Summary:The average lifespan of an arc lighter is generally about 2-3 years. The arc lighter takes 2 hours t...
The average lifespan of an
arc lighter is generally about 2-3 years. The arc lighter takes 2 hours to charge each time; at least 4 packs of cigarettes can be lit on a full charge.
How arc lighters work
A piece of piezoelectric material block (crystal structure) is connected to one end of a thin wire, which forms a gap with the metal material at the outlet of the lighter, and the impact of the impact block is synchronized with the opening of the gas source through the mechanical mechanism. When the impact block hits the other end of the piezoelectric material block with a certain impact energy or force, the internal molecules of the piezoelectric material will vibrate strongly, and the vibration energy will be transmitted to the wire. Because the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the wire to the cross-sectional area of the piezoelectric material block is very large, the vibration of the molecules in the wire has a great tendency to strengthen.
When the strong vibration of the terminal molecules of the wire hits the air molecules at the gap, the air molecules also generate strong vibrations.
The trajectory of the vibration of air molecules is what we see as electric sparks (arc light). These electric sparks (arc lights) are actually the trajectories of the air molecules vibrating when the wire molecules vibrate strongly and transmit energy to the metal material at the outlet of the lighter, indicating that the air molecules at the gap vibrate very strongly. According to the theory of vibration, strong vibration means that the temperature of the material is very high. When the temperature exceeds the ignition point of the liquefied gas in the lighter, the gas running out will be ignited to form a flame, and the flame is the image of the violently vibrating gas molecules. This is the basic working principle of a lighter, and the same is true for other electronic lighters.
