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I suggest as a first step taking a Level I Thermogapher course. This will give you the knowledge you need to make the choice of what camera is right for you. There are now more cameras then ever making the decision that much harder.

As an in house Thermographer, I started my program at an interval of every 3 months. At that time, I was finding exceptions in about 5% of equip[ment scaned. After about a year my exceptions dropped to about 1%. I then changed the frequency to every 6 months with about a 3% exception rate. I...

I wanted to thank all of you for all of the help. I have learned alot from all the the posts. I have only been in the reliability field for 2 years and this RCFA has shown me that I have so much more to learn. I have also found that this discussion board is a vitial resouce with all of it's...

IRstuff, 60C is the ambient temperature. Using thermography, I have found components with a Delta T of 55C. My recommendations to prevent reoccurance is to cool the cabinets using chilled air from our comfort and cooling (this system does not have a heating system.) I am convienced of the...

Electricpete, The system I am working on is an electrical control cabinet for a hot oil system. I am seeing an MTBF of 3 months on components (wire, contactors, and fuses). Most failures have been multi-component and result in extended downtime. We have similiar systems on several other lines...

IRstuff, Thank You for the link. It is just what I need to support my conclusion.

I am currently working on an RCFA of an electrical cabinet that is having premature component failure due to thermal fatigue. I have heard in several training courses that an increase of 10 degrees C will result in a decrease in electrial component life by 50%. However, I am having problems...