<p dir="ltr">Wrenches, <br>
Talk to Flir, sometimes they got demos, sales or upgrades, l had one of there higher end models ands it has more detail then my 1000 dollar one does. Flir has lease deals too. <br>
Jerry</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 16, 2016 12:10 PM, "<a href="mailto:bob@midnitesolar.com">bob@midnitesolar.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:bob@midnitesolar.com">bob@midnitesolar.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <p>We use several FLIRs here at MidNite...  Invaluable tool for LOTS
      of reasons.<br>
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    <p>You can by a <span>FLIR E4: 80 x 60 
        resolution brand new on Amazon for $925.</span></p>
    <p><span>There are other deals for less than this
        as Marco pointed out, too.</span></p>
    <p><span>boB<br>
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      On 5/16/2016 2:39 PM, Marco Mangelsdorf wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">marco<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
                RE-wrenches
                [<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b>On
                  Behalf Of </b>Bill Loesch<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 16, 2016 11:33 AM<br>
                <b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br>
                <b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] Thermal Camera for PV
                Troubleshooting?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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          Fellow Wrenches,<br>
          <br>
          Has anyone made use of any InfraRed (Thermal) cameras for
          diagnosing module performance faults?<br>
          <br>
          Thanks,<br>
          <br>
          <u></u><u></u></p>
        <pre>Bill Loesch<u></u><u></u></pre>
        <pre>Solar 1 - Saint Louis Solar<u></u><u></u></pre>
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