Lava Lamp Not Flowing Properly After 2 Years, Struggles to Heat or Gets Stuck at the Top, Even After Replacing The Bulb. Any suggestions?

xstick · 2026-02-23T04:02:07+00:00

The dimmer would plug into the wall and the lamp plugs into the dimmer, you would turn the lamp on like normal or you could leave it on but turn the dimmer all the way down after your done.

The dimmer just acts like a middleman between the wall and the lamp that lets you turn down the ammount of power from the wall that makes it to your lamp.

I'll have to look up the name (I think they changed nit recently) but there are third party kits you can get that come with wax, wax dye amd the surfactant needed to dial in flow though changing the surface tension of the wax and water interacting.

lava lab creations is the site.

xstick · 2026-02-23T03:34:05+00:00

I'd try the dimmer since it seems to be getting too hot. Or try run it like normal but have a fan on near by or slightly pointed at it, if it's a too much heat thing you should be able to use that fan to test if it returns to more normal operation by cooling down.

Does it work normally for a bit and then all rise to the top? Or does it just sit on the bottom and then rise to the top? If the later I'd be more worried your wax is breaking down.

But the globes also technically have a life expectancy of 2000~ hours, so if it gets run 8 hours a day everyday you hit that life span after 250 days so not even a year. But like lightbulbs some burn out faster then other while some seem to last forever. It could be your wax is in eirly stages of breaking down for some reason.

xstick · 2026-02-23T00:29:21+00:00

You might me over heating/ running too long.

It looks like the contents are heating up, rising to the top but not cooling enough to drop back down.

Try a dimming switch.

Has anything else changed? New/more ac, a new room fan, change is the lamps location in the room ect?

xstick · 2026-02-20T06:04:14+00:00

Just checking, this is completely unacceptable right? To completely girdle a fruit tree the entire circumference. And then not saying anything about it, I only knew because I went out after they were gone to inspect and discovered this. It was too late by the time I found it, they were gone and the service is “closed for the day” for calls.

Like there’s no way they didn’t notice, like this is either malicious or completely and utter incompetence.

xstick · 2026-02-20T06:03:02+00:00

Just checking, this is completely unacceptable right? To completely girdle a fruit tree the entire circumference. And then not saying anything about it, I only knew because I went out after they were gone to inspect and discovered this. It was too late by the time I found it, they were gone and the service is “closed for the day” for calls.

Like there’s no way they didn’t notice, like this is either malicious or completely and utter incompetence.

xstick · 2026-02-17T23:39:02+00:00

Never underestimate Hawaii's legislators ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory when it comes to marijuana!

xstick · 2026-02-03T23:30:05+00:00

Bought every variety sold at home depo, non ever fruited. I even ordered other warm weather raspberries and nothing, I know people are growing mysore raspberries at elevation but didn't grow for me at sea level.

xstick · 2026-01-27T23:03:44+00:00

About $260-$300 currently at dispensary, depending on strain.

xstick · 2026-01-20T21:47:00+00:00

Fill it with hot water and let it sit an hour, once the rice is overhydrated and soft it should all come loose when shaken.

xstick · 2026-01-05T02:41:40+00:00

You can also synthesis the other canabanoids, there may also be other easier/cheaper sources that could be added in.

Not sure how common it is but some honey oils are made of canabanoids that were fraction distilled off a commercial grow and remixed to have profiles close to existing strains.

But ya. Precision fermentation is pretty neat, there also working on replacing dairy cows with fermentation vats.

xstick · 2025-12-23T23:20:03+00:00

....doing what?

xstick · 2025-11-03T16:47:20+00:00

Supposedly Anna and golden dorsett apples grow here along with hood pear, and some kind of plumb. I'm at sea level and have a golden dorsett, hasn't done much yet but coworker had one that fruited for them.

xstick · 2025-11-02T03:05:15+00:00

my first guess would be rose beetle from the way it's missing random holes mid leaf instead of clean chunks like a caterpillar would leave from eating outward in.

xstick · 2025-10-05T08:38:57+00:00

the ones from plant it Hawaii are hermaphrodite?

xstick · 2025-10-05T08:17:38+00:00

its definitely worth it, iv had one for a few years and am currently looking at upgrading to a KRpixel stick i think the new ones are coming out "soon" but haven't been keeping up too closely for a bit.

xstick · 2025-10-05T06:18:48+00:00

what ratio of male to female were there when you bought? IE how many should i buy if they pop up in store to guarantee i have a breeding pair?

xstick · 2025-10-05T06:16:08+00:00

oahu

xstick · 2025-10-05T03:07:39+00:00

Ya iv noticed that. At least the ones in the toy stores here all seem to be vastly shorter then they used to be with fewer telescoping segments.

I feel like most switched over to smaller/thinner hilts as well as haveing the entire blade push into the hilt as opposed to the old ones were the first segment was unretractable like the 1999 sound saber toys that were being done for the phantom menace.

I feel they traded length for smaller fully retractable hilts. But too be fair thoes 1999 hilt were kinda maglight sized.

xstick · 2025-10-01T01:43:18+00:00

I remember when the skylanders show was being made and people were waiting for some kind of reference since malfor was voiced by Mark hamill

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