Colossus Use and Care

Operating and caring for your lava lamp® is pretty straightforward. However, because of their unique engineering, all lava lamps need to be handled carefully to insure a trouble-free life span. Below are a few important points of note.

Be sure you are aware of the ginormous size of the lamp you are about to purchase…returns based on the fact the item does not fit where you wanted it will result in the purchaser paying for the return shipment ($100-$150).

NOTE: These lamps CANNOT be moved while they are hot. Doing so will result in mixing the liquid and wax secret formula and destroying the lamp. Place your lamp where you think you want it and move it around BEFORE running it for the first time. Your lamp will take 8-10 hours to cool down before you can remove the globe to replace a bulb or move the lamp.

FIRST TIME RUN INSTRUCTIONS

Place the base in the location that you will run the lamp permanently - NOTE: The lamps run the best at about 70 degrees F. If your space is cooler than 70 degrees on a regular basis, your lamp may not ever run properly or it will take an extremely long time to warm up. NOTE: DO NOT MOVE the lamp once it is warm.
After the lamp has reached room temperature, screw in light bulb and place globe on base. NOTE: It is recommended to plug in the lamp and turn dimmer switch on to be sure the light bulb is working properly before putting the globe on the base.
Lift the globe onto the base carefully setting it down onto the base.
Place the cap happily on top of the globe (it weighs a lot less).
Turn the rheostat to 100% on and allow the lamp to run for 24-48 hours CONSTANTLY. Running it constantly for a longer period of time will allow all of the wax to melt down and it should perform at optimal use after about 24 hours. NOTE: The lamp will not move in a fluid motion for 10-15 hours on its first run. Subsequent runs should have a quicker warm up time, however this amount of wax will not heat in more than 6-8 hours. DO NOT TRY PUTTING A LARGER BULB THAN SPECIFIED IN THE LAMP, the formula is made to run with a 200 watt bulb and can be dimmed down if the lamp is running too quickly (lots of tiny blobs).

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