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26 June 2006

Is this lamp going to burn my house down? →[More:]

The metal harp** on which the lampshade sits actually touches the bulb. Yay Ikea! Maybe light bulbs are narrower in Sweden?

I guess my concern is that the bulb will heat up the metal and the metal will heat up the bulb and the bulb will shatter. In my face.

Or is it all going to be okay? Safe to use? Help me.

** I spent 15 minutes trying to remember the name of the damned thing. Finally had to Google. Yay Google.

post by: mudpuppie at: 13:40 | 16 comments

I think you'll be okay mup. Fret not.

posted by richat 26 June | 13:44

The bulb will not shatter; it will not burn down your house.

posted by Specklet 26 June | 13:46

Cool. Thanks.

(But if you people don't hear from me after a few days, you'll know why.)

posted by mudpuppie 26 June | 13:47

Have you tried sticking a CFL in there? They generally have a much narrower form-factor than an incandescent, and save teh energy.

posted by pieisexactlythree 26 June | 13:49

Yeah, Pi, but that would mean leaving the house.

posted by mudpuppie 26 June | 13:51

Not necessarily...

posted by pieisexactlythree 26 June | 13:54

LEAVE ME AND MY LIGHT BULBS ALONE!

posted by mudpuppie 26 June | 14:18

I'm just impressed that bulbs.com actually sells lightbulbs.

posted by matildaben 26 June | 14:23

and not flower bulbs?

posted by eekacat 26 June | 14:30

That reminds me: pup! My calla lillies are coming up!

posted by Specklet 26 June | 15:12

Yay! They must be confused, though, because they normally wouldn't sprout until fall. Here in the great oven that is the Central Valley, that is.

posted by mudpuppie 26 June | 15:19

Did anyone else note richat's harp pun? Be fretless mudpuppie, he is not a lyre.

posted by pointilist 26 June | 15:25

I'm just impressed by those feet.

posted by deadcowdan 26 June | 15:31

60 Watts Max. 'Nuf said.

posted by warbaby 26 June | 15:50

I have no idea whether your lamp is safe or not, but those are some cool meetup picks a little further back in your photostream. I had never before seen teh METATATT.

posted by Doohickie 26 June | 18:45

Nah, light bulbs don't get hot enough to worry about, as long as the bulb is not touching the shade itself. I would, however, look for a narrower bulb if you ever leave the house, just so that the frame of the lamp shade doesn't get hot and burn your widdle fingers if you leave the lamp on for a few days. As warbaby says, stick to 40 or 60 watts and you will never have a problem regardless.

posted by dg 26 June | 19:02

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