Talk:Piezo ignition
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Multiple sparks can be generated from a single push. There are mechanisms where a hammer strikes the piezo material, giving a single spark. There are also mechanisms with a more sensitive crystal that has the operator force applied directly or through a lever. Those produce multiple sparks. 84.245.0.98 17:15, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
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Piezo Reliability
[edit]Can anyone provide a reference for the statement
"Above 8000 feet lighters with piezo-electric ignition are no longer reliable."
The dielectric strength of the atmosphere Decreases with altitude, which would imply more reliability.
Quest23 (talk) 22:02, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
And can anyone tell when this Piezoelectricity was used in lighters? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.97.67.199 (talk) 03:21, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Needs work
[edit]Okay, I know this is a stub, but even so, there are some simple things that would make a huge difference:
- Do piezoignitions only work with gases?
- Can someone knowledgable please add a schematic diagram of how the hammer, spring, and crystal are positioned. And where are the wires attached to the crystal?
- Also, I think it'd be helpful if this stub explained how piezoigniters are specialized from piezoelectric devices. In particular, is there some certain voltage or current they need to reach in order to cause ignition? And does that then require some (relatively) large amount of force. I'm not an expert, so I can't add anything, but I can tell you that some of those piezoelectric lighters are a pain in the butt to push because they require so much force. Also, I measured the voltage on my propane grill's igniter using an inexpensive multimeter and it read over 1000V (the meter's limit).