[RE-wrenches] 24 volt Battery Bank comparison

[Bill Loesch]

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.welch at re-wrenches.org>
To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches at 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


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