Hi Michael, With all due respect, do the reference "idiot lights" do that much for you? I have always thought a thermal camera/viewer/FLIR/etc. would be great but so would a used car. My digital IR thermometer at several orders of magnitude difference in price has served me well, if tediously, to do some of the uses described.
Bill Loesch Solar 1 - Saint Louis Solar 314 631 1094 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Welch" <michael.we...@re-wrenches.org> To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] 24 volt Battery Bank comparison Every now and then I see reference on this list to the need for thermal detection. Here is an interesting, inexpensive piece of equipment that could be used for finding hot (loose or corroded) connections, hot batteries, hot PV cells in modules, and even poorly insulated spots, its original intended purpose: http://www.blackanddecker.com/power-tools/TLD100.aspx I have one and used it for finding uninsulated spaces, but cannot attest to its durability or suitability for the other uses mentioned above. boB Gudgel wrote at 01:00 AM 6/1/2011: >This might be a good reason for an installer to have one of those FLIR (or similar) thermal imager cameras.  They're a bit on the expensive side, but could >really be helpful for so many things.  Even just to know if you have left a nut loose (under load of course) > >boB _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
