Thank you sir:) I have also found; that all lighters are not created equally. Some just don’t want to work at all. I have a $50 cigar lighter that doesn’t want to cooperate at all?
Awesome video. It seems silly but is worth it. A grocery store clerk taught me about the fuel. I had a lot of fouling and soot from my torches. I was constantly cleaning my electronic ignition systems of carbon from the cheap butane. She showed me 9x refined butane and said it is what she uses in her cooking...no "torch flavor" and less carbon. It wasn't but a few cents more and it works! I've seen 12x and higher refined, but never tested them. The brand my store sells has adapters on the cap. I've learned not all butane torch refill ports are the same. Some take specific brands better than others because of how the port is configured. The adapters helped more than I anticipated. I use my torch for epoxy knife handle making, cooking, getting rid of weeds in the garden, quick cutting plastic, plastic welding, and more.
I hear you sir, I have a lighter from a cigar shop that has never worked for me! I didn’t bother returning it as I assume I’m mentally retarded and just haven’t figured it out yet! Ha
Thank you for this video as it makes sense to why I was getting too much spillage when my torch wasn’t even near full. I didn’t make the connection that the torch had that much pressure in and that was my issue. This was very helpful.
Hi I got a new torch today and when I tried to fill it all the butane was spilling to the top. Some went in but at least half leaked. Any help? It shows half full now but I don't want to keep wasting it and am scared the spillage will ignite ? Thank you! @@SaskHunting
Honestly, the tip about the air pressure in there was huge. I always thought the air in there was just butane gas I hadn't considered that it was just compressed air. Now my torch lasts more than 3 crem brule dishes before the flame dwindles. Thanks!
@@adrianjasso822 say for example if you in a small area like a bathroom tryna refill like he did, all that gas goin in the air and what you think gone happen once you light that lighter😂😂
I didn't even think about the air pressure! Thanks for this video, I got my main torch filled up nice thanks to you! I'm not cooking with them, let's just say that. Thanks!!!
Thank you sir. The other guides I found had me wasting butane. The key I was missing was the canister being upside down, I think. Either way, it worked this time.
When you turn the can of butane upside down, the liquid (if there is any left) will be at the bottom. When the valve opens, the "gas butane" will push the liquid butane out. Purging the butane pressure out of the lighter is important to let the pressurized butane can fill it.
This is what I have experienced:) this morning my wife wanted me to fill one of her cheap candle lighters; I slammed it in and nothing at all, no fuel would enter the lighter? I then turned it upside down and purged a little (not all the pressure) then tried it again, then the lighter would allow fuel. Experimented a little. I’ve been learning that every light is different.
If you're really concerned with how much fuel you have in your torch, I suggest buying. A 10 dollar Digi scale and weighing it when its depleted, and then fill it up , once you have your two numbers, it's just simple math after that. I use the gram setting. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
"If you release the pressure of the gas the butane level will actually drop" I have no clue what you mean by this. If the propellant gas is released that should mean the butane level would either stay the same or increase in volume because of less pressure no?
For example; If you can see your tank of fuel and it’s half full in the tank. (Knowing that the pressure in the tank is high) Now, if you were to turn the lighter upside down and release some of the pressure from the lighter, the fuel level will drop, thus allowing you to add technically more liquid fuel to the tank. Now this is splitting hairs in my opinion, also, this is just my layman opinion! The overall lesson here is experiment with your lighter and the situation:)
So my torch is acting strange - i have refilled it only twice, it is new: but at my now second refill it has a really unstable flame, which spits fire suddenly and the flame is totally unreliable. I have purged it from the bottom and also just let gas out from the top, but it doesnt seem to help. Someone said I may have used impure gas, but wouldnt it then abyway take a longer time to be messed up than a couple of weeks? The gas is pure Butane and it says "almost ZERO impurities" ;) so yeah .. but it is not the cheapest i found. Okay so, what to do?
