Abstract: A burner has a combustion head, an ignition device, a fuel delivery/regulating device, a combustion air delivery/regulating device, a safe operation monitoring device, and an electronic control device. The combustion air delivery/regulating device has an air flap mechanism controlled by an air flap actuator, and an inverter for controlling the rotation speed of a blower motor, and has a displacement sensor, linked with the air flap actuator and for controlling the output frequency of the inverter. A program controller of the electronic control device instructs the air flap actuator to control the opening position of the air flap mechanism according to the requirements of a combustion load. The inverter regulates, according to a signal with respect to the opening position of the air flap mechanism and detected by the displacement sensor, the frequency output to the blower motor so as to control the rotation speed of the blower motor.