Is a lighter effective because it’s on fire? Or just because it’s hot?

If you made a lighter that was just as hot as another lighter, would it work just as well even if it had no fire?

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
    2·
    10 months ago

    I’ve wondered about those for camping. I can see how the electric arc would be perfect where you have something like an edge of paper, but I did wonder if it would still be effective with other fuels.

    • 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      So intrusive thoughts won while I was in the bathroom and I grabbed a square of toilet paper. Boy oh boy will it light paper on fire.

    • 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      I haven’t tried setting paper on fire directly, to be honest. Being that it’s so hot but also a localized heat I suspect it might be hard to get flames from, just embers.