Every time I get a butane torch lighter, it runs out of fuel and I cannot refill it.  I have been told that when it is so low on fuel it does not light, I must release any pressure by holding down the valve before attempting to fill the lighter.  I then buy a new fuel canister and try to fill the lighter by holding it upside down.  In fact I have tried every position.  The lighter accepts little or no fuel and will not work from that point forward.  This has happened with more than 5 different lighters from different sources.  What am I doing wrong?
123976
i have never released the pressure before refilling my butane lighters- if possible, turn your flame as low as it will go, and hold straight vertical. you want to come straight down on the valve, so you dont break or bend it(lighter.)my husband fills lighters with several short "bursts"of butane, but i usually just do 1 to fill. what may be happening is that the butane is leaking right back out of lighter, so what you might want to try is, after filling, flip the lighter back  right side up, and ALWAYS wait until lighter is no linger cold to the touch before trying to ignite. i hadn't had any luck with butane refillable lighters until just here recently, so i can feel your frustration. hoppe this helps!!
282361
Save them.  I have actually used about 200 to get a gallon of gas before.  Of course, that was ages ago : )
599273
Most likely you didn't let the battery get fully charged the first few times before using it..... the more you do that, the less charge the battery can hold + you can only recharge them so many times before they can't be charged anymore and need replacing.\n\nSo, my best guess is that the battery is f***ed to the point where it can't be recharged fully anymore,
647430
Well, I am not a chemist.  If I had to take a stab at this I would GUESS it's because the ash is dry and not very absorbent and the kerosene is still able to give off enough fumes to be ignited.  However, the soil is moist and can absorb more of the fuel in such a matter than there aren't enough fumes to be easily ignited.\n\nThat's a guess.  I have never actually encountered what you are describing.
436155
i think butane is heavier than air. because i sprayed some in a baloon one time to light on fire and it stayed on the ground
19898
if you breath you only get about 20% of the total amount of oxygen out of the air. The remaining oxygen you blow onto the coal which helps it to re-ignite for a sec.
167275
what the heck are you trying to do, build a flamethrower?  you need to use the venturi effect with compressed air to atomize your hydrocarbon.  don't try to just push it out, the mixture will be too rich.
378158
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485461
It may be illegal for you to refill that cylinder so be careful.  Call a vendor who sells cylinders prefilled with gases to any combination you need.
82660
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103367
get a second opinion- Sorry a fuse is good or bad - no middle. you have an issue withe the sending unit in the tank - it is a simple but not a cheap part- most of the sending units have an arm that rides up and down with the fuel level- sometimes where the arm rubs against can loose contact and cause a gauge to read empty- or loose ground withe the tank. should be cheaper than 500.00 maybe
567837
you do not have to replace the mantels until they get holes in them.\n\nhave a match lit and stick it up in the hole and then turn on the propane, then lower the gas until it gets a nice even glow.
615177
You have forgotten the elements of fire. You need fuel, heat and oxygen. Too much oxygen or air like blowing on a candle doesn't allow for heat to burn the fuel, in this case the wick of a candle. It takes time for combustion to happen in the case of a candle since it's so small. You can't say the same for a forest fire or a building on fire. But dowsing it with water like a fire hose will eventually prevent combustion from happening.
239994
TELL HER TO TAKE SOME BEENO.  IF YOU TAKE BEENO THERE WILL BE NO GAS.  AND THEN YOU CAN GET IT ON.
207961
We always refill ours, I know the label says not to but why would they sell the adapters to refill them if it wasn't supposed to be done???\n\nIf your not comfortable refilling, contact your local fire department. They will know how to get in contact with the local HAZ MAT in your area.
652455
OH CAN IT EVER. It's call blue-flaming or torqing. You lay on you back and throw your legs back over your head as far as you can. Hold a lighter (not a match) near the butt-opening. If you get too close you create some risk. Build up a doozy and let 'er rip while the lighter is going. You have to exhaust the whole thing, or else you risk bringing some of the fire back inside of you while your butt-opening is still, well, open. So push it all out. Some of the flames can get huge. Just watch out for the "banana torq". It wraps around and burns bad things.
270839
The biggest problem likely will be that the filament must glow hot enough to give off light and it will quickly burn up if there is any oxygen present in the bulb.  Since your bulb must last only a minute at one candle power, perhaps you can burn up the oxygen in the "bulb" with a small lit candle before "sealing" it.  Many radio vacuuum tubes used "getters" to remove traces of oxygen from the vacuum - just like your candle.  You might try a glass jar with a small twist lid which you would twist tight after the candle goes out.  The filament might be a strand of steel wool held between two copper wires that enter the jar (from the top) through the cap (glued to exclude oxygen).  Start with one cell then add more cells in series (bumper-to-bumper with none reversed) to get the right voltage without melting the steel wool.  Results will depend on how fine or course the steel wool is and how long the strand is (to obtain enough resistance to current flow).  The longer it is (a loop?) the more light.  You can twist off the cap and cover the jar to try other filaments or replaced melted ones.  Good luck.