I’m learning that each lighter acts differently and some of them are straight up bastards! I’m trying to fix one that is a bitch. Never has worked. I’m making videos along the way of my infuriation to share with others 😂
There is no air in a butane refill cylinder. There is gaseous butane and liquid butane. If there were an oxidizer in there (air), you'd have a potential bomb in your hand. If you shake a butane cylinder, the surface tension between the liquid and gas is so small, any bubbles are released immediately. Look at a cheap translucent disposable lighter. Shake it and tell me how long the bubbles last.
Q: You said the air escapes while you fill (the butane displaces the air at the top). So why would you need to purge the lighter if the air escapes during filling?
I have personally found that you don't need or necessarily want to purge a lighter that has been maintained. For example; just the other day I needed to fill a cheap BBQ lighter that wasn't mine. When I attempted to fill it was so pressurized with air that it wouldn't allow butane to be added. Once I depressurized the tank it then allowed butane.
Sorry sir, every lighter is different. I feel your pain. I have a lighter that I purchased for $50 that has never worked for me….I just recently took it apart and one of the two burner hoses were disconnected! Lol
This may lead to sputtering and inconsistencies with your torch. By turning your lighter upside down for a couple minutes; this will allow the air to rise to the top, to allow the air to be vented. Once the excess air is vented, then add the new butane to the torch:)
No, sir, If it’s right side up go for it, as if a person is going to wait and go through all this rigmarole when they’re in a rush! Ha:) this tutorial is what I do to prevent issues. I don’t always preform this process, probably 75% of the time to prevent problems down the road. Each to their own:)
Only do a couple quick squirts at first then check if the lighter works. you don't have to purge the lighter after every fill. just when it starts running poorly:)
The butane bottle i bought didnt have that straw at the end. Is that why the butane is spraying everywhere and not into my torch? Where do i get the straw?
@@SaskHunting what I bought was the Eureka Butane fuel canister from REI. None of them there had a tube. There was another branded canister there too and that was the same way as well. Not sure what I'm suppose to do :( Just trying to fill up a torch/smoker used for old fashioned cocktails my friend got me as a gift.
@@SaskHunting cool I see those. But kinda pricey. I think I'm gonna go back to REI and return the one I bought and get one that has nozzle tip included. I found one in Amazon that does. Thanks!
There is no AIR in this torch, it is BUTANE in gas form. The liquid Butane is in liquid form under pressure! It turns to a flammable gas as the torch is opened and that makes the liquid turn to gas at atmospheric pressure . You do not have to purge this torch, just fill with the butane supply. It may help to cool the torch and heat the supply with warm water if you want to fill the torch easier!
Sorry for the late response! Hope you got it working:) I have a $50 lighter that has never worked. I have tried to fix it multiple times but no dice. I’m not giving up! Ha
So, even when you depress the fuel reservoir the tank won’t purge any fuel? If the lighter is upside down while you’re depressing the fuel reservoir and nothing is coming out, turn the light right side up and continue depressing the reservoir. Now, if the lighter still isn’t purging any fuel, I would suspect the lighter is empty? If you can visibly see fuel in the tank, I would say you need to try and pressurize the tank by inserting a upright butane tank; not turning the tank upside down to fill it, but drop the upright lighter onto the upright butane fuel tank and inject the lighter with a few quick bursts? Now if that doesn’t add some pressure to your lighter? I would start considering the fuel reservoir is damaged in some way or clogged? Try poking a needle gently into the fuel reservoir to clean out possible debris? Let me know if this helps?
Another bogus video devoid of facts. How does everyone propose that AIR gets in a butane torch? Someone missed that day in physics class. Other than a tiny amount that may get in when fully emptied, all of the pressure in a lighter or torch is caused by the vapor pressure of BUTANE. If you let some pressure out, it is immediately replaced by any butane going from liquid to gaseous state inside. Run it until it is empty, then refill it.
But how did you get the gas to come out of the container? Do you have to twist or bend the stem or something? I stick the stem into the lighter and nothing happens.
I just keep the nozzle depressed and the cold butane automatically spills over. I’m thinking your gas cylinder is over compressed with air and won’t allow anything to enter the cylinder? This is just a guess? So I would try purging some air out of the lighter, to allow fluid to enter the cylinder.
