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piezo crystal inginter

goldenwonder · 2012-10-12 11:44:20

is it possible to recreate the spark required to light an electric lighter using a disc piezo crystal instead rather than to one inside the lighter? Is the voltage output directly related to the force applied to the ceramic. i heard somewhere it takes 2000N, can that be right? the hammer in the lighter would have to have…

12-10-2012 12:44PM

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is it possible to recreate the spark required to light an electric lighter using a disc piezo crystal instead rather than to one inside the lighter?

Is the voltage output directly related to the force applied to the ceramic.
i heard somewhere it takes 2000N,
can that be right? the hammer in the lighter would have to have serious acceleration to reach that force wouldnt it

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