Infrared Camera Course

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Help.
I just Got my new Flir Camera and have signed up for the level one course .
I understand there is a beginners course on the net.
I can not find it, has any one ideas on where it is .
I would like to go to class with a little more knowledge so I do not look to much like a gook when I get there .
Thanks ... Cookie

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by rcooke

Help.
I just Got my new Flir Camera and have signed up for the level one course .
I understand there is a beginners course on the net.
I can not find it, has any one ideas on where it is .
I would like to go to class with a little more knowledge so I do not look to much like a gook when I get there .
Thanks ... Cookie

GEEK not the above, Roy

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Originally Posted by Brian A. MacNeish

GEEK not the above, Roy

See my post even shows what kind of a person I am............
Cookie

[William Warner]

Email on its way!

[gbeaumont]

Here you go Roy, I took this course and found it pretty good, best of all it's free

http://www.infraredtraining.com/cour...cam_basics.asp

Regards

Gerry

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by rcooke

See my post even shows what kind of a person I am............
Cookie

Sheesh, I doubt that!!

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Thanks to Bill, Gerry and others ,You all have again shown how great the NACHI members are .
... Cookie

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Originally Posted by gbeaumont

Here you go Roy, I took this course and found it pretty good, best of all it's free

http://www.infraredtraining.com/cour...cam_basics.asp

Regards

Gerry

Thanks to all great course ( I passed ) I am just a small bit smarter then before now I do feel better as when I take the level one course I just might understand what they are trying to teach me .
What a great bunch of Members on the NACHI site so much help so much information freely traded .
Thanks every body
... Cookie
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[Peter C. Russell]

Roy, do you have Wills PP, it's a big help.

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Originally Posted by prussell

Roy, do you have Wills PP, it's a big help.

Yes and every other bit of info I can get and look at thanks for the reminder .
.... Cookie

[Peter C. Russell]

Good luck Roy, thermal imaging is very exciting, to me anyway.

I booked a thermal inspection for a 10 year old house that the client has a hard time heating. He suspects the windows where never insulated and before he starts ripping all the trim off he wants to verify it with IR.

By the way, he works at the Nuke plant and found me through my web site, my point is he is educated about what he wants and knows the limitations.

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by prussell

Good luck Roy, thermal imaging is very exciting, to me anyway.

I booked a thermal inspection for a 10 year old house that the client has a hard time heating. He suspects the windows where never insulated and before he starts ripping all the trim off he wants to verify it with IR.

By the way, he works at the Nuke plant and found me through my web site, my point is he is educated about what he wants and knows the limitations.

His window rough stud openings are, maybe at worst, 1-2% of his problem, if not sealed with low expansion foam. Peter, are you an experienced energy auditor/builder/retrofitter with a blower door and furnace efficiency test equipment also? You may need all those skills/equipment on top of IR to analyze his house. Does the house have an HRV? Are you familiar with their individual operating regimes?

We have a national energy audit program here in Canada that didn't include some of those critical parts- some of the recommendations coming out are way off base!!! For example: Replacing a good boiler that is 81% efficient at a cost of $4,000 will have a payback of 15-20 years. They didn't tell the owner that though!!!

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Originally Posted by rcooke

Help.
I just Got my new Flir Camera and have signed up for the level one course .
I understand there is a beginners course on the net.
I can not find it, has any one ideas on where it is .
I would like to go to class with a little more knowledge so I do not look to much like a gook when I get there .
Thanks ... Cookie

Roy

Congratulations!!

Practice, Practice and then Practice some more.You will know this camera inside and out in no time (well maybe not inside).
Looking forward to seeing you at the course.

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Originally Posted by Brian A. MacNeish

His window rough stud openings are, maybe at worst, 1-2% of his problem, if not sealed with low expansion foam. Peter, are you an experienced energy auditor/builder/retrofitter with a blower door and furnace efficiency test equipment also? You may need all those skills/equipment on top of IR to analyze his house. Does the house have an HRV? Are you familiar with their individual operating regimes?

We have a national energy audit program here in Canada that didn't include some of those critical parts- some of the recommendations coming out are way off base!!! For example: Replacing a good boiler that is 81% efficient at a cost of $4,000 will have a payback of 15-20 years. They didn't tell the owner that though!!!

Brian it never seems to end . I get people who are buying a home they are 60+ and they say we know it need a new roof and we are thinking of a metal roof what is you thoughts .
I tell them my openion . Well 25 year shingles should cost about $3,500;00 and a metal roof will cost about 3 times as much ~ $10,000:00.
I am not a real lover of metal roofs because when you go to sell you will not get any more money for a metal roof.
They are also prone to loose their snow in one fell swoop so you need avalanche guards.
In this area most people only live in their home for about 8 years so I wonder do you think it is a good idea to spend $7,000;00 on a roof when you could have a great trip to Europe and still have money left over .
Most go for shingles and save much money.
.... Cookie

[Kevin A. Richardson]

Roy,

Congrats!!

Good luck with the new camera

Kevin