Refillable gas lighters are sold empty for safety reasons. The procedures for refueling a new product and a used one differ little from each other. How to fill a lighter with gas from a can, if it already weakly supports combustion or does not ignite at all, is described below.

Do not try to refill the lighter with gas immediately after use. Make sure it is empty, let it rest enough time for all mechanisms to cool down.

Set the flame adjuster to minimum... This is usually a brass adjusting screw at the base of the case with a screwdriver slot. Some models are supplied with a key to turn the adjusting head. Many are equipped with a wheel that does not require a special tool to rotate. It is not necessary to apply great effort when turning the adjusting devices. If there are difficulties in reducing the height of the fire, then, most likely, the adjusting screw is in the + or - limit position. Try it the other way.

Release of gas residues

Press on prime valve using one of the following tools:

• screwdrivers;
• ballpoint pen;
• paper clips;
• toothpicks;
• a suitable adapter supplied with the cylinder.

Hold it open until a hissing sound is heard... When releasing pressure in the reservoir, carry out all manipulations away from your face.

Tank filling

Refuel only upside down... The lighter should be held in your hand so that it can be easily held, preferably with an emphasis on some hard surface. First, shake the can of gas several times.

Insert the nozzle of a can with a suitable nozzle firmly into the filling valve and push it against the filling rod. If liquid gas begins to fill the reservoir, the body of the lighter will quickly cool down. Do not refuel for more than five seconds. If this is not enough, repeat the procedure after a while. The outlet of excess gas will let you know about the full filling of the tank.

Checking the lighter

Do not try to extract fire immediately after refueling... Let the cooled case heat up to room temperature... This will take a few minutes. Rub your hands to evaporate any residue gas mixture... Set the flame control to a quarter of the maximum and try to light the lighter. Be sure to do this away from your face. Do not be surprised if the fire immediately flares up unexpectedly violently. If everything is working properly, adjust the required torch height.

Some actions seem so intuitively simple that no one thinks about how to perform them. Start the car, toast toast, button up your jacket - what could be easier? In fact, these simple things can be more difficult than at first glance. The quick guides below will help you not only on how to properly refuel your lighter to prolong its life, but also on how to do it safely for yourself and those around you.

1. Do not refuel the lighter in a closed, unventilated space, in a car, or in tight spaces.
2. Never do this near sparks or open flames, or near smokers. The reservoir and the can contains butane under high pressure... It is extremely flammable.
3. Protect your eyes when refueling and try not to inhale gas vapors.
4. Use only high quality butane of at least triple purification. The cleaner the fuel, the less risk of valve clogging. Low-quality gas can lead to malfunction of the lighter during operation and problems during refueling.
5. To quickly fill the reservoir to capacity, try pre-chilling it in the freezer for 5-10 minutes. Gas bottle no need to cool. If there is a fuel level control window on the body, you will notice a difference with the procedure for refueling a warm lighter.
6. Lighters do not like long breaks in work. Try to use them periodically. This will prolong their life. If long-term storage is necessary, release the gas from the tank. How to do this is described in the corresponding section above.
7. It is not at all necessary to set a large flame and dip the cigarette in it. The greatest heat is found at the very tip of the torch and spreads higher in the invisible zone. This knowledge will help preserve the smoker's mustache and eyebrows, and correct use flame protects the mechanisms of the lighter from ash clogging.
8. Purchase a can of compressed air... it the right tool for the maintenance of the lighter. Flushing valves and cleaning debris in hard-to-reach places will become much easier.

There is another easy way to refuel with gas. If it seems difficult to repeat the instructions you have read on your own, entrust this matter to specialists.

In this article I will tell you how you can extend the life of a lighter that does not have a gas filling valve.
To do this, we need an empty disposable piezo lighter, a gas canister with a set of adapters, two matches and tweezers.

We start by taking apart the lighter, remembering the location of the parts.

We take matches and use a knife to sharpen their tips a little.

We put the bracket in place and slip the matches under it.

