Here is a quick and easy way to make your thermacell cartridges refillable. This will save a lot of money as you will not have to spend a bunch of money to get new cartrdiges, when with a little hack you can refill them youself.
You only need a few things
- Rotary Took Kit (dremel like)
- Dremel tool with a bit for griding
- Epoxy glue
- Drill
- drill bit about 7/32
- a probe sort of tool that is magnetized
- Empty refillable lighter or a cheap new one that you dont mind destroying.
Take the lighter and remove the gas container. Using the dremel tool, carfully grind down some of the plastic but do not go too far. Try to remove the end that allows you to refill the lighter.
Once you have the valve removed from the lighter, drill a small hole in the bottom of your thermacell cartrdige with a 7/32 drill bit. Once you have the hole in there, there will be a small metal bb that you want to remove. I am not sure why, not sure if this will prevent the gas from coming out the top valve or not?
Once you have a hole in the bottom of the cartdrige, mix up some of your epoxy and spread some on the sides of the valve that you remvoed and on the inside of the opening you drilled out.
Place the valve inside and then add a good amount of epoxy around the valve on the bottom of the cartridge to ensure a good seal. Let this sit for 24 hours.
After 24 hours you should be able to fill up the cartridge and now you can spend a LOT less money on butane that will fill 4 or 5 cartridges!
See the video below for full instructions.
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