Common faults and precautions of infrared thermometer
1. The influence of environment and background radiation: When performing infrared detection of outdoor power equipment, the infrared radiation received by the detection instrument includes not only the radiation emitted by the corresponding part of the equipment under inspection, but also the reflection from other parts of the equipment and the background, as well as direct radiation. incoming solar radiation. These radiations will interfere with the temperature of the part of the device to be tested, and cause errors in fault detection.
2. The attenuation of the radiation energy transmission of the equipment will reduce the radiation transmittance of the equipment under test with the distance between the testing instrument and the equipment under test, so the attenuation increases with the increase of the distance. Reducing the radiation contrast between the faulty part of the tested equipment and the normal part will also reduce the target energy received by the infrared thermometer, making the temperature displayed by the instrument lower than the actual temperature value of the faulty point under test, resulting in missed or false detections. Diagnostics, especially for detecting faults in devices with low temperature rise.
3. In order to reduce the influence of solar radiation and the radiation of the surrounding high-temperature background, appropriate shielding measures should be taken during detection, or an appropriate infrared thermometer filter should be installed on the infrared to filter out the sun and other background radiation. Select an instrument with appropriate parameters and a detection distance for detection, so that the part of the device under test is within the field of view of the instrument, thereby reducing the interference of back radiation.
4. The influence of atmospheric attenuation: the infrared radiation energy on the surface of the electrical equipment under test is transmitted to the infrared thermometer through the popularity, which will be absorbed and attenuated by water vapor, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and other gas molecules in the atmospheric combination and scattered by suspended particles in the air The effect of attenuation.
5. As the detection distance increases, the influence of atmospheric combination will become greater and greater. In this way, in order to obtain the accuracy of the target temperature, it is necessary to choose a season when the ambient atmosphere is relatively dry and clean for detection: to shorten the detection distance as much as possible without affecting it, and to make a reasonable distance correction for the temperature measurement results , in order to measure the actual temperature value.
6. Influence of meteorological conditions: Harsh meteorological environment (rain, snow, fog and strong wind, etc.) will adversely affect the temperature detection of infrared thermometer equipment, and often give false fault phenomena. In order to reduce the impact of meteorological conditions, try to conduct detection at night when there is no rain, no fog, no wind and the ambient temperature is relatively stable.
7. In order to reduce the impact of the environment and background radiation, when using infrared thermometers on outdoor electrical equipment, try to choose cloudy days or sunsets and evenings when there is no light. This can prevent the impact of direct incident, reflected and scattered solar radiation; for indoor equipment, it can be used to turn off the lighting and avoid the impact of other radiation.
8. For highly reflective equipment surfaces, appropriate measures should be taken to reduce the impact on solar radiation and radiation from surrounding high-temperature objects, or change the detection angle to find the best angle that can avoid reflection for detection.
