Thermography
Electroglow offers Thermal Imaging tailored to the individual needs of your business.
Thermal imaging is essential for preventative maintenance by using thermal imaging building managers can easily and effectively identify potential areas of concern that could end up being dangerous and costly in the future.
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What is thermal imaging?
For many organisations maintenance teams, we hear that they haven’t heard of Thermal Imaging before, but soon learn that is an essential aspect of maintaining and running an efficient and highly functional commercial space. Thermal Imaging is a service that allows you to view heat that is created by electrical switchboards using specialised equipment.
Switchboards generally operate at an average level of heat being drawn to a device or an appliance. The more heat that an appliance or device draws from the switchboard the more power it is using to run, this generally shows us that the device or appliance is struggling to run efficiently, and it is being overloaded with power causing it to malfunction in the near future.
Thermal imaging also looks at the switchboard itself and the components of the switchboard. If a component is malfunctioning it too will create more heat which is, then detected by the infrared cameras of the thermal imaging equipment and reported back.
Thermal imaging is essential for preventative maintenance by using thermal imaging building managers can easily and effectively identify potential areas of concern that could end up being dangerous and costly in the future.
There are a number of causes of excess heat being generated by a switchboard, these causes can lead to full or total power outages to the entire building, causing losses of income and clientele.
These causes include:
– Loose terminals
– Undersized cables
– Faulty fuses/circuit breakers
– Incorrectly fitted components
What information do I get from a thermal imaging report?
A thermal imaging report will give you a lot of information about the current condition of your switchboard, devices and appliances.
To begin with, your report will give you a baseline reading, to help us determine what is normal and what is abnormal when it comes to temperature,
We will compare the temperature of your switchboard to the ambient temperature of the room, any temperature significantly higher than the ambient temperature of the room can indicate a potential issue.
The issue with increased temperature of components, devices and appliances is if they are under too much strain and get too hot then they may ignite, resulting in fires which could be catastrophic.
This information is shown on the report that was given to you by the team at Melbourne Thermography by highlighting different colours on the report. A darker colour indicates that the area is cooler, a lighter colour indicates that the area is warmer which indicates to us that the element or device is under more operating stress.
For example:
A purple area indicates an element that is operating optimally and isn’t giving off any additional heat.
A white colour would indicate a warm to hot element or device, white is the lightest colour that can be shown when comparing the temperature of the element or device to the ambient temperature of the room.