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mdshunk · 14-08-2008

I got a thermal imaging camera a while back for another reason, and it has the side benefit of finding the joists in a ceiling when you're fitting recessed lighting fixtures. It's the closest thing to having X-ray vision. Shows each and every joist very clearly, and also shows any additional blocking that you might not have expected if you only found the joists.

Here's the one I have:
FLIR ThermaCAM B-CAM Infrared Thermal Imaging Camera - Mfg# 27801-0202

sparkyork · 14-08-2008

yeah baby im liking that, bet that was a pretty penny tho?

mdshunk · 14-08-2008

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Originally Posted by sparkyork

yeah baby im liking that, bet that was a pretty penny tho?

$5000 US, so I'm guessing that's about 10,000 pounds maybe? Not something you'd leave lay around while you went on your lunch break.

sparkyork · 14-08-2008

blimey! thats more than i thought it would be! suppose you'd have a job pricing one of these in with 10 downlighters! looks great tho, its like something off that arnie film "eraser"

mdshunk · 14-08-2008

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Originally Posted by sparkyork

blimey! thats more than i thought it would be! suppose you'd have a job pricing one of these in with 10 downlighters!

Yes, it would be pretty difficult to hide that in the price of a job like that, unless your customer was rich and suffered from Alzheimer's.

jibtech · 18-08-2008

thats ace does it see through clothes?

seriously tho i have done surveys with one of these in industrial applications looking for hot spots never thought of looking for joists with one though

and the de walt laser line with auto levelling is the one i used couldnt fault it

oh and not 10000 more like 2500 you went the wrong way

mdshunk · 18-08-2008

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Originally Posted by jibtech

oh and not 10000 more like 2500 you went the wrong way

Oh, sorry. Yeah, that makes a big difference.

After that whole Boston Tea Party thing, when we ran you all out, you not only forgot to leave behind your dictionary, but a dollars to pounds calculator would have been nice.

wayne · 18-08-2008

i thought the usa was trying to turn the dollar into The global currency??

**LukeScotty** · 18-08-2008

great piece of equipment, you got any other gadgets to show us?

mdshunk · 18-08-2008

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Originally Posted by LukeScotty

great piece of equipment, you got any other gadgets to show us?

Beats me. I'm not sure what I might use that you'd find interesting that you don't already use. I've got so many gadgets for stuff, but many of them are peculiar to US wiring methods.

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Originally Posted by wayne

i thought the usa was trying to turn the dollar into The global currency??

We're saving that for after we take over the world.