Infrared Thermography News & Insights

Almost every week, I get an email asking me to review someone’s aerial thermal inspection.  Commercial roof. Storage tank.  Photovoltaic array.  Building envelope. Sometimes a flare stack or a substation bushing.  The assets change.  The question doesn’t.

Excess heating is often a sure sign of defective electrical equipment; however, the absence of heat can also be a sign of component failure. In this Tip, we demonstrate how thermal imaging may be used to detect defective Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters.

Resolution is one of the most important objective specifications for a thermal imaging system. Due to a lack of standardization, this term is used in a variety of ways, many of which can be confusing or misleading.

The perpetual question among those using radiometric equipment is, “What emittance value should I use?” In this Tip, we address several options for providing emittance values.

By early September, over 55 million children across the United States will head back to school. With 13 percent of those children typically walking or biking to their classes, drivers should be especially vigilant for pedestrians before and after school hours.