Installation Directions

2014-07-05

• Table of contents
• 1 Warnings & Cautions
• 2 Notice to user
• 3 Customer help
• 4 Documentation updates
• 5 Important note about this manual
• 6 Quick Start Guide
• 7 Packing list
• 8 Camera parts
• 9 Screen elements
• 10 Connectors and storage media
• 11 Using the camera
  • 11.1 Installing the battery
  • 11.2 Charging the battery
  • 11.3 Saving an image
  • 11.4 Recalling an image
  • 11.5 Opening the image archive
  • 11.6 Deleting an image
  • 11.7 Deleting all images
  • 11.8 Measuring a temperature using a spotmeter
  • 11.9 Measuring a temperature using an area
  • 11.10 Marking all areas above or below a set temperature level
  • 11.11 Changing the color palette
  • 11.12 Changing the settings
  • 11.13 Changing the image mode
  • 11.14 Setting the surface properties
  • 11.15 Changing the emissivity
  • 11.16 Changing the reflected apparent temperature
  • 11.17 Resetting the camera
  • 11.18 Finding the serial number of the camera
• 12 Cleaning the camera
  • 12.1 Camera housing, cables, and other items
  • 12.2 Infrared lens
  • 12.3 Infrared detector
• 13 Technical data
  • 13.1 Additional data
• 14 Dimensions
  • 14.1 Camera (front)
  • 14.2 Camera (side)
• 15 Application examples
  • 15.1 Moisture & water damage
  • 15.2 Faulty contact in socket
  • 15.3 Oxidized socket
  • 15.4 Insulation deficiencies
  • 15.5 Draft
• 16 Introduction to building thermography
  • 16.1 Disclaimer
    • 16.1.1 Copyright notice
    • 16.1.2 Training & certification
    • 16.1.3 National or regional building codes
  • 16.2 Important note
  • 16.3 Typical field investigations
    • 16.3.1 Guidelines
      • 16.3.1.1 General guidelines
      • 16.3.1.2 Guidelines for moisture detection, mold detection & detection of water damages
      • 16.3.1.3 Guidelines for detection of air infiltration & insulation deficiencies
    • 16.3.2 About moisture detection
    • 16.3.3 Moisture detection (1): Low-slope commercial roofs
      • 16.3.3.1 General information
      • 16.3.3.2 Safety precautions
      • 16.3.3.3 Commented building structures
      • 16.3.3.4 Commented infrared images
    • 16.3.4 Moisture detection (2): Commercial & residential façades
      • 16.3.4.1 General information
      • 16.3.4.2 Commented building structures
      • 16.3.4.3 Commented infrared images
    • 16.3.5 Moisture detection (3): Decks & balconies
      • 16.3.5.1 General information
      • 16.3.5.2 Commented building structures
      • 16.3.5.3 Commented infrared images
    • 16.3.6 Moisture detection (4): Plumbing breaks & leaks
      • 16.3.6.1 General information
      • 16.3.6.2 Commented infrared images
    • 16.3.7 Air infiltration
      • 16.3.7.1 General information
      • 16.3.7.2 Commented building structures
      • 16.3.7.3 Commented infrared images
    • 16.3.8 Insulation deficiencies
      • 16.3.8.1 General information
      • 16.3.8.2 Commented building structures
      • 16.3.8.3 Commented infrared images
  • 16.4 Theory of building science
    • 16.4.1 General information
    • 16.4.2 The effects of testing and checking
    • 16.4.3 Sources of disruption in thermography
    • 16.4.4 Surface temperature and air leaks
      • 16.4.4.1 Pressure conditions in a building
    • 16.4.5 Measuring conditions & measuring season
    • 16.4.6 Interpretation of infrared images
    • 16.4.7 Humidity & dew point
      • 16.4.7.1 Relative & absolute humidity
      • 16.4.7.2 Definition of dew point
    • 16.4.8 Excerpt from Technical Note ‘Assessing thermal bridging and insulation continuity’ (UK example)
      • 16.4.8.1 Credits
      • 16.4.8.2 Introduction
      • 16.4.8.3 Background information
        • 16.4.8.3.1 Requirements
      • 16.4.8.4 Quantitative appraisal of thermal anomalies
        • 16.4.8.4.1 Selection of critical temperature parameter
        • 16.4.8.4.2 Alternative method using only surface temperatures
        • 16.4.8.4.3 Selecting maximum acceptable defect area
        • 16.4.8.4.4 Measuring surface temperature
        • 16.4.8.4.5 Measuring area of the defects
      • 16.4.8.5 Conditions and equipment
      • 16.4.8.6 Survey and analysis
      • 16.4.8.7 Reporting
        • 16.4.8.7.1 Considerations and limitations
• 17 Introduction to thermographic inspections of electrical installations
  • 17.1 Important note
  • 17.2 General information
    • 17.2.1 Introduction
    • 17.2.2 General equipment data
    • 17.2.3 Inspection
    • 17.2.4 Classification & reporting
    • 17.2.5 Priority
    • 17.2.6 Repair
    • 17.2.7 Control
  • 17.3 Measurement technique for thermographic inspection of electrical installations
    • 17.3.1 How to correctly set the equipment
    • 17.3.2 Temperature measurement
    • 17.3.3 Comparative measurement
    • 17.3.4 Normal operating temperature
    • 17.3.5 Classification of faults
  • 17.4 Reporting
  • 17.5 Different types of hot spots in electrical installations
    • 17.5.1 Reflections
    • 17.5.2 Solar heating
    • 17.5.3 Inductive heating
    • 17.5.4 Load variations
    • 17.5.5 Varying cooling conditions
    • 17.5.6 Resistance variations
    • 17.5.7 Overheating in one part as a result of a fault in another
  • 17.6 Disturbance factors at thermographic inspection of electrical installations
    • 17.6.1 Wind
    • 17.6.2 Rain and snow
    • 17.6.3 Distance to object
    • 17.6.4 Object size
  • 17.7 Practical advice for the thermographer
    • 17.7.1 From cold to hot
    • 17.7.2 Rain showers
    • 17.7.3 Emissivity
    • 17.7.4 Reflected apparent temperature
    • 17.7.5 Object too far away
• 18 About FLIR Systems
  • 18.1 More than just an infrared camera
  • 18.2 Sharing our knowledge
  • 18.3 Supporting our customers
  • 18.4 A few images from our facilities
• 19 Glossary
• 20 Thermographic measurement techniques
  • 20.1 Introduction
  • 20.2 Emissivity
    • 20.2.1 Finding the emissivity of a sample
      • 20.2.1.1 Step 1: Determining reflected apparent temperature
        • 20.2.1.1.1 Method 1: Direct method
        • 20.2.1.1.2 Method 2: Reflector method
      • 20.2.1.2 Step 2: Determining the emissivity
  • 20.3 Reflected apparent temperature
  • 20.4 Distance
  • 20.5 Relative humidity
  • 20.6 Other parameters
• 21 History of infrared technology
• 22 Theory of thermography
  • 22.1 Introduction
  • 22.2 The electromagnetic spectrum
  • 22.3 Blackbody radiation
    • 22.3.1 Planck’s law
    • 22.3.2 Wien’s displacement law
    • 22.3.3 Stefan-Boltzmann's law
    • 22.3.4 Non-blackbody emitters
  • 22.4 Infrared semi-transparent materials
• 23 The measurement formula
• 24 Emissivity tables
  • 24.1 References
  • 24.2 Important note about the emissivity tables
  • 24.3 Tables