What's wrong with my lava lamp?

Do I need to buy some plugins for it?
 
Which do you recommend?

Oh... and they are generally most active in the first couple hours after being turned on. After that they kinda do the blob thing so if you walked away for that time period you may have miseed the show.

How long did it take for the burns on his hands to heal?
 
lol...
 
Those buggers can be dangerous.
 
They occasionally explode too.
 
I wouldn't leave one of those bastards on unsupervised near my gear.

It's probably stuck on the "bass player" setting.  Try lead guitar for a better show. 
 
HTH
 
 
(I TOLD you the first time you use it it can take 5-6 hours to start working!)

it's prolly just seeking attention . . . you know kinda like how they say dogs reflect their owners?
 
well could be same kinda thing here

Bhav

craigb
It's probably stuck on the "bass player" setting.  Try lead guitar for a better show. 
 
HTH
 
 
(I TOLD you the first time you use it it can take 5-6 hours to start working!)

I think you mean Piano.
 
Piano > all other feeble instruments.

No, but I can see why you think that.
 

They are sensitive to ambient temperature, since it's the temperature difference from top to bottom that initiates the movement. In a hot room, the wax floats to the top and stays there. In a cold room, it settles to the bottom and stays there. If the lamp is shaken, the wax will separate and needs a couple days to re-congeal into larger blobs.
 
If the lamp used to work but does no more, first check inside the base - there is a spring in there that helps conduct heat to the vessel, that can come loose if the lamp is dropped. Next, replace the light bulb. If it's old it may not be emanating as much heat as it used to. It might just not be screwed in all the way. You can also (cautiously) try using a higher-wattage bulb. Most use a 25-watt bulb but some standard-size units use a 40-watt bulb. The big ones use 60W or even 100W for the giant ones, but I wouldn't advise them unless you want to true volcanic experience.
 
That's assuming you can still buy an incandescent bulb in California. Those faux-green do-gooders down there (they're here now, too, thanks to high-priced CA real estate) would have you believe that compact florescents can do everything an incandescent can do. (Try putting one in your oven, or in a spray booth!)

craigb
It's probably stuck on the "bass player" setting.  Try lead guitar for a better show. 
 
HTH
 
 
(I TOLD you the first time you use it it can take 5-6 hours to start working!)

Hmm. I'm a bass player and it takes me at least 5-6 hours to start working too. 
 
I hope nobody tries shaking me.

Who has time for shaking or stirring when you're thirsty?

if there's anyone with heart problems, would recommend not follow this fred..

probablee unrealipstick I thought anyone could not keep following this fred..

If mine gets too hot it stops bubbling or lava'ing or whatever. I plugged mine into an old X10 lamp dimmer and dim it a just a little after it warms up. Otherwise, after a few hours it just collects at the top. FWIW, mine is about 6 months old.

Beepster
 
I had one as a teen and eventually it just stopped doin' its thang.
 

 
It happens to all of us with age, but apparently you can get some little blue pills that help with the problem.
 

Pshaw.
 
I got nothing to do with the occasional Boners I DO get.
 
Why the hell would I want more?