Lava Lamp Problem....any advice?? (88)
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JAN
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Juneau: I have a really lovely lava lamp that I have had now for about 3 years, and I use it every evening throughout the darker months. About 3 months ago, I switched it on, and it blew the bulb. I changed the bulb and discovered that it had also blown the 3amp fuse, so replaced that as well, and it came back on. However, since then it has blown the bulb a further two times! I don't know what the problem is, and I am reluctant to put in yet another bulb. It blows the bulb when I turn it on, either using the mains plug or the switch on the lead.
I have had a look for a replacement lava lamp but they are really expensive and are now in very garish colours (which mine isn't).
I have put in the correct bulb and the correct fuse, so I can't understand what the problem is
Any suggestions or advice would be welcome.
Thanks
I have had a look for a replacement lava lamp but they are really expensive and are now in very garish colours (which mine isn't).
I have put in the correct bulb and the correct fuse, so I can't understand what the problem is
Any suggestions or advice would be welcome.
Thanks
Yep, what Leisure said and check the wires in the plug are screwed in tight too
Ok...will do...thanks. I opened the plug a few weeks ago to replace the fuse and didn't notice anything strange, but will have another look.
It will be a shame if I have to throw it out, as it has sentimental value for me.
It will be a shame if I have to throw it out, as it has sentimental value for me.
Hi Jan...sorry I dont have any advice to give on your lava lamp cos Ive had too many drinks....
I love lama lamps... 
I love lama lamps... Have you checked the switch on the lead?
I had a bedside lamp that kept blowing, I checked the main plug and replaced the bulb, it still blew, so I checked inside the lead switch, the problem was there so I replaced the switch.
I had a bedside lamp that kept blowing, I checked the main plug and replaced the bulb, it still blew, so I checked inside the lead switch, the problem was there so I replaced the switch.
Im not to keen on them Lava Lamps ..
Even when there on i still keep bumping into things ..
Hope this helps ....
Even when there on i still keep bumping into things ..
Hope this helps ....
Juneau: I have a really lovely lava lamp that I have had now for about 3 years, and I use it every evening throughout the darker months. About 3 months ago, I switched it on, and it blew the bulb. I changed the bulb and discovered that it had also blown the 3amp fuse, so replaced that as well, and it came back on. However, since then it has blown the bulb a further two times! I don't know what the problem is, and I am reluctant to put in yet another bulb. It blows the bulb when I turn it on, either using the mains plug or the switch on the lead.
I have had a look for a replacement lava lamp but they are really expensive and are now in very garish colours (which mine isn't).
I have put in the correct bulb and the correct fuse, so I can't understand what the problem is
Any suggestions or advice would be welcome.
Thanks
I dunno what's wrong with it I have had a look for a replacement lava lamp but they are really expensive and are now in very garish colours (which mine isn't).
I have put in the correct bulb and the correct fuse, so I can't understand what the problem is
Any suggestions or advice would be welcome.
Thanks
The one I use is 15 years old and still going like the clappers
Hey, maybe we should put a pic of our lamps on our profiles and compare lava lamps
Zellarrone1: I dunno what's wrong with it
The one I use is 15 years old and still going like the clappers
Hey, maybe we should put a pic of our lamps on our profiles and compare lava lamps
The one I use is 15 years old and still going like the clappers
Hey, maybe we should put a pic of our lamps on our profiles and compare lava lamps
Make a difference from bottles of wine ....
jonnt: I'll be the judge as long as I get a bottle of 
JudgeJonn to the rescue Zellarrone1: JudgeJonn to the rescue
Have a nice day ....
ssavanna: i dont have any luck with them , have 3 in our house none work, !!! booo hooo will use some of the advice you were given and see if i can fix mine,
We could all get together and form a Lava Lamp Club ..
Im so fed up with this knittin circle im in .....
Ooooow ,you want to hear the Gossip ,,you wouldnt believe it
Crystal29: Hi Jan...sorry I dont have any advice to give on your lava lamp cos Ive had too many drinks.... I love lama lamps...
don't you worry yourself about it lass Juneau: don't you worry yourself about it lass
Thats why i wouldnt have a Lava Lamp in the house ..
I have friends who would drink that as well ....
Zellarrone1: I dunno what's wrong with it
The one I use is 15 years old and still going like the clappers
Hey, maybe we should put a pic of our lamps on our profiles and compare lava lamps
The one I use is 15 years old and still going like the clappers
Hey, maybe we should put a pic of our lamps on our profiles and compare lava lamps
maybe we should! my two were only cheap from Argos, but they look beautiful (when they are working! 
) I have noticed the same design (an unusual one for a lava lamp) is now on Amazon and is 3 times the cost!Thanks for the advice. I will have a look at the plug and the switch thingy, but I have recently been turning it on using the wall socket only, and it still blows
Juneau: maybe we should! my two were only cheap from Argos, but they look beautiful (when they are working! ) I have noticed the same design (an unusual one for a lava lamp) is now on Amazon and is 3 times the cost!
Thanks for the advice. I will have a look at the plug and the switch thingy, but I have recently been turning it on using the wall socket only, and it still blows
Thanks for the advice. I will have a look at the plug and the switch thingy, but I have recently been turning it on using the wall socket only, and it still blows
Have you tried plugging it in to another socket, the fault may be in the wall socket
Juneau: maybe we should! my two were only cheap from Argos, but they look beautiful (when they are working! ) I have noticed the same design (an unusual one for a lava lamp) is now on Amazon and is 3 times the cost!
Thanks for the advice. I will have a look at the plug and the switch thingy, but I have recently been turning it on using the wall socket only, and it still blows
There we are... I've just taken a photo with my phone and plonked it on my profile Thanks for the advice. I will have a look at the plug and the switch thingy, but I have recently been turning it on using the wall socket only, and it still blows
EssJay: Have you tried plugging it in to another socket, the fault may be in the wall socket
Yeah...that's what I am thinking. Am just in the process of moving it now to another socket.
I am not sure if a single socket can go wrong
I kind of thought they would be on some sort of circuit, where they are all linked together I have had a wee look in the other one (the identical working one) and although it also has a 30 watt bulb in it, it is a golf ball shaped one, which the one in this lamp isn't. Don't suppose that would make any difference as the replacement bulbs were exactly the same shape and wattage as the old one I took out when it first blew.
Juneau: Yeah...that's what I am thinking. Am just in the process of moving it now to another socket.
I am not sure if a single socket can go wrong I kind of thought they would be on some sort of circuit, where they are all linked together
I have had a wee look in the other one (the identical working one) and although it also has a 30 watt bulb in it, it is a golf ball shaped one, which the one in this lamp isn't. Don't suppose that would make any difference as the replacement bulbs were exactly the same shape and wattage as the old one I took out when it first blew.
I am not sure if a single socket can go wrong I kind of thought they would be on some sort of circuit, where they are all linked together
I have had a wee look in the other one (the identical working one) and although it also has a 30 watt bulb in it, it is a golf ball shaped one, which the one in this lamp isn't. Don't suppose that would make any difference as the replacement bulbs were exactly the same shape and wattage as the old one I took out when it first blew.
I once completely changed the wire on one in desperation and that worked
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I have had a look for a replacement lava lamp but they are really expensive and are now in very garish colours (which mine isn't).
I have put in the correct bulb and the correct fuse, so I can't understand what the problem is
Any suggestions or advice would be welcome.
Thanks