Testing Radiant Floor Heat Using Thermal Imager Flir E5
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- I am using the Flir E5 Thermal Imager to balance out radiant heat for one room. Therefore I show off how important a thermal imager is for heating techs. This tool allows me to see all the heat pipes inside the floor. Which allows me to know which ones don't have proper flow. Now after this job I need to buy one of these for future jobs.
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You should of ask Santa for one this past year ... lol ... Good vid Hackster ... Those are very nice thermal Imagers ...
I should yet a new house is good enough to start off. One day at a time. I’m just a mechanic
Excellent presentation!! Kudos to You.....
I have the FLIR E6. Love it.
I am trying to decide between the e5-xt or the e6-xt. Yet need to recover from all the money Im dumping into this house I just bought. So many uses for a tool like this
These are awsome...I've installed a few systems in my time...1 had a entire basement room for the manifolds and mannnn there were alot of lines..very expensive then!...2005 I think
It’s a lot of work laying down all that pipe. I used a 6 or 8” long 2x4 as the spacer for the pex. I have done many radiant installs back in the day. It’s amazing seeing the piping heat up in the floor.
when dealing with outdoor radiant, the idea is to keep it slightly above freezing so it stays melted off, not wait until there's a foot of snow or expect the just repaired system to clear it in a hurry.
snow is a nice insulator ( Eskimos and igloos anyone!)
Yea I fixed a snowmelt system during a bad snowstorm and wasn't seeing any results. Yet with a thermal imager I would at least see the tubes warming up somewhat.
that tile floor will take longer to heat up, but it will retain and radiate for a much longer period than the other floor products, even with rugs(unless its over thick insulated concrete subfloor!)
that is why many tended to do poured gypsum embedded radiant, But if not over very well insulated substrate, it performs poorly, it 100% needs a huge thermal break.
typically used is thick foam board, but who would trust foam under any walkway, driveway or roadway (stooges perhaps)
not even the most magical anti-rodent and pest control can keep the foam safe from rapid deterioration, assuming it was made perfectly to start, same for spray foams. the stuff becomes powder or slurry more often than not
Lots of good uses for the thermal imaging systems. Troubleshooting electrical hotspots etc. Flir makes an attachment for smart phones which is quite a bit cheaper than the regular systems.
Was going to say the same... he should check out the Flir One smartphone attachment. Far less expensive!
@@khx73 yeah but does it work equally well?
@@beri232 Yes. The savings is in the fact you already own the smartphone which does the processing, display, recording and snapshots. Otherwise you pay for the whole standalone unit with all those capabilities that have to be built in.
Nice. I just got the fluke vto4a it’s a third of the price of the FLIR E5 and I can tell a major difference between yours and mine just by this video. Your camera image is so much crisper!
I won't take credit for this camera. I borrowed from a coworker. Now I need to buy one. I had my eyes on the e8 yet after using this don't need to put out that kind of money. If only i didn't just buy a house............... I am in between this and the e6-xt Just to many expenses currently
The HVAC Hacker lol no worries, I say it’s yours because it’s the one you’re using! I’m tempted to return my fluke and save up a few more pennies for one of these. I love it!
I’m jealous at least you have a thermal, I been holding off cause I wanted the e8 yet from using this one I don’t need to spend that kind of money
Your company should provide at least a couple of these for their field techs. Useful for more than radiant systems; clogged condenser tubing, refrigerant level determination; detection of overheated bearings and any number other uses. Check out th-cam.com/channels/5Pnrxqqg4BLTsfsUzWw5Pw.htmlvideos; he has been using a thermal imager for a little while.
Yes the combustion analyzers cost more than this and they place 5em on most trucks
I have this is my garage. granted I have to turn it on a good 12 hours before I plan to work out there . yes it has antifreeze in the system but the first time you are on a creeper under a vehicle you will love it.
That’s future plans. When I redo my garage floor. First I need to be able to afford this tool. Very useful for troubleshooting, also proving to a homeowner why their ac or heat won’t keep up.
I would appreciate a helpful opinion!
