High Resolution Infrared Thermal Imaging

What is a HIGH RESOLUTION INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING camera? HIGH RESOLUTION � A high pixel count like 680x480 provides more information and clearer images than a lower resolution like 80 x80 just like when you buy a a higher mega pixel digital camera. INFRARED (IR) is a different part of the electromagnetic spectrum of light than our eyes see. Infrared is just below visible light that our eyes see. Ultraviolet light, on the other hand, is the spectrum just above our perception. All surfaces emit and reflect infrared waves through the air. These waves travel through the lens of the camera which focuses them onto a sensory array called a microbolometer. The wave strength is measured by the sensory array and converted by a signal processor to a visible light value. Grayscale signals from all the pixels are converted to a TV signal forming a composite image. THERMAL IMAGING � the IR camera shows us surface radiation or temperature patterns. It does not see inside walls, that would be an x-ray. We are usually looking at the affects or images of evaporative water cooling like when drywall is wet and conductive thermal transfer like when insulation is missing. With our knowledge of building characteristics, construction materials and thermal transfer, we interpret these temperature patterns to produce a building performance diagnostic inspection report. The camera makes for a faster, more accurate damage assessment.

The home was purchased earlier this year. It will be formally dedicated later this month and opened in late June or July. JFGH opened its first Northern Virginia home, the Lawrence Alan Stempler/ David S. Stone Home, in Reston in 1998. The following year, the Marge and Chuck Levin Home opened, also in Reston.Six students from Gesher Jewish Day School attended the housewarmjng. Their entire class of 18 will be helping the residents of this new group home throughout the year as part of the school's "Head, Heart and Hand" program, explained their teacher, Maya Rose.With the final coat of mortar cured, the ceramic tile can then be installed in the shower.

Got questions, give me a call at 407.678.HOME or email me at jon@inspectagator.com. If we all stick together, nobody gets burned! Check out images of some of the wild things we have found with the cameras that nobody else could find by clicking on the infrared camera link on our web site, you�ll love it!

Author: Jon Bolton