Bought a $250 thermal camera for fridge diagnostics and it paid for itself in two calls

Got the FLIR One Pro last year. Found a bad compressor overload on a Sub-Zero that was just warm, not hot. Another job, it showed a full frost pattern behind a panel without taking anything apart. Saved maybe three hours of guesswork already. Anyone else using these for quick checks on sealed systems?

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taylor.susan3d ago

My old boss used to say a warm compressor was "just taking a nap." That FLIR would have proven him wrong on so many jobs. I spent half a day once chasing a restriction that was just a fan motor hiding behind insulation. A little camera would have called me an idiot in five minutes.

susan4243d ago

Wait, a fan motor hiding BEHIND insulation? That's just mean. How are you even supposed to find that without seeing the heat? Your old boss calling a warm compressor a nap is exactly why those cameras pay for themselves. You can't argue with a picture showing the hot spot. That half day you lost is exactly the kind of thing they stop from happening.