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The market is currently flooded with a variety of lighters. The lighters are now technologically superior and practical. There are numerous types of lighters, including flame lighters, arc lighters, and many others.

Here, we will make an electric lighter that is neither plasma nor a flame lighter but is still very simple and useful to make. It has all the characteristics of a plasma lighter, including being flameless, windproof, and energy efficient.

Step 1: Hardware Required

• 3.7v Li-Ion Batteries TP4056 charging module – 
• Solder Tabs 
• Nichrome Wire
• Ice Cream Stick 
• Switch 
• Hot Glue Gun 
• Soldering Iron 

From Home & Local Store: Nut & Bolts (2″ length), old 9v Battery and connecting wires.

Step 2: Make Solder Tabs

• Take a dead, inexpensive, Chinese 9-volt battery.
• Using a multimeter, check the battery’s voltage to confirm that it is dead.
• Using pliers, open the battery enclosure with care.

• Keep the chemicals and battery connectors separate.
• Separate the connector from the metallic strip using cutters.

• Remove the insulating paper from the strip.
• As Solder Tabs, cut the metallic strip into pieces of adequate length.

If you have commercially available solder tabs at home, you can skip this step. However, for those who wish to make solder tabs at home, the following instructions are provided. Read the following instructions.

Step 3: Let’s Begin

• Consider two 18650 Li-ion 3.7V batteries.

• Put them together in the same orientation using hot glue.

• Apply solder sparingly to the battery terminals.
• Additionally, add some solder to the metal tabs or strips.

• The battery terminals should be covered with solder tabs before being connected in parallel.
• The battery connections can now be sanded to smooth the solder.

Attention: The batteries must be soldered rapidly and without allowing them to become hot. When heated to extremely high temperatures, the batteries could blow up.

Step 4: Make the Heating Attachment

• Cut one ice cream stick in half, about two “long.
• Make holes in the ice cream stick’s ends.
• Make holes at the indicated locations with a small drill.

• Include 2 “Put a long bolt through the holes and fasten it firmly.
• Take a piece of 4 inches long 26 AWG nichrome wire “length and wrap the wire around a second screw to create a spiral coil in the middle.
• Create a spiral wire by separating the wire from the screw.

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• Place the wire between the screws on the ice cream stick snugly using a few nuts.
• Connecting wires should be individually attached to each screw.

Step 6: Connect the Batteries

• As seen in the above image, use hot glue to affix the heating attachment to the batteries.

• Take a toggle PCB button and cover it.
• The switch should be fastened to the battery on the side opposite the heating connection using hot glue.

• Solder the battery terminal carefully to a heating attachment wire.
• Connect a switch terminal to the heating attachment wire.
• Connect the other wire from the heating attachment to the switch terminal.

Caution: Use nichrome wire only, please, and only as directed. Any other wire won’t work for this since it will cause the batteries to short-circuit and explode. Due to its unique quality, nichrome wire serves as a high resistance load and as a result, heats up quickly to a high temperature when the current is applied. All heating appliances, including heaters, toasters, sandwich makers, and hair dryers, employ nichrome wire.

Please take note that Li-Ion batteries may blow up if they are overcharged or undercharged for a lengthy period of time. It is strongly advised to place a TP4056 charging module in between the battery and the heating attachment. It is an excellent device because it is simple to connect and prevents the battery from being overcharged or discharged.

It will be much more efficient to use a 28 or 30 AWG wire because the sole limitation of this module is that it will only allow about 1A of electricity to travel through the coil.

Step 7: Test the Lighter

Our DIY Electric Lighter is finally complete. For the circuit to be completed, press and hold the button. The Nichrome wire coil will become extremely hot and perform all functions of a lighter.

The lighter can be readily charged by including a TP4056 charging module in the circuit. The lighter can then be connected to the charging module externally using magnetic connectors. To make these easy magnetic connectors at home, watch the video.