By doing this, we raise the gas valve. We choose an adapter that fits tightly on the tip of the valve, and put the lighter with matches for 10-15 minutes into the freezer of the refrigerator. By freezing the lighter, we will achieve better gas flow when refueling. We take out the lighter from the refrigerator and immediately start refueling.

Attention! Refueling should be carried out away from sources of open fire. With one hand we put a can of gas on the valve and press on it. We stand for 10-20 seconds and, without releasing the can, pull out the matches with the other hand. Next, remove the can and start assembling the lighter.
We turn the adjusting screw almost all the way. We put all the details in place and check the height of the flame.

This method of refueling the lighter withstands about 6-8 times. Then the valve wears out and begins to "poison" the gas. In this way, you can refuel and silicon lighters... But if you have to remove the flint and the wheel, then after refueling it is difficult to put them in place.

It may not make sense to fill cheap gas lighters with gas. But why not? But beautiful original lighters just have to be refueled, otherwise, why are they needed then?

The refueling procedure is simple, but there are some nuances.

You will need a can of gas for your lighters and possibly a set of nozzles. But as practice shows, the nozzle of the can itself is usually suitable.

Especially for clarity, we took a transparent lighter to see the filling process.

Since lighters are usually carried in pockets or bags, the valve can be clogged with any debris or dust. Therefore, the first step is to clean the valve.

To do this, press the center of the valve with a sharp object. A characteristic "pshyk" should be heard. The residual gas is discharged under pressure. This is usually enough to blow out debris from the valve.

Further, if you right-handed, take lighter in right hand , spray to the left... If you left-handed, then vice versa... This is done so that the leading hand is the guide, there is less deviation from the refueling guide line, and the error in the inclination of the can from the lighter valve is less.

Turn the can over and insert the nozzle into the lighter valve. With a confident strong movement, press lighter to spray with gas for 2-3 seconds.

This is how a tighter connection is achieved between the lighter and gas canister... If gas comes out, this means that the cylinder and the lighter are not aligned and the nozzle does not fit well into the valve or the lighter is already full.

To be sure, the procedure can be repeated.

As we can see, the lighter is almost full.

If there is already little gas in the can and the pressure in it is weak, then fuller refuel gas lighter, you can put it before refueling for a few minutes in freezer refrigerator ...

Then refuel the lighter as usual. With the cold charging method, the lighter must be refilled with gas much less often.

Necessarily give a lighter lie down at room temperature for 20 minutes since when refueling, the expanding gas cools itself and cools the lighter, which affects its operation.

The invention of refillable lighters is a real discovery, and not only for those who like to smoke cigarettes or Cuban cigars. Tourists and travelers also need these portable incendiary devices. But how to refuel a lighter if it suddenly stops working? First, they look at the brand and the combustible substance on which it works. The main varieties are gas and petrol models... For expensive brands, special gas or petrol cylinders are sold. They pass up to 3 degrees of purification and do not destroy small parts branded incendiary devices. Self-refueling will require attention and skill.

How to fill a lighter with gas from a can?

First, they purchase a bottle of butane gas. There are 5-6 adapters on it, among which there is one suitable for a particular lighter model. But before refueling, you need to make sure that all the gas inside the lighter is used up.

1. The valve must be pressed with a match, pen, pencil to release excess oxygen. The device is cooled down to room temperature for safety reasons.
2. Regulate the flame, you can move its position to the minimum height. Pick up desired valve, fix, turn the balloon upside down with the filling part.
3. While carefully holding the crossover valve, refuel the lighter continuously for 5 seconds. After refueling, the device is not used for about 5 minutes, so that the pressure is equalized, and the porous rod has time to be saturated with gas.

How to refuel a lighter: follow the instructions.

They also remember about safety precautions. Do not fill the incendiary device near a fire; if the gas accidentally gets on the mucous membranes or skin, it is immediately washed off.

How to refuel a gasoline lighter?

Refueling a gasoline product is almost the same as refueling a gas lighter. Also, for branded accessories, special cylinders with refined gasoline can be produced, you need to ask at the points of sale of branded incendiary devices.

