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Electrical contractors know the value of having the right tool available for the job. Being properly equipped can mean the difference between searching for the problem for minutes versus hours, or never finding the issue at all. Whether scanning breaker panels or diagnosing electrical circuits, it’s important to leave no stone unturned and provide your customers with certainty that their home or building is safe and operating at peak electrical efficiency. Here are 5 of the tools every electrical contractor should have on the job. Thermal Camera A thermal imaging camera can drastically speed up electrical inspections by quickly catching...

Featuring a 128x96 pixel thermal camera, a 5MP visual camera and FLIR MSX image enhancement to easily identify hidden building problems Having the ability to effectively inspect, diagnose, and document trouble spots is crucial for property managers, facilities maintenance staff, building inspectors, contractors, electricians, service technicians, plumbers, and even homeowners. It requires the aid of effective tools, including thermal imaging, to quickly recognize and resolve those trouble spots. That’s why FLIR has introduced its latest entry-level Cx-Series camera, the FLIR C3-X™, a compact thermal camera packed with features that can help users confidently find faults in close range. It easily...

FLIR MSX® (Multi-Spectral Dynamic Imaging) adds visible light details to thermal images in real time for greater clarity, embedding edge and outline detail onto thermal readings. Unlike image fusing (merging of a visible light and thermal image), MSX does not dilute the thermal image or decrease thermal transparency. MSX adds visible light details to thermal images. Thermal imagers with MSX capabilities actually have two cameras—a thermal imager and a visible light camera (i.e. a typical digital camera). Every time you take a picture, both a thermal image and a visible image are captured simultaneously. Built-in software extracts key visible image...

New FLIR VS290-32 Offers a Dual-Sensor, Electrical Safety-Rated Videoscope for Safer and More Efficient Industrial Inspection FLIR Systems, today announced the FLIR VS290-32™, an industry-first, videoscope that combines thermal imaging and a visible camera specifically designed for safer and more efficient inspections of hard-to-reach underground utility vaults. The VS290-32 is the company’s first industrial-grade, electrical safety-rated, flexible dual-sensor videoscope on a replaceable, two-meter-long camera probe. For use in the most demanding environments, the VS290-32 is CAT IV 600 V safety rated for electrical inspections, along with an IP67-rated camera tip and IP54 base unit to protect against dust and water....

Powerful reporting solutions streamline your inspections and highlight critical repairs Improvements in thermal camera performance and on-camera image enhancement, such as FLIR-exclusive MSX® technology, help thermographers instantly pinpoint issues. However, even the most experienced inspectors often need to adjust images after the fact. Properly adjusting level and span in FLIR Thermal Studio Suite helps highlight failing equipment. Analysis and reporting software helps you adjust saved IR images after an inspection. These solutions allow you to fine-tune critical details, including level and span, emissivity, and color palette selection to better identify problems and convey repair recommendations to untrained decision-makers. As analysis...