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Building Technologies   Basic documentation LMV37.4...  CC1P7546en 
  4 Technical Data  17.12.2018 
4.4 Flame detector 
4.4.1 Ionization probe 
 
For continuous operation! 
 
No-load voltage at ION terminal   
(X10-05 pin 2) 
Approx. U
Mains 
 
Caution! 
The ionization probe must be protected against electric shock hazard! 
 
Short-circuit current  Max. AC 1 mA 
Required detector current  Min. DC 2.3 µA, flame display approx. 
30% 
 
When the more sensitive flame 
supervision is activated, the required 
detector current is halved (see chapter 
Flame detection sensitivity). 
Possible detector current  Max. DC 12…30 µA, flame display  
approx. 100 % 
Max. perm. length of detector cable  
(laid separately) 
3 m (wire–ground 100 pF/m) 
 
Warning! 
Simultaneous operation of QRA and ionization probe is not permitted! 
 
 
Note 
The higher the detector cable’s capacitance (cable length), the more voltage at the 
ionization probe, and thus the detector current, drops. Long cable lengths plus very 
highly resistive flames might necessitate low-capacitance detector cables (e.g. ignition 
cable). In spite of technical measures taken in the circuitry aimed at compensating 
potential adverse effects of the ignition spark on the ionization current, it must be 
made certain that the minimum detector current required is already reached during 
the ignition phase. If this is not the case, the connections on the primary side of the 
ignition transformer must be changed and/or the electrodes relocated.