Nice! Very appropriate response…
I am newly certified, but been in construction for 20 years. I want to add thermal to my list of services, but not sure what camera to get. I know you get what you pay for, so what camera was this one?
Thanks!
That was a FLIR T400 high-temp with lots of miles on it.
@cevans The links in your post are either expired or don’t load not matter how I try it (phone, iPad, computer).
Can you repost those links?
They were links to the two images in the old forum. The images were embedded when the forum was migrated over so the links are no longer needed. They’re vestigial.
Thank you for the time I got to spend with you Chuck, it really assisted me in staying within the standards of work I am use to. I check everything, all doors, windows, pans, drains, outlets, lights, panels, infra red, walk roofs, ect.
You’re welcome. Glad to see you’re getting work and staying busy.
Bumping this old post for a general IR comment. I am not promoting this newsletter or school. (though I do recommend a minimum Level I certification.)
On a few inspector websites, I find some crazy definitions of infrared scans, inspections, and narratives about anomalies. I found this little gold nugget. It says a lot in these few words.
Infrared inspections may be performed for a wide variety of reasons including condition assessment, quality assurance, and predictive maintenance. In its simplest form, thermography detects, displays, and records thermal patterns and temperatures across the surface of an object. Thermal anomalies usually are indicative of deficiencies, changes, or undesirable conditions within the object or system being inspected. Typically, such conditions are reported with a thermal image and a description of the anomaly.
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You don’t have to, but I will.
I did not get my certification in IR from Infraspection, but Jim and I have spent a lot of time discussing difficulties of thermal inspection. He is one of the few that has specifically written Standards to do specific IR Jobs. Which most IR Camera owners are unaware of, as evident in their IR advertising and procedures.
Yes, this is rampant on the Internet, not a once in a while occurrence. Owning an IR Camera does not qualify anyone to do IR Investigations. It provides you data that YOU must interpret. Red is not HOT and Blue is not cold, neither is water always Blue.
I recommend all of you to get Jim Sefferin’s Standards of Practice, regardless of your level of training.
Your learning does not end when you complete these courses. They are putting out new information constantly and are also only a phone call away if you really get in over your head.
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How do we obtain this?
And others:
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Thanks Larry!
This document may be reproduced by InterNACHI members for personal use
I didn’t know that. What a deal! No excuses now…
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Jim is very easy to talk to, I actually just got off of the phone with him. He helped me out with some pricing on a larger job I am bidding on. I haven’t talked to him since I received my Level II certification back in 2016, but our conversation felt as if I was sitting down with him back in his class in New Jersey.
Great guy.
I would also like to endorse and encourage anyone looking to perform IR work and especially in our industry to consider Infraspection Institute
Jim is first class. He is super all the way around.
Gentlemen:
Thank you for the kind words and references. They are high praise, indeed. Infraspection Institute has been providing training, certification, and support to InterNACHI members for over 20 years. Although I do not visit this forum often, my team and I are always available to answer any questions that you may have.
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Question- your thermal image- can you direct me
As to exactly what we are looking at? I know that’s a very stupid question- but I’m trying to learn
Save us all a bunch of typing.
Go back and read the posts in this category: Thermal Imaging, Infrared Cameras & Energy Audits.
This is not Black & White (pun intended). This is a science, and you must fully understand everything about what you’re pointing the imager at. Red is not hot. Blue is not Cold, nor is it moisture, as in the scan in this OP. It is just a color we assign to it.
You need to know what to expect from the target you are scanning.
You need to understand heat transfer, psychometrics, physics, and the camera design and operation.
If you really need to understand this stuff, start hitting the books.