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[solved] Springy thingy found outside (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
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It looks like some sort of wiring inside

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago* (17 children)

Looks like the piezo-electric igniter from a lighter. Either that, or what GreyShuck said - A carbon brush from a motor.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    It's definitely a motor brush.

    I've never seen a piezoelectric igniter that looks anything like what OP posted. Just to be clear, you're talking about these that are in most lighters, right?

    Image of piezoelectric igniter

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    piezo-electric igniter from a lighter

    Waaay more likely to be laying around in the ground outside too.

    Like, I can't recognize a brush on sight, but I would be shocked if they looked identical to a common switch found in cheap electric lighters....

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    But it is in fact a carbon brush nonetheless

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Every brush is a carbon brush.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    A steel wire brush isn't.

    I was initially going to say "my hairbrush isn't", but I forgot plastic is largely made of carbon, so you's still be right.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    And how do you make steel?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    And how do you make steel?

    I don't. I have people to do that for me.

    (But to answer your question, with a small amount of carbon, sure, but in my opinion that doesn't mean that steel is "made out of carbon" any more than we would say humans are made out of iron)

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