Category Archives: Fluke

1-Day Basic Thermography Applications Training – March 13th

1-Day Basic Thermography Applications Basic Thermography ApplicationsTraining is an intense one day classroom workshop in the physics of infrared, the principles of thermodynamics and hands on training in the use of Fluke thermal imaging cameras for various applications. Who should … Continue reading

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NEW! Level I Thermographic Application — 4 Day Certification Course

May 14-17, 2012 Location: Restoration Consultants, Inc. 3284 Ramos Circle Sacramento, CA 95827 Cost: $1695 > Download the Flyer SPACE IS LIMITED! PLEASE REGISTER AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE TO GUARANTEE A SEAT IN THE COURSE. TO REGISTER CONTACT: Jessica Linares … Continue reading

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Introducing 5 New Thermal Images from Fluke

Fluke proudly introduces five new thermal imagers specifically designed to help troubleshoot and resolve problems even more efficiently than before. Read about auto focus and video recording at: http://www.moistureview.com/products/tir125-tir110-building-diagnostic-and-the-ti100-general-use-thermal-imagers

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Blog #064 – Your THERMOGRAPHY COMFORT LEVEL – Emissivity? What is it? Is it important?

Every target surface that you point your infrared camera at has a surface characteristic of emissivity.  How’s your comfort level with that subject?  I talked about this a little in blog #015 (Radiosity!  What is it?)  As you might remember, … Continue reading

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Blog #063 – Your THERMOGRAPHY COMFORT LEVEL – Exercise #4 – insulation detection!

Review Blog #060, #061 & #062 and continue with the exercise. Cool wall cavity areas (darker color) and warmer wood framing (lighter color): Scenario #7 – viewed from the outside during the cooling season (summer) – are the bays insulated? … Continue reading

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Blog #062 – Your THERMOGRAPHY COMFORT LEVEL – Exercise #3 – insulation detection!

Review Blog #060 & #061 and continue with the exercise.   (Warm wall cavity areas (lighter color) and wood framing (darker color): #5 scenario:  viewed from the outside during the cooling season (summer) – Are the bays insulated? #6 scenario:  … Continue reading

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Blog #061 – Your THERMOGRAPHY COMFORT LEVEL – Exercise #2 – insulation detection!

Review Blog #060 and continue with the exercise. Cool wall cavity areas (darker color) and warmer wood framing (lighter color): Scenario #3 – viewed from the outside during the heating season (winter) – is the wall insulated? Scenario #4 – … Continue reading

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Blog #060 – Your THERMOGRAPHY COMFORT LEVEL – Exercise #1 – insulation detection!

Are you comfortable using your infrared camera to investigate insulation issues?  I’m going to give you a method to determine if the wall is fully insulated or not using your infrared camera.  You start with two basic steps:  Step #1-Identify … Continue reading

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Blog #059 – Your THERMOGRAPHY COMFORT LEVEL – NETD. What is it and why is it important?

When shopping for an IR camera one needs to match up certain features of the camera to the investigative needs of the thermographer.  So, we need to understand and look at “camera specifications” which are found in the “spec sheets”.  … Continue reading

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Blog #058 – Your THERMOGRAPHY COMFORT LEVEL – Why use infrared for home inspections?

To answer that question we have to ask “Why do people choose to get a home inspection before buying a house?”  It’s to reduce the “RISK” factor.  The greater the investment, the greater the risk!  So, a trained home inspector … Continue reading

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