[RE-wrenches] hermal Camera for PV Troubleshooting?

bob at midnitesolar.com bob at midnitesolar.com
Mon May 16 15:10:13 PDT 2016


We use several FLIRs here at MidNite...  Invaluable tool for LOTS of 
reasons.

You can by a FLIR E4: 80 x 60 resolution brand new on Amazon for $925.

There are other deals for less than this as Marco pointed out, too.

boB


On 5/16/2016 2:39 PM, Marco Mangelsdorf wrote:
>
> Yes, Bill…I’d recommend going with a Flir.  You should be able to find 
> a Flir 4 for something around $1,000 on eBay.
>
> This tool is invaluable when it comes to identifying hot spots.  Now 
> getting the manufacturer to do anything about it without pulling the 
> mods out of the string and testing the *&^% out of them….that’s a 
> separate issue.
>
> marco
>
> *From:*RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] 
> *On Behalf Of *Bill Loesch
> *Sent:* Monday, May 16, 2016 11:33 AM
> *To:* RE-wrenches
> *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] Thermal Camera for PV Troubleshooting?
>
>
> Fellow Wrenches,
>
> Has anyone made use of any InfraRed (Thermal) cameras for diagnosing 
> module performance faults?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Loesch
> Solar 1 - Saint Louis Solar
> 314 631 1094
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