Lava Lamp Bulbs

If you are looking for information regarding lava lamp bulbs then look no further. The choice of lava lamp bulbs is absolutely huge on the internet and choosing the right one can be a very picky task indeed.

Lava lamps are a very beautiful way to light up your bedroom in the evening when you are in a soothing mood. The blobs that move about great a very retro environment and are very cool to look at. Various lava lamp bulbs can be used to give the room  a different colour and the theme of the liquid in which the blobs are dispersed in. When buying you need to pay attention to compatibility as some lamps need the s11 bulb where the other require a r39, getting the wrong type will mean another trip to the shopping mall to get an exchange.

How the bulb affects the lava lamp fluid

The fluid is illuminated by the colour of the bulb. If the colour is white then the appearance will be that of water which is quite boring. You want to get a lava lamp bulb that can exhibit exotic colours such as forest green and sky blue. Choosing the correct bulb for your bedroom will allow the liquid and the blobs to be illuminated in a very dramatic and visually attractive manner. Some lamp designs are very robust and make the changing of a broken light bulb very difficult. So when you buy one make sure the repair work will be easy otherwise you will need to buy a new one every time the bulbs decides to blow. In my experience grande and glitter lava lamps have proven to be both attractive and have designs where the light bulb can be changed quite easily.

How  bulb power output affects the overall effect

Your lava lamps can be used with light bulbs of different power outputs which are measured in watts. The higher the value of the watts the higher the light intensity and therefore the brighter the lamp will be. This is of course down to personnel choice, but unlike your main lightning in your house you want the lava lamp bulb to have small watt values as the desired effect of the lamp is to give a dim atmosphere. 50 watt bulbs are usually the perfect choice for the resulting I am talking about. The other choices are 75 watts and 100 watts which in my opinion give a too high intensity, but in the end it does come down to personnel choice.

Colored lava lamp bulbs

As mentioned before the bulbs can determine the colour your lava lamp will emit, however some designs have the exterior glass in one colour already, which means that you only need to get a colourless bulb in order to achieve the color of the glass. This is limiting as you can only have the color that the exterior glass is made from.