Great tips, Thank you Sask Hunting. Personally, I use high quality triple filtered Butane, Only $7 (in Australia) compared to $4 for the cheap Chinese stuff. The tiny nozzles in these torches can block/get dirty very easily and that can be a problem. A quality torch is worth looking after. Not to mention, you don't want it to fail when you really need it to work! 👍👍🦘🦘
You're not releasing pressure, you're releasing butane gas. Butane is only liquid when it's under high pressure or extremely low temperatures, otherwise its a gas.
This feels like a weirdly complicated and confusing way to explain butane vapor pressure. You are calling it air, but that is just the gaseous butane. When you relieve that "air pressure" you are removing butane gas, and the liquid butane will eventually turn to gas and create pressure again. That will continue until you have no liquid. So you are simply reducing the pressure to add more liquid butane.
Purging a lighter makes absolutely no sense unless is brand new and never has had a charge before, the gas above the liquid is the same thing as the liquid, as you refill it will condense, if that isn't happening that means your refill tank might be too cold, warm it up a bit with your hands and cool your lighter that should fix the issue.
Correct sir, I don’t always purge the lighter; only when all else fails. Also I never purge the gas entirely, I just release some of the pressure. It’s just another method i use use if the lighter doesn’t want to ignite. Every lighter is slightly different. I’m constantly learning by trial and error sir:)
I think your information about the cans and shaking them introducing air and such is inaccurate. I'm pretty sure that butane itself is used as a propellant. That's why it maintains equal levels of pressure throughout its use. When pressure is relieved after continued refueling, the pressure in the can lessens therefore allowing more butane to vaporize therefore maintaining equal pressure. I dont think that shaking the can or leaving it upside for any period is going to have any different type of advantage or disadvantage. I could be wrong though I'm not physicist or chemist or butane torch maker. And I didn't come to argue or anything like that. Mainly just trying to be objective and understand the nature of torches and butane as I'm recently new to using a torch of this type. 😂 I will say that after I use my torch , I try to make sure it's as empty as possible, and I also try to keep the air purged both before refueling and before the first use after filling it up. It could be the torch I own but I did experience some spitting at higher pressures before realizing it needed purged. I just assumed the air came through the fill nozzle during the filling process though and not from inside the actual can itself.
Ya, you may be correct sir? I’m only going by what has work for me personally:) If you want to have a real laugh you should watch my most recent video on fixing a defective lighter!
You have no idea what you are talking about. There is no air in the lighter or can. There is butane in both a liquid and gas state. If not in a pressurized container at room temperature the liquid instantly evaporates. In a container a small amount evaporates pressurizing the container until no more can evaporate. Lighting the torch burns gas off the top, more liquid evaporates to keep the container pressurized. If you had the can right side up you could you could take the torch out of a freezer and gas would leave the top of the can and liquid would condense in the torch. It’s about temperature and pressure, purging the torch accomplishes nothing.
You are probably correct in your experience sir:) I’m not saying to purge the lighter every time just for shits and giggles. Only when the lighter doesn’t want to fill or allow fuel into the tank when you know the lighter has no fuel in it. I’m going by my personal experience sir:) Every lighter seems to have its own likes and dislikes? I have this lighter that has never worked for me and I ended up taking it apart and one of the hoses leading to the burner wasn’t attached lol go figure:)
@@SaskHuntingit's just simple physics if you cool the lighter when it doesn't want to take butane instead of purging just cool it down a bit too condense the gas and the lighter and lower the pressure. Thanks for the video reason i know all this is hvac same concept.
Incorrect size of nozzle for the receptacle? Or the tank is full of fuel or the tank is full of compressed gas, or there is an issue with the inner workings of the lighter?
This isn’t meant to be gospel for every scenario; this is what has worked for me with my lighters and this particular fuel. You may have play with your lighter after refilling; ie your lighter may not light immediately after a refill, why? Well, it’s cold, so warm it up, then try lighting it. My latest video is on a lighter that has never worked for me! I took it apart and pulled a Jerry rig on it. Im not going to pretend this is optimal, but it’s cost effective ha!
