lava lamp run time?

 I just bought a lava lamp. Can I run it 24/7?

Do lava lamps have a shelf life?

The one I bought is...

http://www.googlestore.com/product.asp?catid=2&code=GO0153&orig=P

  grandeandy@gmail.com wrote:

Ask the guy you bought it from. DUH!

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        Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

 

Lava lamps work by heating up parafin (wax), which is lighter than the liquid
when warmed up. The 'lava' drops to the base where the warming lamp is when it
cools off. Repeat cycle.

Eventually the liquid warms up to the same temp as the liquid parafin and the
cycle stops.

 grandeandy@gmail.com wrote:

The one I bought in the early 70's ran for a number of years 24/7.   Had to
replace the light bulb occasionally, of course.

When my wife gave it away in the late 80's, it had lost about 1/4" of fluid.
Other than that, still worked fine.

 grandeandy@gmail.com wrote:

Is it a REAL (Haggarty Enterprises) Lava lamp?

If so, the recommeded run time is 10 hours at a stretch:

http://www.lavaworld.com/Use_care.cfm
Never operate your motion lamp for more than 10 hours at a time. This
will insure proper operation and a long globe life.