheated, what if i just turn it off for a bit? Will that help?
Yeah let it cool down
I have a question. I notice the new lava lamps use anemic 25 watt bulbs, but those same bulbs can be bought in 40 watts. The lava lamp says to use 25 watt bulbs. Is it safe to use a 40 watt bulb? Is the warning label about using 25 watt bulbs just more green crap?
I personally would just give it a try and keep an eye on it during the first run in case something starts to smoke or whatever.
One hard number that I can tell you from one of my recent experiments is that in the same base, when run with 25W and 40W, the liquid reaches around 59°C and 71°C, respectively, which is a difference of about 12°C. Which I'd say isn't THAT much in terms of safety, but of course use your own judgement.
@@Makstuff I'll probably just stick with the 25 watt bulb. I just wish I knew whether that warning was legitimate or not. I don't want to take the risk. It's next to my daughter's bed. I do notice that these newer models don't look as good as the older ones with the bigger bulbs. I had one when I was a kid and the wax was a lot more active Were those older better lava lamps banned by the greenies?