[Stoves] Thermal cameras for monitoring heat loss.

[David Meed]

Hit send too soon.

Another entry appears to be Seek Thermal as low as $249
http://www.thermal.com/thermal-cameras/
http://www.cnet.com/products/seek-thermal-camera/

I also see that Sparkfun has the imager at $260 if you have any
electronics enthusiasts around.  They do mention something about
export restrictions, so that may be an issue I never considered with
IR cameras in general.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13233
"With this kit you will be able to bring FLiR’s thermal imaging
reliability and power to your Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or any ARM based
development tool"

Looks like Digikey has parts too.

Once again - I've never used them - buyer beware.



On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 1:10 PM, David Meed <david at meed.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:43 AM, Cookswell Jikos <cookswelljikos at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Does anyone have any experiance with or recommendations about using
>> thermal imaging cameras with stoves? I would really like to be able to show
>> myself and other Kenyan stove makers, in real time, where heat loss is
>> occurring (gaps, holes etc.). Are there any sub 2-300$ imaging systems
>> available for something like this?
>>
>
> I've been keeping my eyes open for something inexpensive.  I haven't tried
> any of these. Buyer beware!
>
> This one is $349 and uses an iphone as the display
> NOTE the resolution is very low, but they use a regular camera to overlay
> high res outlines on the IR image.
> http://www.flir.ca/flirone/
> http://www.wired.com/2014/08/a-review-of-the-iphone-infrared-camera-the-flir-one/
>
>