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I have a question about IR scanning.... because I do not get involved in it.
I'm thinking you will only get valid results if the panel is heavily loaded. Like during the summer time, with all the A/C running. Otherwise, under winter load conditions, the results are not a true representation, because the hot spots may not show.
This one commerial customer was inquiring, and said his winter demand is half of his summer demand. 100KW vs 50KW of demand. He has 50 tons of A/C @ 208 volts. So wouldn't it make sense to do the IR scan in the middle of August, when it's 95 degrees outside ??
I'm thinking you will only get valid results if the panel is heavily loaded. Like during the summer time, with all the A/C running. Otherwise, under winter load conditions, the results are not a true representation, because the hot spots may not show.
This one commerial customer was inquiring, and said his winter demand is half of his summer demand. 100KW vs 50KW of demand. He has 50 tons of A/C @ 208 volts. So wouldn't it make sense to do the IR scan in the middle of August, when it's 95 degrees outside ??