Do you enjoy DIY homestead improvement jobs? You will love having a butane torch for the best homestead hacks in your home.
For instance, it helps perform daily tasks like plumbing, brazing, and soldering.
We often perform hope repairs that involve copper and aluminum. This lighter will help melt these metals while also vaporizing other organic compounds.
A butane torch is also used in most DIY camping improvements. This device produces scorching flame using flammable butane gas.
You may also use it for minor welding procedures. But what next if your butane torch won’t fill?
Let’s Look At Why Your Butane Torch Won’t Fill
The Lighter Could Be Faulty
Sometimes, you might struggle to refill the lighter, which keeps failing because it could be faulty.
A faulty butane torch does not allow the butane to flow smoothly and hence fails to fill.
This device could have fallen, considering it gets used more around the homestead. If by any chance it fell off, it could have loosened some parts like the battery or broken.
It could be broken if it’s full, has some gas, and doesn’t light. If you thought your gas was over, that could not be the problem here.
Solution
To rectify the problem, look at your batteries and ensure they are perfectly inserted.
Secondly, take the torch to a professional repair specialist for inspection.
If the problem isn’t solved, it could be time to get a new butane torch.
The Refill Can Nozzle/Nipple Could Be Faulty
For a successful refill, you need to have the can nozzle functioning perfectly.
If the nozzle has some blockage, it could be possible that the butane isn’t coming out and into the torch.
It could be that the butane-containing can get faulty when being manufactured. If so, you might spend many hours finding fault in your lighter.
Another reason could be that it was left open, and a foreign object got into the nozzle.
Other times, the nipple doesn’t match your torch model. If this happens, you may think the nipple has become faulty.
Solution
Conduct a physical search into the container nozzle. If you notice any small object inside, use a pin to get it out.
Also, try using another refill can. If it works, the previous one had some nozzle issues. Please return it to the store and possibly have a replacement.
To avoid having a nipple that doesn’t match your torch’s design, you need a nipple adapter. The adapter lets you refill your lighter from various can models.
Note
We recommend that you take this tool with you every time you need to purchase a butane refill can. Trying it out at the store saves you a lot of time used to going back for a replacement.
Also, ensure that you have your nipple adapter placed right. If not set right, the nipple adapter might lose a lot of gas in the atmosphere.
The Tank’s Refill Valve Could Be Damaged
If the torch refill valve/nipple has become faulty, it could be why your lighter device won’t fill. The refill valve opens up and allows gas into the torch for a successful refill.
What Causes The Refill Valve To Get Faulty?
Most butane lighters get damaged valves after a fall or when something is blocking them from the inside. If the torch fails to fill after a fall, it could be that the valve got damaged or broken.
If you notice some blockage in the valve, removing it could help solve the refill problem.
Using the wrong can with a different nipple design might not fit into the torch’s refill nozzle.
Solutions
Use a sharp pin to get out any blockages from the valve. If there are any blockages, removing them allows you to refill the lighter successfully.
If the valve got damaged from a fall, you might need to visit a repair professional. If the valve is replaced, you get your butane torch refilling fine again.
Extreme damages require buying a new lighter to continue enjoying performing most DIY home improvements.
Also, use the right nipple type on your torch refill nozzle. A nipple adapter makes this process less strenuous.
You Could Have Picked An Empty Refill Can
Most people make the mistake of picking an empty butane can and starting to refill their lighter.
This mistake happens especially when you run out of time, and your lighter won’t light.
You will think the lighter has run out of gas and will rush for a refill.
If you keep your used and new refill cans together, you might pick on the empty ones without realization.
What Happens If You Pick An Empty Refill Can?
Your torch won’t fill since the can is empty.
You might introduce air into the can which doesn’t light too.
Solution
To avoid this time-consuming mistake, you must store your empty cans away from the refilled ones. Always check to confirm that you have a filled can with you.
A home scale comes in handy in measuring the weight of the cans if you can’t tell by simply holding it.
The Torch Had Air And Some Butane Remaining
To refill this device successfully, you must let the remaining gas and air out first.
Before the tank fills with butane, the air and any remaining butane should get expelled.
Sometimes, letting these substances out makes the tank refill with ease. Some old lighter models can’t remove air automatically, so you must do so before filling the tank.
Solution
Use a sharp object to press on the refill nozzle.
Let the air out, followed by any remaining butane.
Go ahead and refill the tank.
Using The Wrong Type Of Butane Can
The wrong refilling gas will not only refuse to fill in some lighters but also damage some lighters too. A butane torch has the specifications to use high-quality butane gas.
The right type of butane gas fills with ease and also burns perfectly.
So, if you find it challenging to refill your device, check on the butane container. The wrong gas causes the nozzle to clog and sputter.
If this clogging and sputtering happen, your butane torch won’t fill.
Solution
When purchasing your refill, ensure to have it written: TRIPPLE REFINED BUTANE GAS. Don’t confuse this with PREMIUM BUTANE GAS.
Remember always to choose TRIPPLE REFINED BUTANE GAS for refilling your lighter.
You Haven’t Removed The Tank From The Lighter
If you are using the lighter for the first time, refilling it could prove challenging.
Check on the tank if it doesn’t fill. If the tank is still connected to the lighter system, it might not refill.
Some lighters have a safety mechanism to reduce fire accidents. So, if the tank gets connected to the lighting system, you can’t fill it.
Solution
You need to dissemble the tank from the lighter system. Doing so removes the safety locks allowing for an easier refill.
Takeaway
Most people return their lighter gadgets to manufacturers for faulty claims. But later, it gets realized that they were perfect and functioning fine.
So, these tips will help you troubleshoot your lighter and learn how to refill them better. Before filling the torch, make sure you have the recommended gas type.
Also, this article equips you with the best troubleshooting tips to ensure it refills perfectly.
