I have heard of using a thermal camera to "see" hot spots from the outside of your house, thus knowing where your air leaks / drafts are coming from. supposidly this works rather well...
I have a sony camcorder with the "night-shot" that supposidly picks up on infrared to assist with the night shot. any ideas if this would work the same way? has anyone tried this?
thanks in advance...
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It's one way to do it, but I would think that a blower door test would be much more accurate, because it doesn't just detect the leaks, it's able to measure how much air is actually leaking out.
Regards,
George Wenzel
The sony wont do it you need a thermalimaging IR camera , there are people that provide that service. It is to determine heat loss so you know where to insulate. A blower door test is for air infiltration. Then they go around with a smoke stick to point out your areas of air leaks.
Man's right. Any claims Sony makes to the contrary, the CCD chip isn't capable of differentiating thermal gradients of less than at least two degrees of magnitude, even with an external IR illuminator.
If you're really interested in finding exfiltration points just walk slowly around the interior of your house on the next windy or cold day, pausing frequently, while holding a candle. You can use that to judge where the drafts are passing out of the house.
Or you could go medium-tech and buy a set of Russian night vision goggles and wait for the next cold, moonlit night.
Best,
Marc
Dave Allyn wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
It's the wrong wave length. The word "infrared" covers a wide range of frequencies, and your camcorder won't come close to detecting heat leakage.
Blackbody is blackbody. The problem is intensity, not frequency.
If one knows and can get a infra red film, use 35mm still camera. Tony
Richard J Kinch wrote in news:Xns9435E90A677E8someconundrum@216.196.97.131:
There are definitely some frequency issues at stake here. Black body peak output radiation shifts in frequency as the temperature changes:
Ir film wont work, the sony wont work, I have 2 with nightshot and super nightshot . And ive used IR film. The ir cameras at last look cost 4000
I havn't heard back from sony yet... I've used IR thermal imaging camera's before at demos, and I agree they are the tool I need. I was hoping I could jerry rig with the cam corder and get by. I see not. I was also hoping not to spend the money on hiring someone to do it for me. Oh well, the local fire department has such a camera. Maybe I'll see if they can let me use it (I am on the department).
never hurts to ask does it?
where? how much??
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Yep zero-lux >< infrared vision.
Sounds like a best bet. Buy the beer for the next cookout, it's all goodwill.
Man after my own heart.
Not my field so I can't speak to the specifications necessary, but a quick google search brought up
Also consider the light pollution around your house. I suspect that a passive IR device would go all wonky if your nextdoor neighbor has a bank of 100 watt floodlights on his south 40, but I don't know if active IR would compensate.
I'd say give the candle trick a try. Turn off the heat (if you've got forced air) and stand in front of windows/doors. If the flame moves away from the exterior you've got infiltration, towards you've got exfiltration.
I wouldn't worry about sealing up the house *too* tight, it's not healthy. Remember, there were a couple of cases of asphyxiation when the anthrax ("seal up a safe room!") scare was running about.
Hang loose,
Marc
Yes, as I said, the problem is intensity.
Sony's repley follows:
Thank you for contacting SONY Online Support.
We are not aware of any such setup or adjustment. These units were not designed for this function, therefore even if it is possible for them to be used in this fashion, we are not equipped to support these devices for such an application.
Thank you for the opportunity to be of assistance.
The Sony Internet Support Team Online Support and Services Center CVC1 Scott
Informative and helpfull eh?
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