Hi,
I am planning to make a propane-butane cooker for melting aluminium. The "drum" in which the temperature will be maintained will be fed with air from a compressor and gas from a propane-butane cylinder in optimum quantities to burn the gas.
My only problem is with the flame sensor, so that when the fire goes out it cuts off the fuel supply.
I was thinking of buying some kind of "photo" sensor that would "look" at the presence of the flame, I could make a hole in the drum and insert some layers of heat resistant glass, kind of like a judas for the sensor. Can you recommend any photo-sensors, controllers to work with the sensor (I have an arduino) and above all valves that could work with such a sensor?
Thank you for your replies
I am planning to make a propane-butane cooker for melting aluminium. The "drum" in which the temperature will be maintained will be fed with air from a compressor and gas from a propane-butane cylinder in optimum quantities to burn the gas.
My only problem is with the flame sensor, so that when the fire goes out it cuts off the fuel supply.
I was thinking of buying some kind of "photo" sensor that would "look" at the presence of the flame, I could make a hole in the drum and insert some layers of heat resistant glass, kind of like a judas for the sensor. Can you recommend any photo-sensors, controllers to work with the sensor (I have an arduino) and above all valves that could work with such a sensor?
Thank you for your replies