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Spent $75 on a thermal camera for my phone and it paid for itself in a week
I was stuck on a fridge that would not get cold enough, and the usual checks came up empty. I plugged in this little FLIR One camera and scanned the evaporator coils. Right away, I saw a cold spot about a third of the way down, pointing to a partial blockage in the sealed system. Without it, I would have spent hours guessing or even condemned the unit. Has anyone else found a good use for one of these on tricky cooling jobs?
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keith2647mo ago
My old LG window unit was barely cooling last summer. Hooked up a Seek thermal to it and saw the whole left side of the condenser coil was way hotter than the right. Found a huge mat of cottonwood seeds packed in there that I totally missed on the visual check. Cleared it out and it blew ice cold. That thing has saved me so much time on airflow issues.
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adam97mo ago
Remember my buddy complaining his fridge was running nonstop. He was ready to call a repair guy. I told him to borrow my thermal camera first. Sure enough, one corner of the condenser coil was a bright hot spot. Turned out the fridge was shoved too close to the wall and a dust bunny the size of a small animal was blocking airflow. He cleaned it, pushed the fridge out a bit, and the problem just went away. Those cameras turn a guessing game into a five minute fix.
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davidb497mo ago
Those thermal cams are absolute lifesavers for stuff like that!
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