[RE-wrenches] Thermal Camera for PV Troubleshooting?

[Dan Fink]

I have the Seek unit also. Works great for the price. You can save images
and videos.

It has so far found for me  questionable connections on 2 different battery
installs, a poorly torqued charge controller output terminal, and a skunk
hiding under my back porch.

The unit paid for itself very quickly.

Dan Fink
Adjunct Professor of Solar Energy Technology, Ecotech Institute
IREC Certified Instructor™ for:
~ PV Installation Professional
~ Small Wind Installer
Executive Director, Buckville Energy
NABCEP Registered Continuing Education Providers™
970.672.4342



On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Allan Sindelar <allan at sindelarsolar.com>
wrote:

> Bill,
> If you are looking for a less sophisticated and less expensive unit, I
> recently purchased (on Amazon) a Seek Compact Thermal Imager that plugs
> into the port on my iPhone for $236. A downloaded app runs it, and it shows
> thermal images on the phone's screen. To date I have done little more than
> test it out; it showed thermal images very well, and may be all you need
> for troubleshooting. I think the phone can photograph the images for a
> record.
> Allan
>
> *Allan Sindelar*
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> On 5/16/2016 3:32 PM, Bill Loesch wrote:
>
>
> Fellow Wrenches,
>
> Has anyone made use of any InfraRed (Thermal) cameras for diagnosing
> module performance faults?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Loesch
> Solar 1 - Saint Louis Solar314 631 1094
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