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Originally Posted by Ryland
...when we had the test done they had the digital inferred camera and you could see the cold air streaming in to the ceiling joist spaces but all the places you would expect to feel a draft were tight.
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Now that would be an incredibly useful tool to have.
I thought I could hack an existing camera to work as an Infra-Red camera, there are plenty of links on the web telling you how to do it, but it turns out that the camera you mentioned is really is a Thermal Imaging camera, and the spectrum is lower than Infra-Red.
I saw a great film recently called "The Cove", and some military grade thermal imaging cameras are used and it's pretty impressive.
Since 50% of all engineers in the USA are hired directly or indirectly to work on military projects, perhaps there will be a technology tinkle-down and the public will have access to that also.
Video of a thermal imaging camera used for home energy audits:
It would make tightening up a house so much easier.
Here is a $5000 Flir Thermal Camera at work in conjunction with a blower door:
Perhaps state departments of energy would buy these things and rent them out to citizens??
Regards,
-AC_Hacker