I got hotwater heating tubes inside concrete slab (indoor) flooring...
The slab(s) are sinking and i want to raise it/them via a local poly/foam injection contractor...
is this a disaster waiting to happen or is this a likely success path?
I am thinking about renting a thermal imager from home depot to mark out the tubes myself...is that sufficient to get accurate locations?
Thanks for any potential helpful input!
I have Cat S60 and it have flir camera built in, great tool mayby not that precise like this on film but you can do almost the same job
Having any tool like this makes troubleshooting easier. Once I recover somewhat from the new home purchase I will be buying a thermal
all I see from "in floor" radiant is huge headaches, I hate moving old cast iron rad's, but they seemed the best solution overall. of course a full basement and pipe loss did about the same, as did the boiler being down there... heat rises and gravity fed worked great for many centuries, before the great pocket padding begun....
What are you talking about? In floor radiant is one of the best designs in building HVAC.
You would need radiators everywhere to even get remotely close to the comfort of in floor radiant heat.
@@shawnd567 comfort comes at a price , ask all the folks who've had radiant that failed over the years, when they was told it would outlast the house and them. while the products have been improved to things less likely to fail, none of the current stuff it is very reliable. I think of the whole overall package, it;s good for repairmen to have work of course :))
Awesome Video, Bill!
Hi, thank you for uploading. I have a question, do you need to cool your floor and start the heater afterwards to get the image this clear? Or is this just looking at the floor at any time?
Thanks 😁
I heat was running for some time. The pipes are going to show up like this due to how hot they are. It’s why I use a thermal imager when troubleshooting radiant heat. Without its hard to tell what’s really happening in the floor
@@thehvachacker thanks!
What is the cost of that camera? I am finishing my basement that has heated flooring and don’t want to nail through a water line. Is that concrete you are looking through?
Amazing images. Cristal clear. 👍
Yes I need to buy one, yet have lots of money going into the house currently
Bill, check out the seek shot pro. HVACR VIDEOS linked me. Seems like a good option for the price.
Nice toy. Wish I had one
I wish all my money currently wasn’t going into my new home. Or I would buy one of these. This tool helped me trace out all the loops back to the manifold. With radiant heat water flow through each loop needs to be adjusted for even heat. Nothing in this house was labeled. Yet this is one of the tools I need to save up for
That works awesome 😀
Yes it was everything I was expecting. I wasn’t let down scanning the floor. Now I just need to save up for one
Nice
Yes It is a nice to see through the floor if only I didn't just buy a house I would buy one of these
Nice tool.
It sure is. One day after i catch up on home repairs I need to buy one of these
👍
What is to penetrate a tile floor?
Will it work on 6” concrete?
I have a flir very similar to this one. Make troubleshooting a lot easier.... Very versatile. Good for bad electrical connections too and missing insulation. Diagnosed quite a few mystery blown fuses on roof tops due to poor disconnect connection even thermostats putting off too much heat and reading the wrong temperature. Gives customers something tangible too that they can see I really love thermal imaging.
whihc model did u get. theres an E4 E5 etc etc
Can anyone imagine how much their heating bill is per month?😫
Cheap as fuck lol this is the cheapest most efficient way of heating and if you tie it to geothermal even cheaper. 40 to 100k to install but I bet the heating bill is under 100 a month.
Super cheap. I have an old radiant heat system in the concrete. Bill is stupid cheap.
The Great Hacker is really showing his brain that is working hard. He is so smart the college professors call him for the answers they can’t solve. Great minds think alike. The Hacker and President Trump will go down in History as brilliant !
Work smart not hard
bill there a app for your I phone that does the same thing 1.8 of the cost !!! check it out ed bonjovi
$1400? Yikes.
Yes yet I feel from borrowing it and using this tool its worth it. I have 1000+ houses with radiant heat. 200+ houses with driveway snowmelt systems. I spent hours just looking for hidden radiant manifolds. It's expensive yet once I recover from the house I just bought I will add this or the e6-xt to my tools.Lots of uses for a tool like this. I was checking insulation in my walls. I had an overheating exhaust blower in my garage. If only I