300kV Cigarette Lighter - Page 1
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author: HackedFridgeMagnet
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 01:47:34 am
content: what can I say?

author: whitevamp
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 02:33:45 am
content: well thats one way to light a cig/fag

author: ZeTeX
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 11:03:22 am
content: "Got a lighter?"- "Sure""MOTHER OF ALL LIGHTERS"

author: timb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 11:17:30 am
content: Huh... So that's what they mean when they say "Smoking Can Kill You"!

author: ZeTeX
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 11:18:22 am
content: Quote from: timb on August 04, 2016, 11:17:30 amFry You*

author: timb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 11:25:31 am
content: Quote from: ZeTeX on August 04, 2016, 11:18:22 amAnd I thought that only could only happen if you fell asleep in bed with a lit cigarette. (Which apparently is, or at least used to be, a fairly common occurrence, to the point they had to create ads warning people not to smoke in bed! It also helped spur the advancement of mattresses and bedding that simply melted instead of bursting into flames. The more you know! ~~~~#)

author: ZeTeX
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 11:33:08 am
content: Quote from: timb on August 04, 2016, 11:25:31 amwhatHow can someone fall asleep with a cigarette in his hand?why even take the risk? and the ashes on the bed..asking to burn yourself pretty much..

author: timb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 12:01:24 pm
content: Quote from: ZeTeX on August 04, 2016, 11:33:08 amIf you think that's dangerous, imagine the guys using 200-300W eCig mods. They're basically shorting an 18650 cell across a 0.15ohm piece of steel or nickel wire, inches from their face! *Shudders*Sent from my Smartphone

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 12:50:15 pm
content: Quote from: ZeTeX on August 04, 2016, 11:33:08 amIt's just a Darwinistic extension of 'How can someone smoke in the first place?'

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 01:07:14 pm
content: Pretty sure that is trick photography. Perhaps they are standing some distance behind the arcing insulator?Much like the famous "Tesla seating reading book among lightning arcs' picture was something he did with double exposure.

author: HackedFridgeMagnet
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 02:21:13 pm
content: Quote from: TerraHertz on August 04, 2016, 01:07:14 pmWouldn't be so sure, I think they moved in close once the arc struck.Nice photo though.I think one of those guys must have fathered PhotonicInduction.

author: Buriedcode
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 02:26:42 pm
content: Quote from: TerraHertz on August 04, 2016, 01:07:14 pmI wonder if any tesla zealots will jump on that.... maybe 'the system' has got to you too!!

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 04:23:52 pm
content: There are now spark-gap lighters widely available. Colorfully referred to as "Tesla coil" or "plasma" and rechargeable via USB.Here is a YouTube video of someone who hacked one into a mini "plasma cutter" for paper, etc...https://youtu.be/uKmGVNs_y7o

author: Frank_22
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: August 10, 2016, 07:36:25 am
content: smoking was never so complicated...

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2016, 10:36:18 am
content: bigclivedotcom has a video on these too:

author: Buriedcode
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2016, 11:56:31 am
content: I wouldn't have thought that frequency is nearly high enough for the sort of 'tricks' you see with tesla coils (the skin effect), no wonder he got a shock... Also, its unlikely to be a neat sine wave as its a blocking oscillator flyback, so the output voltage can be much higher than simply down to the turns ratio (current source output).I had an old 'electronic' cigarette lighter, I think it was from the 60's or 70's, powered by a small 12V battery (not piezo!) that generated a 1hz arc for igniting the gas - hardly the same as that beast but I was impressed by the ingenuity as it must have been 4-5kv albeit tiny current (pretty much felt like a piezo zap).