User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of contents
- 1 Warnings & Cautions
- 2 Notice to user
- 3 Customer help
- 4 Documentation updates
- 5 Important note about this manual
- 6 Parts lists
- 7 Quick Start Guide
- 8 A note about ergonomics
- 9 Camera parts
- 10 Screen elements
- 11 Navigating the menu system
- 12 Connecting external devices and storage media
- 13 Pairing Bluetooth devices
- 14 Configuring Wi-Fi
- 15 Handling the camera
- 16 Working with images
- 17 Working with thermal fusion and picture-in-picture image modes
- 18 Working with measurement tools
- 19 Fetching data from external Extech meters
- 20 Working with isotherms
- 21 Annotating images
- 22 Recording video clips
- 23 Changing settings
- 24 Cleaning the camera
- 25 Technical data
- 26 Dimensional drawings
- 26.1 Camera dimensions, front view (1)
- 26.2 Camera dimensions, front view (2)
- 26.3 Camera dimensions, side view (1)
- 26.4 Camera dimensions, side view (2)
- 26.5 Camera dimensions, 41.3 mm/15° lens, side view
- 26.6 Camera dimensions, 24.6 mm/25° lens, side view
- 26.7 Camera dimensions, 13.1 mm/45° lens, side view
- 26.8 Infrared lens (41.3 mm/15°)
- 26.9 Infrared lens (24.6 mm/25°)
- 26.10 Infrared lens (13.1 mm/45°)
- 26.11 Battery (1)
- 26.12 Battery (2)
- 26.13 Battery charger (1)
- 26.14 Battery charger (2)
- 26.15 Battery charger (3)
- 27 Application examples
- 28 Introduction to building thermography
- 28.1 Disclaimer
- 28.2 Important note
- 28.3 Typical field investigations
- 28.3.1 Guidelines
- 28.3.2 About moisture detection
- 28.3.3 Moisture detection (1): Low-slope commercial roofs
- 28.3.4 Moisture detection (2): Commercial & residential façades
- 28.3.5 Moisture detection (3): Decks & balconies
- 28.3.6 Moisture detection (4): Plumbing breaks & leaks
- 28.3.7 Air infiltration
- 28.3.8 Insulation deficiencies
- 28.4 Theory of building science
- 28.4.1 General information
- 28.4.2 The effects of testing and checking
- 28.4.3 Sources of disruption in thermography
- 28.4.4 Surface temperature and air leaks
- 28.4.5 Measuring conditions & measuring season
- 28.4.6 Interpretation of infrared images
- 28.4.7 Humidity & dew point
- 28.4.8 Excerpt from Technical Note ‘Assessing thermal bridging and insulation continuity’ (UK example)
- 29 Introduction to thermographic inspections of electrical installations
- 29.1 Important note
- 29.2 General information
- 29.3 Measurement technique for thermographic inspection of electrical installations
- 29.4 Reporting
- 29.5 Different types of hot spots in electrical installations
- 29.6 Disturbance factors at thermographic inspection of electrical installations
- 29.7 Practical advice for the thermographer
- 30 About FLIR Systems
- 31 Glossary
- 32 Thermographic measurement techniques
- 33 History of infrared technology
- 34 Theory of thermography
- 35 The measurement formula
- 36 Emissivity tables
to be in for the moment. It might be so that you measure heat, which has been con-
ducted over some distance, whereas the ‘real’ hot spot is hidden from you. An example
is shown in the image below.
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Figure 29.4 A hidden hot spot inside a box
Try to choose different angles and make sure that the hot area is seen in its full size,
that is, that it is not disappearing behind something that might hide the hottest spot.
In this image, the hottest spot of what the camera can ‘see’, is +83°C (+181°F), where
the operating temperature on the cables below the box is +60°C (+140°F). However,
the real hot spot is most probably hidden inside the box, see the in yellow encircled
area. This fault is reported as a +23.0°C (+41.4°F) excess temperature, but the real
problem is probably essentially hotter.
Another reason for underestimating the temperature of an object is bad focusing. It
is very important that the hot spot found is in focus. See the example below.
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Figure 29.5 LEFT: A hot spot in focus; RIGHT: A hot spot out of focus
In the left image, the lamp is in focus. Its average temperature is +64°C (+147°F). In
the right image, the lamp is out of focus, which will result in only +51°C (+124°F) as
the average temperature.
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