Butane lighter Failures

rcerex

CharlieHeis

My first can of butane was less than quality, so that was my first thought. But as I kept reading your post I saw you have good butane. Do you purge your lighter before you fill it? Also, wait a while after filling to use the lighter. This may not be helpful, but it covers the mistakes I was making. Do a search on youtube also.

PAtoNH

The Xikar lighters have lifetime warranties so those could be replaced. Have you experimented with adjusting the flame height? I have a lighter that blows itself out when set too high. I agree with Charlie that purging the lighter is important.

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Gray4lines

Lee.mcglynn

Just too add the small airway can get clogged easily so blow compressed air into the nozzle too free it back up. Most companies have a foam surrounding under neath where the gas comes out of that will attrack lint and dirt fast and easily so the compressed air should clear the debri

rcerex

Cigary

Good suggestions from everybody....purging is necessary for sure because the air trapped inside the chamber will cause the lighter to sputter or not even light. As long as you are getting a spark that means there is fuel inside. Sometimes all you need is a good blast of compressed air to get the lighter to work but your best way of doing things is do them in a correct order. Purge...purge again until you don't hear ANY hissing at all. After you do this turn your lighter upside down and refill it but ensure the nozzle isn't kinked or you'll get a blast of butane and that means you just filled the chamber with a mix of butane and air...that's the problem a lot of us have. A good refill will mean you don't have an overspray and all of the butane goes inside the chamber. I usually will count out 8 seconds while refilling...then I'll stop for 4 seconds and then fill again for 4 more seconds as that will fill the chamber all the way. Butane expands so you want to let the refill stop once and then fill again to ensure a complete refill. Wait for at least a few minutes to get the butane back down to room temps.....then dial your adjustment all the way down and then dial it up about a 1/4...try and light it..if it doesnt light then turn it another 1/4 and light. After you get a flame then you can dial the adjustment to whatever flame height you want. If you ever hear the gas escaping during lighting that means one of two things.....either your adjustment is up all the way allowing too much gas to enter into the lighting stage or your connection tube is loose allowing the gas to escape.

danielzreyes

Ronson .... Walmart .... $4 .... Neeeeeexxxxxxt

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Chemnitz

Cigary

Each Walmart seems to be different...some stock them and others don't. Here in my area they stock a ton of them but they have gone up in price...from $3 to the price they are now..$6 but it's still a great deal on them. I discovered another Ronson lighter called the "Comet" which is a soft flame like a big only it's rechargeable and I take mine on plane trips....it always gets through. The Comet is something you can find at some places like CVS or Rite Aid and can be Googled and bought as well. The CVS here charges $1 a piece....that's like stealing and they work great.

Chemnitz

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