Can a lightbulb set paper on fire?

joxang · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:12

I've just made a very crude lightshade for my ceiling bulb with some A4 paper. I touched it a moment ago and it was really hot. Any possibility of it catching fire :O?

Biohazard · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:12

Sherbs · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:12

Obviously possible.

4T5 · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:12

Yes & you will die. Can I have your stuff ?

dpbadger · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:13

This is how the great fire of London started. A pie wrapper ignited as it was too close to a desk lamp.

Cosimo · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:14

Pics of said lamp on fire.

[TW]Sponge · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:14

Why don't you get a lamp and test it on the kitchen floor or something. I wouldn't want to risk something like that when it could fall on anything.

oweneades · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:15

Just buy a cheap lampshade?

Tibbz2 · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:19

Pics, then pics of the following fire.

joxang · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:19

Pic is here.

It's not touching the lightbulb, suspended from wire. But it does get hot. This is serious business guys. My house could burn down

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Wizzfizz · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:20

A bright idea.

RomanNose · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:20

I guess this is what poor students do

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joxang · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:20

RomanNose said:
I guess this is what poor students do .

Yup

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Ceryndrion · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:20

I'm pretty sure that a standard incandescent light bulb can reach somewhere between four hundred, and five hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit, so it is quite possible to light a paper lampshade..

VaderDSL · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:20

Umm WTF is that?

just get a normal uplighter light shade

Not going to break the bank and will be safer!

Biohazard · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:21

joxang said:
Pic is here.

It's not touching the lightbulb, suspended from wire. But it does get hot. This is serious business guys. My house could burn down .

Was expecting a bit of a better effort to be honest.

I wouldn't expect that to last long and the higher wattage the bulb is the quicker it's likely to kill your ceiling cat.

joxang · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:22

Fine. I'll make a nicer one.

Vonhelmet · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:22

My bedside lamp once set my bedclothes on fire. True story.

StonedPenguin · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:22

lol, 1/10 for effort.

Biohazard · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:22

Vonhelmet said:
My bedside lamp once set my bedclothes on fire. True story.

How?