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?

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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joxang · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:20

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

Yup

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joxang · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:22

Fine. I'll make a nicer one.

joxang · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:32

MARK II!!!!!! (No glue, but the guy who was here fixing the boiler left some crazy tape stuff).

I will be monitoring temperatures very carefully

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joxang · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:50

I'm pretty happy with this one atm, the paper isn't getting warm. The bulb is an energy-saving one and in the Mark I model the paper felt hot as it was touching the bulb.

AS TO WHY I'M BEING A *****. I'm a student so I'm poor. I'm revising for finals so I'm bored. I'm not leaving my room except for food and to visit the loo. And I'm moving out in a few months so no point. Etc etc.

(Will update if it catches fire

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joxang · 17 Dec 2011 at 17:18

Biohazard said:
I set small fluffy animals on fire, really sets the mood that does...

Is it cheaper to do it that way? Our electricity bills are a shocker.