Seeing the invisible world

People have compared using Infrared Thermography to having superpowers.  Enabling us to see the invisible world all around us.  At a glance qualitative asessments can be completed and either dismissed, or flagged for further quantitative investigation.  Sometimes the anomalies observed are, in fact, a normal condition of operation.  Others could be an indication of major problems or design weaknesses.

Below is panel observed daily with no issues noted or problems observed.  Once Infrared Imaging is utilized to observe, an anomaly presents.  Now the question is raised, is this a normal condition of the equipment?  Or can a definative conclusion be made at all with the data available?

Panel Normal View

What the IR Camera sees

Visible

What IR can see

No attempt was made to adjust for Reflected Apparent Temp, or Emissivity in the photos.  This is purely what a very quick scan of the panel yielded.   Further investigation with current measurement will be carried out to verify the integrity of the system.

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