Defender Safety System® Informational Brochure

Maintenance Free Protection Featuring
The Technology behind the Bradford White Defender Safety System
™
The heart of Bradford White
Defender Safety System
™
is the flame
arrestor design of the patented
ScreenLok
™
Technology. This precisely
engineered and manufactured
component is made of 304L alloy
stainless steel and contains up to
eighteen thousand, geometrically
oriented louvers. These micro
dimensioned louvers increase the
velocity of incoming air to the system.
If flammable vapors enter this uniquely
designed system and are ignited, a
vector effect occurs
inside of the
combustion
chamber.
The combination of high velocity air
entering the chamber and the vector
effect caused by combustion will
prevent any flames present in the
chamber from traveling backwards
through the flame arrestor plate and
outside of the water heater.
The Bradford White Defender Safety
System
™
was engineered to be the
safest, most reliable flammable vapor
resistant system in the industry.
This design has been life-cycle tested in
Bradford White’s state-of-the-art
R&D facility, an independent
laboratory, and has also undergone
extensive field testing.
Bradford White’s Research
and Development Laboratory
in Middleville, MI
The Defender Safety
System’s
™
unique design
causes several directional
changes to the flow of
combustion air. This series
of diversions is the key to
“scrubbing” the air of the
majority of lint and dust,
providing years of
trouble-free service.
The Defender Safety
System’s
™
unique design
causes several directional
changes to the flow of
combustion air. This series
of diversions is the key to
“scrubbing” the air of the
majority of lint and dust,
providing years of
trouble-free service.