@@SaskHunting what are u on about gospel for everything😂 buddy it was a simple question and I honestly answered it myself but I was high and wonder what u would do since your the one making videos on it lmaooo🤡
I run live steam model trains off butane this is a load of ...... the only thing that is going to make a real difference is going with a higher reviewed gas one that doesn't have multiple people complaining about sediment clogging the gas chamber passageways . the gas is the propellant that pushes itself out of the chamber because butane is like a warmer boiling propane it starts in the liquid form and evaporates to take up the available space with more liquid butane at the bottom of the can unevaporated it's not like diesel,kerosene,gasoline,naptha,white gas,oil,alcohols that needs a wick,pump or pressurized tank with an inert gas to move it to the burner de pressuring is only wasting fuel i have done actual research on this subject to try different fuels and design different boilers for my models
I know right ha! If your lighter isn’t running efficiently try purging it, if it’s running smoothly, don’t purge. Don’t try and fix what’s not broken;)
I've noticed near the end of the video you lighted up your lighter next to the butane containers!..That was a very dumb and unsafe thing to do!..You're lucky these containers didn't explode on your face!..
I’m sorry this didn’t work out for you; trust me when I say not all lighters are created equally! Play around with it, take it apart and inspect the hoses, try another fuel etc. or you have a broken lighter! I have one that has never worked for me!
Correct sir, but I’m just reiterating what the directions on the butane container stipulate. They call it “air” for lack of a better word. I think they use “air” to simplify the procedure process and not to confuse the customer with formality?
@@SaskHunting"Air" isn't an appropriate word to use when referring to butane gas. Why bring up the concept of purging at all? Maybe because they're in the business of selling you more butane?
There is no air, that is only butane vapor. At 14 psi environment, you can't force that into a tank that has higher pressure. All "purging" is doing is releasing butane. And you keep saying gas when you mean liquid.
Yes sir, I’m only reiterating what the actual butane container stipulates in its directions:) the refer to it as “air” I’m assuming it’s to not complicate the directions for the average user with semantics? Who knows
What air? If the torch is completely out of gas, and you hold the lighter valve open, it might be possible to equalize tank pressure with atmosphere. Thats the only way to introduce air into the lighter, and I would debate if that would even make a difference. There is no air in the torch. What you see in the torch with the clear tank is butane liquid and butane gas. No air. The gas comes from the liquid butane depending on temperature. Warm up a can of butane and cool the lighter, it will fill it right up. As you use the lighter, oxygen is not being introduced into the butane torch. How can it get into the butane tank? it cant. Its not coming from the butane fuel can, thats all butane, no air. Purging is not how this works. You are not letting "air" escape. That is butane in gas form, plain and simple.
I’m only going by what the directions on this particular can of butane says to do:) By no means am I claiming to be a professor of “lighter filling” ha! But, I’m claiming that this particular can of butane specifies in rule #1 Release excess air from tank before refilling. Then it specifies. Please follow your lighter instruction manual. #2 set flame adjuster to low. #3 refill lighter in upside down position. #4 warm lighter in hand for 10 seconds. Wait 2 minutes before lighting. #5 reset flame to desired height. You will notice the word “air” in the very first instruction. It’s just a wording specifying it’s under pressure:) I wish I could show a pic in the comments. I’ll post a video on the instructions I guess.
@@SaskHunting Ya know what? I just filled 8 new torches from Amazon, the manufacturers instructions said purge. I, being me, ignored that dumbness on all but the last torch. That's the one that correctly filled per manufacturers instructions. So I am eating my own words on this. BUT I still don't know where the air would come from. Actually, the only thing it can be from is the liquid butane after it turns to a gas. And since the "air" or more specifically butane gas is compressible, that's the pressure fighting a complete fill of liquid butane. Not like that matters much, it's gonna go back to gas anyways before it can burn.
You are correct sir; it shouldn’t be this hard:) I do all this if my lighter is having issues. If you understand why your lighter isn’t running efficiently, take corrective actions when needed, you should have a consistent lighter:) Or I could just be full of shit!