I'm pretty sure one of my chimneys doesn't have a liner. I thought I could check using one of these USB endoscope thingies:
However, they all seem to have floppy cables and I want to be able to shove it up the chimney.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Another Dave
Tape the cable to a fibreglass fishing rod, garden cane, or whatever seems suitable.
You could drop it down the chimney from the top?
Some of them have goosenecks rather than flexes.
Maybe putting the flex in a length of foam pipe insulation would stiffen it sufficiently?
Owain
Another Dave wrote
Have you got a powered USB for it?
Several 2 Amp ones. Do they use a lot of current?
Another Dave
Indeed. I don't know what I've been using for brains all these years.
Another Dave
Another Dave wrote
No idea, probably worth checking with seller.
And why do some of the ones with longer cables seem to say they will have less functionality?
Tape it to the end of something stiffer. Plastic pipe (conduit) works quite well. Or a chinmey/drain rod set.
Maybe, if you shove the thing far enough up your nose you'll find out!
All you need is a torch. Best to sweep the chimney first.
Mount it on a sweeps brush ahead of the bristles perhaps? Brian
suspended from a RC Quadcopter.
Not IME, my 7m one is happy to run from a crappy laptop.
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