Scott Wood

Randy, Ah... wish I had all those cameras to sell, have had many different cameras, but unfortunately I’ve only one, a T400. FLIR and Fluke both have great imagers, with more to choose from at FLIR. Way too many choices between those two companies not to mention the others! Two things to look very close at, thermal sensitivity and resolution. The rest can be leather seats and power steering at least for some of us, though lots of great “additionsâ€

Just started as moderator for the infrared posts and very excited to help provide you with useful information. See the Jan 19th post “Announcing TIJ’s New Thermography Forum Moderatorâ€

Please take care in just reading the operating manual and practicing. Many years ago when I started IR, I had the manual read, weeks of practice then level I training and it still took me many months to become comfortable interpreting the images. Yes, most anyone can find the on/off switch, get a pretty darn good image and figure out what is happening, even the sales reps tell you that but to really understand the camera, tune it and make proper interpretations, training from a competent individual is vital. I’ve provided presentations to many interested in starting thermography and always have many in the audience who had no idea the complexities of infrared thermography. As a home inspector you all know the value of knowledge and its key to a successful inspection. One that the client will not come back to haunt you due to failure performing the inspection effectively. Experience is great, but with necessary training and instruction as well.

The Snell Group does now offer a building oriented Level I course that I hear was a worthy thermography course. However, ITC (see http://www.infraredtraining.com/ ) offers a course specifically designed for building thermography, the Certified Building Science Thermography course. I created the class back in 2003, for the instruction in thermography and building science. It is the only thermography class that provide insight and training in both thermography and building science.