Agreed, for medical purposes it can be used to diagnose broken joints/inflammation.
Sorry what?
It's not something that would help a residential unit. Not much at least. They're generally installed commercially to supplement the draw when multiple HVAC units, large motors and other items all power up at once. It may be a regional topic, however every region I've seen so far does charge a premium for large draws on the grid. Large draws play havoc with load balancing and are the most common occurrences of spikes and surges large and small.
It's not something that would help a residential unit. Not much at least. They're generally installed commercially to supplement the draw when multiple HVAC units, large motors and other items all power up at once. It may be a regional topic, however every region I've seen so far does charge a premium for large draws on the grid.
Power factor is a steady-state phenomenon. It happens because things like motors and transformers look like inductors electrically. Demand charges is something separate and is typically averaged over 15 minutes, a capacitor would have no effect. Cutting your peak draw is called peak shaving and the traditional way is to fire up your own diesel generator, but they have flywheels and some esoteric battery technologies instead now.
Power factor is a steady-state phenomenon. It happens because things like motors and transformers look like inductors electrically. Demand charges is something separate and is typically averaged over 15 minutes, a capacitor would have no effect. Cutting your peak draw is called peak shaving and the traditional way is to fire up your own diesel generator, but they have flywheels and some esoteric battery technologies instead now.
No. Load leveling has been around for quite some time now. When engineering new buildings this is taken into consideration and capacitors are installed to limit the peak load draw.
You don't have to "fire up a generator" if you install sufficient capacitors. They bear the brunt of the load so to speak. You are obviously not in the electrical industry.
I received my Flir-One on Friday, August 15, 2014. I have tested it under differing circumstances inside and outside my home. The thermal imager has a resolution of 80x60 which is far too limited to identify fine details. It is good for looking for leaks in walls, finding out where you dog peed in the carpet last night, and if there are any small animals living in your garage (yep, I found the little bugger last night).
I have also identified several hot spots in the electronics in my house and found that the power panel has a hot spot where the ground fault protected circuit breaker is.
The main reason for getting this unit was to find hot spots in computers, server, and in other equipment related to them. Even when in sleep mode computers continue to consume significant power.
I wish the Flir-One software didn't watermark the image as seen in the image above, but it is fairly unobtrusive.
I am not concerned with criminals using this device because of it's low resolution. There are stand-alone products that can be obtained, legally or not, that would do a much better job of imaging people. IR Thermal radiation does not penetrate glass and walls will block most of it. "Seeing" people behind walls requires MUCH more expensive equipment, like $5,000 and up.
I wish the Flir-One software didn't watermark the image as seen in the image above, but it is fairly unobtrusive.
FLIR stuff always has the logo on it. The only way to ever get a FLIR product without a logo (without voiding the warranty) is to order 1,000 OEM cores in one go.
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Whatever the resolution might be, it's more than sufficient.
The image shows exactly what I was saying: it's a ultra-low res image that's pretty useless without the visible edge overlay. If you didn't have that, you'd have no idea what we're looking at. This means this product is fine for finding leaks and faulty cables, but worthless for night vision. Even the 320x240 cameras can be tricky to use because of the different effects (contrast mechanisms) in the infrared.
Flir seem to have overlooked 1/3 of their customer base for the Flir One.
Owners of the Iphone 5c, such as myself.
I would like to inform all the the Flir One WORKS with the 5c, the only issue being
that Flir does not supply an iphone hard back to fit the 5c.
I corrected this situation, be buying a generic hard back for the 5c, than modifing
it to fit the Flir One. This required sanding down the lower end of the hard back so that it was very thin, allowing the lightening connectors to line up. The other mod to the hard back required making a hole near the top end of the hard back so the Flir One locking clip would fit and do its job....the upper edge of this hole has to be thinned out some on the inside of the hard back as well.
Now i am a happy camper, and have a Flir One that my Iphone 5c fits.
Thinking seriously about buying a FLIR One but even at $350 its low resolution concerns me.
I have a very small coolant leak in my relatively new car. I think the cap on the coolant reservoir is not sealing well and there is a very small steam leak that over time (about 4 - 5 weeks) takes the coolant level down to bring in a low coolant level warning.
Is the FLIR One sufficiently sensitive to see an otherwise invisible and undetectable wisp of steam coming from the cap on the coolant reservoir?
The FLIR One now is compatible with some Apple devices as: iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5, iPhone 5, iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPad Mini, iPad Mini 3, iPad (4th Generation), but only the NEXT GEN FLIR One.
