Maintenance Tips & Tricks – 1999 – #10
Detect hot spots
Problem : IR thermoscans help to spot developing electrical problems, but what if an unseen trouble spot develops between thermography sessions?
Solution: Install inexpensive self adhesive temperature indicating strips on the fronts of dead-front electrical disconnects that are much used or heavily loaded. Potential problems can be spotted at a glance.
Contributor : Wayne A. Madsen, Terry Farms Inc., Princeton, IL; 815-875-4436
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