• Before refueling, remove the core from the body. Turn the lighter over and look at the bottom. There is an entrance for a filling device.
• Pour gasoline, but carefully monitor the filling. Spilled fuel is removed immediately.
• After the end of the filling, the chamber-entrance is closed, only after that the core is inserted back.

It is important that it is better to refuel incendiary devices away from fire and fabric pieces of furniture. Gasoline thrown onto the sofa can easily ignite if the accessory is used carelessly.

If you have a beautiful or original lighter that is dear to you, do not rush to throw it away because it no longer pleases you with its fire. Lighters are different in form, execution, materials from which they are made, and of course they are gas or petrol. Surely at least once you wondered where and how to refuel the lighter. In fact, it is quite easy to do it yourself at home. The main thing is to be careful and careful.

To do this, we naturally need a lighter in good condition and a can of gas for refueling lighters. Before you start refueling, you need to know a couple of rules:

1. First of all, it is safety. The room in which you are going to refuel your lighter should be ventilated, there should not be any sources of ignition nearby.
2. Avoid getting the gas in your eyes and skin. It is best to wear gloves and closed clothing.
3. It is better to choose old unnecessary clothes, so that in case of something you do not spoil it with the smell of gas.
4. Do not fill the lighter to the end. Gas enters the lighter under pressure and in case of overflow, the lighter may explode.

So, let's move on to filling a regular lighter or autogenous with gas. After you have found a place to refuel the lighter, make yourself comfortable, you should not have anything to interfere or distract you. Find the valve on the back of the lighter through which you will refuel your lighter. It may be clogged with debris or dust from your pocket, so it needs to be cleaned. In order to clean the valve, take something sharp and press it, you should hear the characteristic sound of gas coming out. This should be enough to clear the valve and release any remaining gas. Set the flame height adjuster to minimum.

Included with a can for refueling lighters are adapters for different valves. Choose the most suitable one for your lighter, it should tightly slide onto the valve, in most cases it is not required. While refueling, it is best to hold the bottle in your left hand and the lighter in your right, but if you are left-handed, then the opposite is true. The lighter should be with the valve towards the top, and the cylinder, naturally, with the stem towards the bottom. Then press the lighter with effort to the gas cylinder for 7-10 seconds, that's enough to fill it. In no case try to immediately check the lighter for operability, wait three minutes for the pressure inside the lighter to finally equalize. Now you know how to properly refuel your lighter.

Tricks:

And yet, a gas cylinder is enough for several fillings, but with each filling, the pressure inside the cylinder becomes less and less. In order to fill the lighter more completely, put it in the freezer for a few minutes before refueling.

How to refuel disposable gas lighters (Cricket, BIG, etc.):

The refueling technology for disposable lighters is very simple. Cool the lighter in the refrigerator. We put 2 matches under the front part of the lever that opens the lighter valve. We put the nose of the gas cylinder on the outlet, press and calmly charge the lighter.

How to refuel a gasoline lighter

Before moving on to the issue of refueling, you need to talk a little about how you can refuel the lighter. It is best to fill the lighter with specialized gasoline, although you can also use a regular machine or cuirassier. But I would not advise saving and refueling with motor gasoline, because of high temperature burning, you simply have too change the wick often... Now let's go directly to the gas station itself. To understand how to refuel a gasoline lighter, we will consider refueling a company lighter Zippo (zippo), since the varieties gasoline lighters a lot, but the principle of their filling is the same. So, the Zippo lighter ( zippo) consists of two parts: the body of the lighter and the inside of the lighter itself. Taking out the lighter from the case, we see a felt pad, bend its corner so that the cotton balls are visible. This fleece needs to be soaked in fuel, but you need to be careful not to overflow. Now put the felt back in place and assemble the lighter with the body. Then wait a couple of minutes for the wick to be saturated with gasoline. Before checking the operation of the lighter, make sure that there is no fuel left on it or on your hands, otherwise wipe everything with a napkin and allow a couple of minutes to blow off all the vapors. Then the lighter is ready for use. Video how to refuel a zippo lighter: