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Lightening Experiment In Infrared
To answer the question from July's newsletter.... No, in most cases an infrared camera will not capture a lightening strike. Unless however you are too close to the lightening strike! Lightening that we observe in the night sky is sometimes miles away. The distance is usually too great for the heat energy to travel through the atmosphere to the cameras detector. FYI: The same is also true if looking at the moon with an infrared camera. The camera will not capture the moons image. Hopefully this gives a little perspective on the differences between Visible and Infrared energy.
In the video above there is a lighting storm going on. Notice you never see a flash of lightening. The infrared does not detect LIGHT. Look close at the video again and look deeper into the image infrared can tell us a lot. Notice the hot engine on the parked car? See the birds flying in the night sky? Notice the hot transformers on the pole? See the tree trunks are still warm from the afternoon solar loading? What else can you see?
If a picture is worth a thousand words then an infrared picture must be worth a million.
This is an experiment we performed in order to bring the lighting a little closer to you. Notice in the infrared you can see vapor as the arc extinguishes at the top of the ladder.
To see more of our infrared experiments click here: YouTube -- IRSolutions
Pictures From The Fair
To learn more about the Stanislaus County Fair click here: www.stancofair.com
Barnyard Experience
Rainforest Exhibit
To learn more about Pacific Animal Productions click here: Pacific Animal Productions
Keep Scrolling Down to see the Loose Connection Experiment.
Video at Bottom of Page,
The MSX Difference
Without MSX
With MSX. Look at detail on box in background.
Our T640 camera has a resolution of 640X480 resolution. That's 307,200 individual temperature readings in one image.
Loose Connection Experiment
On the left the disconnect is under normal load and all connections are properly tightened. On the right I loosened the lower left terminal lug 1/2 turn and applied the same load. You can clearly see the wire is hotter in the image on the right. Loose or burnt connections cause a higher resistance to current flow causing the conductors to get hotter and hotter until failure. Below is a thermal video of this experment. You can see how fast the wire heats up when the load is applied.
This is an MSX Thermal Video
This is an MSX Thermal Video
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