You can see it here: http://goo.gl/BolXoH, the new FLIR one also work with Android devices just need buy ther version for android with microUSB connector
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It's not something that would help a residential unit. Not much at least. They're generally installed commercially to supplement the draw when multiple HVAC units, large motors and other items all power up at once. It may be a regional topic, however every region I've seen so far does charge a premium for large draws on the grid. Large draws play havoc with load balancing and are the most common occurrences of spikes and surges large and small.
If you would like to do some reading.
https://www.eaton.com/Eaton/ProductsServices/Electrical/ProductsandServices/PowerQualityandMonitoring/PowerFactorCorrection/index.htm
There are many manufacturers that make them,
It's not something that would help a residential unit. Not much at least. They're generally installed commercially to supplement the draw when multiple HVAC units, large motors and other items all power up at once. It may be a regional topic, however every region I've seen so far does charge a premium for large draws on the grid.
Power factor is a steady-state phenomenon. It happens because things like motors and transformers look like inductors electrically. Demand charges is something separate and is typically averaged over 15 minutes, a capacitor would have no effect. Cutting your peak draw is called peak shaving and the traditional way is to fire up your own diesel generator, but they have flywheels and some esoteric battery technologies instead now.
No. Load leveling has been around for quite some time now. When engineering new buildings this is taken into consideration and capacitors are installed to limit the peak load draw.
You don't have to "fire up a generator" if you install sufficient capacitors. They bear the brunt of the load so to speak. You are obviously not in the electrical industry.
I received my Flir-One on Friday, August 15, 2014. I have tested it under differing circumstances inside and outside my home. The thermal imager has a resolution of 80x60 which is far too limited to identify fine details. It is good for looking for leaks in walls, finding out where you dog peed in the carpet last night, and if there are any small animals living in your garage (yep, I found the little bugger last night).
I have also identified several hot spots in the electronics in my house and found that the power panel has a hot spot where the ground fault protected circuit breaker is.
The main reason for getting this unit was to find hot spots in computers, server, and in other equipment related to them. Even when in sleep mode computers continue to consume significant power.
I wish the Flir-One software didn't watermark the image as seen in the image above, but it is fairly unobtrusive.
I am not concerned with criminals using this device because of it's low resolution. There are stand-alone products that can be obtained, legally or not, that would do a much better job of imaging people. IR Thermal radiation does not penetrate glass and walls will block most of it. "Seeing" people behind walls requires MUCH more expensive equipment, like $5,000 and up.
I wish the Flir-One software didn't watermark the image as seen in the image above, but it is fairly unobtrusive.
FLIR stuff always has the logo on it. The only way to ever get a FLIR product without a logo (without voiding the warranty) is to order 1,000 OEM cores in one go.
Whatever the resolution might be, it's more than sufficient.
The image shows exactly what I was saying: it's a ultra-low res image that's pretty useless without the visible edge overlay. If you didn't have that, you'd have no idea what we're looking at. This means this product is fine for finding leaks and faulty cables, but worthless for night vision. Even the 320x240 cameras can be tricky to use because of the different effects (contrast mechanisms) in the infrared.
Hello
Flir seem to have overlooked 1/3 of their customer base for the Flir One.
Owners of the Iphone 5c, such as myself.
I would like to inform all the the Flir One WORKS with the 5c, the only issue being
that Flir does not supply an iphone hard back to fit the 5c.
I corrected this situation, be buying a generic hard back for the 5c, than modifing
it to fit the Flir One. This required sanding down the lower end of the hard back so that it was very thin, allowing the lightening connectors to line up. The other mod to the hard back required making a hole near the top end of the hard back so the Flir One locking clip would fit and do its job....the upper edge of this hole has to be thinned out some on the inside of the hard back as well.
Now i am a happy camper, and have a Flir One that my Iphone 5c fits.
Thinking seriously about buying a FLIR One but even at $350 its low resolution concerns me.
I have a very small coolant leak in my relatively new car. I think the cap on the coolant reservoir is not sealing well and there is a very small steam leak that over time (about 4 - 5 weeks) takes the coolant level down to bring in a low coolant level warning.
Is the FLIR One sufficiently sensitive to see an otherwise invisible and undetectable wisp of steam coming from the cap on the coolant reservoir?
Which "generic" case did you buy? Or at least would you tell me where you bought it?
I'd like to set this up for my lady.
Hello
The FLIR One now is compatible with some Apple devices as: iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5, iPhone 5, iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPad Mini, iPad Mini 3, iPad (4th Generation), but only the NEXT GEN FLIR One.
You can see it here: http://goo.gl/BolXoH, the new FLIR one also work with Android devices just need buy ther version for android with microUSB connector