• With this type of flame supervision, the UV radiation emitted by gas or oil flames is used to generate the flame signal.

• The radiation detector consists of a UV-sensitive cell with 2 electrodes, which ignite when illuminated with radiation in the 190...270 nm range of the spectrum, thereby triggering a current in the flame detector circuit.

• The UV cell does not respond to glowing firebrick in the combustion chamber, daylight or light from the boiler room illumination.

The detector’s UV cell is located behind a swivelling shutter at the front end of the detector tube which is flanged to the housing. A quartz glass window protects the tube and the shutter against dirt. The detector’s housing accommodates a stepper motor to drive the shutter and the electronics to control the shutter.