Talk:Flame detector

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The contents of the Flame detection page were merged into Flame detector. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page. (6 August 2017)

I have added in other types of flame detector, because they are included in the broad meaning of the title. To date the article has only dealt with optical detectors. Perhaps this should be categorised?Dougsim (talk) 10:19, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The final paragraph of Flame_detector#Ultraviolet_detector reads:

> The solar blind UV wavelength band is also easily blinded by oily contaminants

What in the world does this mean? -- Dan Griscom (talk) 02:08, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]