If yes, I’ve got a question:

Why doesn’t my zipo work? It has enougth gasoline in it and makes a clear visible spark, but there’s no fire.

The String is very burned down tho.

I don’t know the exact problem, but when I lit it with another lighter it works so it probably can’t catch the spark for some reason.

Any Ideas?

EDIT: No I didn’t use actual gasoline

EDIT2: The solution was to pull the string a bit and trimm it.

  • Fondots@lemmy.world
    15·
    1 year ago

    First, just in case you’re using actual gasoline in your lighter, stop doing that and get some lighter fluid. Not sure if maybe that’s a term that varies from one region to another, like how what the US calls “gasoline” the UK calls “petrol.”

    With that aside, most likely you need to pull the wick (the string) out a bit and trim it. If you don’t have enough wick left you may need to replace it.

    • knatsch@feddit.deEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      lighter fluid is called Feuerzeugbenzin in german which translates to fire stuff gasoline

        • Chozo@kbin.social
          1·
          1 year ago

          The German word for “glove” is “handschuhe”. “Hand” meaning “hand”, and “schuhe” meaning “shoe”.

          Shoes for your hands. It’s perfect.