Another IR thermometer find...

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Oh how I love my IR thermometer....

Today on site I was noticing that some temp lights were doing the hokey pokey, my drill sounded weird, some guys skil saw sounded weird too....

Checked voltage - didn't seem to change much - considering there were a lot of tools and two compressors going. But I had my thermometer in the same case with my meters - so for S&G I scanned around the cords - bingo! I got a temp of 250F on a CA 50 outlet on the side of one of the spider boxes - a little closer and it was too hot to touch.... Shut the site down - opened the cord and found the neutral had pulled almost out of the terminal - and the insulation was melting back...

Figure I got it not long before it lost contact completely. Lucky it didn't happen tomorrow when no electricians would be there....
 
Us electricians only need power when we are there right?! It sure is funny when someone comes up to you and says "hey can we get power over here?" ...sure

When you get to that area a week or two later... your just adding power because you are now working there.

It doesnt happen all the time, but it sure slips your mind real quite until your actually working in that area a week later.
 
I have to keep an eye on the"can we get power over here" it can add up by the end of a job and no one to pay you for the time.
 
1793 said:
Just this week I bought the FLUKE 62 mini. I purchased mine at Grainger and it was ~$75.00 + tax. So far I'm pleased with it.
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I am spoiled with a thermal imager. How do you know where the hot spot is without an image? Is the laser pointer that accurate of an indicator? I've been thinking about one one these things but was unsure of what it would actually do.
 
mivey said:
I am spoiled with a thermal imager. How do you know where the hot spot is without an image? Is the laser pointer that accurate of an indicator? I've been thinking about one one these things but was unsure of what it would actually do.
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Oe thing a IR cam cannot do is log & chart temp changes.

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mivey said:
Whatcha got? I'm looking for something small & handy & inexpensive but still useful (if there is such a thing).
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The place that use to send out the catalogs, that store had one on sale for 20.00, and their brand name. I'd look for that to be on sale again!!!
 
1793 said:
Just this week I bought the FLUKE 62 mini. I purchased mine at Grainger and it was ~$75.00 + tax. So far I'm pleased with it.
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I have the same one...

mivey said:
I am spoiled with a thermal imager. How do you know where the hot spot is without an image? Is the laser pointer that accurate of an indicator? I've been thinking about one one these things but was unsure of what it would actually do.
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Scan back and forth - up and down... The laser pointer is what you're reading as an aiming device... It can scan at quite a few feet, and you spot some 'warm' area - then move closer to get a more accurate reading of the hot spot with a closer more narrow scan. (At a few feet it measures a target diameter of ~3" - at a few inches - it measures a 1" spot... i.e. more accurate up close.) But at a fraction of the cost of an IR camera - it can be just as usefull.
 
How about the durability of the Fluke 62 mini? Anyone had one for a while? Do you handle it gently like an IR camera or can it take a little abuse?
 
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