"Paul Hovnanian P.E." <Paul@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
news:41C11A86.ADEFCF5A@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Guy Macon wrote:
>>
>> Lava Lamp Left on Stove Explodes, Kills Man
>> Source: Reuters Wed Dec 1, 2004 09:12 AM ET
>>
>> SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Wa****ngton state man who placed a lava
>> lamp on a hot stove died when the lamp exploded and a glass
>> shard pierced his heart, police said on Tuesday.
>>
>> Phillip Quinn, 24, was found dead in his trailer home on
>> Sunday night in Kent, about 15 miles south of Seattle.
>>
>> "There appeared to have been an explosion that was centered
>> on the stove top. There were glass fragments all over,
>> embedded in the walls," said Paul Petersen, a Kent police
>> spokesman.
>>
>> A lava lamp features blobs of wax in liquid that rise and
>> fall in a container when heated by a bulb at the base of the
>> lamp.
>>
>> Quinn was probably standing in front of the lamp when it
>> exploded, then stumbled into his bedroom and died, Petersen
>> said, citing a medical examiner's re****t.
>
> What sort of pressure relief do these lamps have? I'd have tought that
> the mfg. would have already considered failure modes due to over wattage
> lamps, etc.
All the lava lamps I own are the Lava Brand and each one is topped by a
metal cap just the same as a metal cap on a beer bottle. I would think if
any of these lamps became over-heated to the point of exploding, the cap
would pop off first. I can't speak for other brand lamps.
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