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?

  • DebatableRaccoon
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    196 months ago

    It’s the heat and no, cars don’t come with lighters anymore. The power sockets are still there but they even come with warning labels to not try use a lighter in them. No idea what happens if you try.

    • @[email protected]
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      196 months ago

      My car seems to be from the transition period, it has a lighter but no ash trays in the front, only in the back.

      I guess it’s fine for the kids to smoke while watching the in built DVD players but not the driver and front passenger /s

      • @[email protected]
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        46 months ago

        There may have been an accessory package available that gave you a cup-shaped ashtray to put in the cupholder