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Just dropped $300 on a thermal camera for finding hot spots in wall plates and it saved my whole week.
Had a run of five calls in a row where customers were complaining about intermittent signal loss, and the usual toner and tester showed nothing wrong. The camera spotted a bad connector heating up behind drywall at the first house, which would have taken me hours to find by guesswork. Anyone else using thermal imaging for this kind of diagnostic work, or am I just getting fancy?
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elliotm571mo ago
Oh man, that "saved my whole week" feeling is so real. I bought a cheaper one a while back for checking breaker panels, but it's become my go-to for finding overloaded splitters in attics too. It turns a total guessing game into a two minute job. Best tool purchase I've made in years, no question.
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james_bell1mo ago
Ever have a tool that just clicks? @elliotm57 I grabbed a cheap voltage tester for a quick job and now I find myself using it to check if outlets are even live before plugging anything in. Saves so much hassle.
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paige_owens51mo ago
What kind of thermal camera did you go with? I've been looking at them for tracing leaks in radiant floor heating, but I'm worried a cheaper model won't pick up the small temp changes in a wall.
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