Re: [MBZ] FLIR
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:04:55 -0800 (PST) LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com wrote: Mine won't be quite that sophisticated. It's a hand held FLIR that's used for inspecting electrical buss work to check for hot spots (loose connections.) That sounds like a good way to do it! None of this touching energized busses to see if they're warm! But you do have to de-energize them to tighten the loose connections ... It will be interesting to hear what other things your new IR camera can see. One of my former employers had one like you describe, but we weren't allowed to touch it, much less look at it. There was one guy trained on it and he was the only one allowed to use it. I think it cost around $40k at the time. Sounds like he was rather protective of his $40k. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] FLIR [was: Re: OT Windows 7]
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:36:20 -0800 (PST) LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com wrote: Next month I get to buy a FLIR camera! This is going to be fun! I used one of those a few years back. Definitely a lot of fun. I don't know the current state-of-the-art, but the one I used had a built-in, mechanical refrigeration system, a color display for the false-color images, and cost about $50k. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] FLIR
I don't know the current state-of-the-art, but the one I used had a built-in, mechanical refrigeration system, a color display for the false-color images, and cost about $50k. That's the one I played with. It had detachable, normal-looking camera lenses, except that the 'glass' was Zinc Sulfide (or something like that) and visually completely opaque! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] FLIR
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:04:22 -0800 Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote: That's the one I played with. It had detachable, normal-looking camera lenses, except that the 'glass' was Zinc Sulfide (or something like that) and visually completely opaque! Zinc Selenide, ZnSe. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] FLIR
Mine won't be quite that sophisticated. It's a hand held FLIR that's used for inspecting electrical buss work to check for hot spots (loose connections.) One of my former employers had one like you describe, but we weren't allowed to touch it, much less look at it. There was one guy trained on it and he was the only one allowed to use it. I think it cost around $40k at the time. Dan --- On Fri, 2/19/10, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote: From: Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] FLIR To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 11:04 AM I don't know the current state-of-the-art, but the one I used had a built-in, mechanical refrigeration system, a color display for the false-color images, and cost about $50k. That's the one I played with. It had detachable, normal-looking camera lenses, except that the 'glass' was Zinc Sulfide (or something like that) and visually completely opaque! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
