You’ve got to see this! A jacket that can change its insulation level WHILE you are wearing it WITHOUT removing or changing any pieces; and thermography proves it works....

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This note applies to all ThermaCAM P/S and E/B Series FLIR Systems Thermography Cameras that use lithium ion batteries.

The users’ manual instructs the user to fully discharge and charge a new battery a couple of times by using the camera until the battery is fully depleted. This leads some users to discharge the battery beyond the point when the Low battery text is displayed.

If the battery goes beyond the Low battery point, camera operation and/or battery function may be affected.

Please remove the battery from the camera for recharging as soon as the Low battery text is displayed.
 

Straight from the World Wide Web, here is what's going on in the world of infrared thermography.

• Keeping track of Etna's pulse
  CNN - Dec. 5, 2005
  ... "We have continuous information about the summit craters," she said. One of the newer technologies used on Mt Etna is thermal imaging. ...

• Stench of "corpse flower" fills UW botany greenhouse as blooming ...
  uwnews.org, WA - Nov 30, 2005
  ... Ewing said. He is using an infrared camera to study the powerful heating of the plant's spadix by internal chemical reactions. That ...

• Detecting Breast Cancer In Full Color
  NBC 11.com, CA - Nov 28, 2005
  Some clinicians said the digital infrared thermal imaging technology, referred to as a thermography, can detect early stages of breast cancer years before a ...

• Looking at Clouds from Both Sides Now
  Photonics.com, MA - Nov 21, 2005
  ... for a joint US-Japan research project studying the Arctic atmosphere, the device consists of a box containing a microbolometer-based infrared camera with a ...

• Audits turn homeowners on to savings
  Green Bay Press Gazette, WI - Nov 20, 2005
  Alan Toenjes grimaced as a building consultant focused an infrared camera above the patio doors of his Kellogg Street home. Dark ...

• A Third of Formula One Teams Choose Flir
  Process & Control Today, UK - Nov 17, 2005
  ... Indeed it was the driving force behind FLIR Systems latest order from the Formula One sector for a ThermaCAM® A20 infrared camera. ...
  
   

• Who you gonna call? A log doctor
  The News Journal, DE - Nov 17, 2005
  ... allowing water and insects inside. Some log doctors use thermal imaging to find cracks (cost: about $1,500). Caulking and sealing costs ...

Here is a selection of recent new threads by IR Community members. Feel free to click the links, see how people have responded, and post your own response if you like.

• Insurance
  I am currently working for a GC and want to go on my own. I have work lined up, but need liability insurance first. The problem is no one want to provide coverage, so I need some help in finding and agent. If anyone has some info I would really appreciate it.

• Show us where you are!
  I have created an IR Thermographers map on Frapper.com. This is a new service using Google Maps. It's pretty cool. Members (free) get a flag on the map to show where they are. You can also "shout out" to your colleagues. Here is the link - Jack Kleinfeld
  
  http://www.frappr.com/irthermographers

• Emissivity Tables
  Does any one have Emissivity Tables for Insulators & powerline hardware. Am about to do some IR powerline fault detection & was after the emissivity values to use. My Power Grid operator can not supply this info.

• IR Needs Survey
  Does anyone have an IR Thermography Needs Survey/Assessment Form suitable for a range of industries or plants they would be willing to pass on? This is to survey in a uniform way what needs plants or industries might have for the deployment of IR surveillance or monitoring.

• MOV Arrestor failure
  Looking for anyone with experience scanning MOV arrestors (in spetial 245 KV). I would like to know how a failure is determined in this kind of arrestor. Is it a hot spot or is it like a heat distribution through the whole block?

• Finding abandoned underground storage tanks
  I have seen reference to finding abandoned USTs using infrared, but I have not been able to find any articles on the subject. Anyone have any experience or know where I could find anything on conducting environmental surveys and finding buried tanks?

• IR sensor
  Can anybody tell me why IR cameras used for night vision or general purpose surveillance can not be used for thermography ie spatial temperature measurement

• Emissivity when taking images at an angle
  I have an application where I will be taking images of a printed circuit assembly that is installed inside an instrument. Due to how the board is installed, the camera will have to be at an angle to the board. How will that impact the emissivity values and thus the temperature reading? At what angle can I assume emissivity values haven't changed?

• How can I deal with the water on the surface of lens?
  I have to catch IR photos of a machine which give off lots of vapor.
  How can I deal with the water on the surface of lens?
  I thought to use a glass cloth or a hair dryer, but afraid of destroying the lens.

And of course if YOU have a question or want to start a discussion on a topic, we would love to hear from you. Just post a new thread on a message board.

Brainteaser of the Month 

Here is this month's brainteaser. Readers who email us the correct identification and explanation of the thermal pattern in the thermogram are entered into a drawing to win a prize from ITC.

Please put "Brainteaser" as the subject of the message.

Click here to email your guess

Do you have an interesting image that you think would challenge other thermographers? If so please email me your image (preferably in native .img, .jpg, .tif, .tgw, or .tmw format) with an accompanying visible photo and explanation. If your image is used, you receive a gift as well.

Last Month's Brainteaser

November's Brainteaser is an IR image and photo of 30# condensate running to and swirling around a manhole cover. Kind of looks a little like a small hurricane contributed by Roy Gariepy from Dorlastan LLC in SC. I didn't think anyone would guess this but I was wrong, we had several correct guesses and our winner is Scott Wunderlich from Link Support Services LLC in Minnesota.

Congratulations to our winner, Scott and to Roy. They both receive low emissivity traveling coffee mugs.

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