Question about Lava Lamps

[DustyWolfe]

I have two lava lamps and a glitter lamp.

I'm leaving for the bus station about 5:00 to pick up a friend then we are meeting my family for dinner and such, will be back here around 8:00. I was wanting to leave the lamps on so that they would be heated up and umm.. doing what they do when we get home since it takes a couple of hours for them to get going.

Is it safe to leave them on when no one is home? I'm assuming it is since it is just a lightbulb underneath the globe

 

[calypso_21]

Is it safe to leave them on when no one is home? I'm assuming it is since it is just a lightbulb underneath the globe

No hun...its not recommended. I would be hestitant to do so in case it got knocked over somehow.

 

[islandman]

Mine needs about an hour to warm up before it works. But the label clearly says to not leave it unattended.


Wouldn't do it if I were in your shoes.

 

[April]

You might want to put them on the floor just in case. Hell, dryers aren't supposed to be left unattended, yet how many people here do just that?

 

[DustyWolfe]

Well, they are up high, and my door will be closed...


Here is a pict of the glitter lamp and the coca cola lava lamp *grins*

 

[islandman]

Well, they are up high, and my door will be closed...


Here is a pict of the glitter lamp and the coca cola lava lamp *grins*

You collect Coca-Cola stuff too???? We need to talk!

 

[DustyWolfe]

You collect Coca-Cola stuff too???? We need to talk!

*grins* I love coca cola stuff. I don't a lot because my ex kept most of it. But what I do have is pretty cool *smiles*

 

[Nora]

Don't leave the lava lamps on.

And should I call every 10 minutes to make sure you're ok? *smiles*

 

[islandman]

*grins* I love coca cola stuff. I don't a lot because my ex kept most of it. But what I do have is pretty cool *smiles*

My apartment is over-running with the stuff. Bottles and cans from all over the world, knick-knacks, coasters, even a collection of the Coca-Cola pin-up girls from the 40s.

 

[svenmn]

no dear do not leave on even on the floor the heat of them is reflected down seen them scorch tables that they have sat on.

Sven

 

[ToreHund]

Timer

I guess you can go to a shop and buy a timer. You know, you plug it in as an adapter between the lamp and the wall socket, and set it to start at say 3 pm, so that the lamp is warm enough, but not possibly overheated, when you come home at 5 pm or something. Go and ask in any electricity shop.
Apart from that, I agree that you should be careful with the lamps.

TH

 

[Guru]

 

[sufisaint]

They only have a refrigerator light bulb underneath them...its no big deal...

 

[NightFlier]

I've fallen asleep and left mine on all night and they never scorched anything. Never had one fall over either though an old friend had a cat that knocked one over. Mine are up high where kitties can't get to them. I do seem to recall a warning in the instructions to avoid leaving them on for more than 12hrs. at a time, but like I said, never had a problem with mine.

 

[LordMagicMan]

Don't do it! those things get super hot... mine was hard for me to turn off even. I hated teh fact that you couldnt leave it on...

have fun with your visitor

 

[freakygirl]

Coca cola collectors unite!



I'll have to dig up the pictures I posted of my kitchen..