It's $1000 price tag puts Festool to shame, but it's still one hell of a tool. You can save images to an inserted memory card for emailing or keeping a record of what it's found.
Electricians, HVAC, Remodelers, Maintenance and Service professionals would all have a use for this tool.
AAMOF, I recently read about a plugin/rendering software that can be used with Sketchup to display the TI readings on a 3D model. I expect that SU will gain more of these BIM related features now it's been acquired by Trimble.
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Similar instruments are used around where I work for checking wiring connections. Considering a bad service connection can burn up a $10k breaker and shut the operation for hours(or days), the cost for the imagers are of no importance, a bargain at any price.
basilisk
basilisk wrote in news:FzwPs.135224$Yp1.82885@en- nntp-13.dc1.easynews.com:
I wonder if DCC (model railroad) short circuits would show up nicely on one. The circuit breaker trips, waits a few seconds then tries again to restart. I guess it depends on how fast the camera detects the change in temperature.
Currently, my method to locate short circuits is to listen for the noise. It's a frequency that not many people can hear (I've asked, there's 3 in about 14 people who can hear it), but it usually leads right to the trouble spot.
One of these days, these IR temperature cameras are going to come down to "average person" or at least "determined hobbiest" prices.
Puckdropper
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