Anyone know of a standalone flame detector ?

I know they exist for cigarettes providing a recorded message, however
I want one which screams its head off.

A relative just left a tea towel on an electric hob. Despite
interlinked smoke alarms AND a heat alarm in the kitchen, the only
evidence of the event was a tar stained cooker hood grease filter (on)
and a pile of ash on the hob.

A simple UV? flame detector would have shrieked its head off (no
smokers, electric hob). Ok it rules out the usual "flamed cooking",
but I'm surprised one doesn't exist somewhere. Google doesn't show
anything apart from the cig-arrete type.

Anyone know of a standalone flame detector ?

I know they exist for cigarettes providing a recorded message,

They have talking cigarettes?
What do they say?
--
Graham.

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Graham. wrote:
Anyone know of a standalone flame detector ?



When I was shopping for smoke detectors and kitchen heat detector I
looked at these but decided the cost (GBP250 upwards) was not justified
as (i) they all seemed geared towards industrial events (eg gas and
gasoline) and (ii) it was unclear they would detect most kitchen events.
For example, what makes you think your (former) tea towel burnt with UV
emissions? I also never saw them recommended for domestic use.

If you are interested still just search for ultraviolet fire/flame
detectors.
--
R

On Jul 6, 9:28*pm, "neverwas" wrote:
For example, what makes you think your (former) tea towel
burnt with UV emissions?

That is a problem - most are aimed at cigarettes which I suspect
have a markedly different signature than a cotton tea-towel flame.

Ok, many thanks for the reply.

--
Jason

In message
,
js.b1 writes
Anyone know of a standalone flame detector ?

I know they exist for cigarettes providing a recorded message, however
I want one which screams its head off.

A relative just left a tea towel on an electric hob. Despite
interlinked smoke alarms AND a heat alarm in the kitchen, the only
evidence of the event was a tar stained cooker hood grease filter (on)
and a pile of ash on the hob.

A simple UV? flame detector would have shrieked its head off (no
smokers, electric hob). Ok it rules out the usual "flamed cooking",
but I'm surprised one doesn't exist somewhere. Google doesn't show
anything apart from the cig-arrete type.


The original Potterton Netaheat (pre 407676) has a spark generator /
flame sense module. If you took e.g. the neon out, it would work purely
as a flame sense device



--
geoff

In message , Graham.
writes

Anyone know of a standalone flame detector ?

I know they exist for cigarettes providing a recorded message,

They have talking cigarettes?
What do they say?

"A ya got a loight boi?"


--
geoff

js.b1 wrote:
On Jul 6, 9:28 pm, "neverwas" wrote:
For example, what makes you think your (former) tea towel
burnt with UV emissions?

That is a problem - most are aimed at cigarettes which I suspect
have a markedly different signature than a cotton tea-towel flame.

Ok, many thanks for the reply.

Flames give of UV. I would guess cigarettes give of relatively little UV.
In the early days of UV detectors, in public areas where smoking was banned,
the intention was to catch people lighting up using a lighter.

In message , geoff
writes
In message
,
js.b1 writes
Anyone know of a standalone flame detector ?

I know they exist for cigarettes providing a recorded message, however
I want one which screams its head off.

A relative just left a tea towel on an electric hob. Despite
interlinked smoke alarms AND a heat alarm in the kitchen, the only
evidence of the event was a tar stained cooker hood grease filter (on)
and a pile of ash on the hob.

A simple UV? flame detector would have shrieked its head off (no
smokers, electric hob). Ok it rules out the usual "flamed cooking",
but I'm surprised one doesn't exist somewhere. Google doesn't show
anything apart from the cig-arrete type.


The original Potterton Netaheat (pre 407676) has a spark generator /
flame sense module. If you took e.g. the neon out, it would work purely
as a flame sense device

And I thought you were talking about a cooker there, for some reason


--
geoff