10-12-2003, 06:07 AM | #2 (permalink) |
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Location: NC
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Just a guess, but even though the butane is under pressure and has a rather high expansion rate, there is a small capilliary tube that the liquid travels up. This tube stays immersed (sp?) better with the channels divided as the lighter is tilted. If I manipulate the liquid on the non-tube side my lighter seems to want to go out.
Just a theory...
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10-13-2003, 11:51 AM | #4 (permalink) |
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Structural integrity. The plastic they use might crack easier if it wasn't divided the way it is. As said previously, that stuff blows up.
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10-13-2003, 07:17 PM | #5 (permalink) | |
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10-19-2003, 07:26 AM | #7 (permalink) |
Banned
Location: UCSD, 510.49 miles from my love
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The main reason - as I see it, has already been stated. Tilt the thing, the gas never leaves the area where the tub is, except when inverted, and even then 50% of the time theres enough gas near the tube to make a flame.
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10-23-2003, 11:20 AM | #12 (permalink) | |
Location: Waterloo, Ontario
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It will light up just fine. The divide is for structural integrety... |
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10-23-2003, 11:22 AM | #13 (permalink) | |
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10-25-2003, 08:42 PM | #14 (permalink) |
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Location: under the freeway bridge
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The tube could be used as a metering device......in air conditioning we meter the flow of freon...a gas...through a capillary tube the length and inside diameter determine the rate of flow and help control the pressure of the release...
Just a thought
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10-26-2003, 03:43 AM | #15 (permalink) |
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I'm going with the structural integrity thingy. The cheaper ones are typically made from a rather brittle acrylic. Bics on the other hand appear to be polyethylene or polypropylene. I have a friend who gnaws on his lighter(a BIC) until its flattened and unrecognizable. Try that with a cheap one and you'll end up with frostbite on your lips.
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