Comments on: diy project: packing peanut chandelier

By: hollyallison

hollyallison — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:23:20 +0000

bryan and mollie…forget what everyone else said. the chandelier is awesome..it’s a brilliant idea and it looks perfect in your apartment. i wish we were neighbors because you could probably give me great ideas like this all the time. a xanax’s temper is a greater fire hazard than that terrific contraption and anyone who doesn’t like it can go polish their Franklin Mint plates for the fourth time.
very nice job. very cool idea,.
-holly

By: Bryan X

Bryan X — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:21:31 +0000

OK. time to bring clarity to all the rumor, pseudo-science and spin.

EPS —expanded polystyrene— is chemically stable and biologically inert. i.e. – no off-gassing.

It’s melting point is 392 degrees Fahrenheit. It burns at 662 degrees F. You need an open flame, high wattage lamp or direct hot-wire to ignite it.

It will produce CO (monoxide) when ignited, but less than the same amount of wood.

So keeping it at least a foot from a low watt bulb (as the above example is configured) is a safe proposition.

As far as dimmers using more power. That is a misleading statement. Yes, a 100w bulb on a dimmer set to put out the same amount of light as a 60w bulb will consume 75w of power.

But that is still less than the power consumed than a non-dimmed 100w bulb.

the extra energy is expended as heat at the dimmer.

That minor inefficiency is offset by the versatility of a dimmed fixture.

-b

By: TUTUKINI

TUTUKINI — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:35:21 +0000

Loved it, sent me back to a very innocent time, when as a child, did deep water free diving off of a tuna boat for fun and exploring; of “hey let’s go see what’s under here”. on the way to the surface, Encountered a smiler, glorious sight, of a Portuguese man-of-war,/ Jelly Fish,being it was mid-noon, great light shone thru surface; yep, it was a glorious sight. It looked like a luminous cluster of budding moon flowers; just like your chandelier. I love it! and what a wonderful usage of the popcorn/packing, to be discarded material. Kudos

By: Charlotte's right

Charlotte's right — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:12:17 +0000

SERIOUSLY. Let’s hang the off-gassing fire hazard up with a dimmer (which uses more electricity than a non-dimmer light). Maybe this is magic organic peanut wrapping and when you said low wattage, you meant, LED, but still. Glad we’re not neighbors. Nice to look at, though.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:21:50 +0000

How about a compact florescent bulb. They seem to put out almost no heat.

By: rob laliberte

rob laliberte — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:20:33 +0000

when I first saw this, I thought it might be made by slightly melting the peanuts in the oven using some kind of large metal bowl for the shape. I will have to try it and see what happens.
My .02

By: Dave K

Dave K — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:25:38 +0000

It gives me the heebie geebies.